1st ICUBS game of the season!

This is my favorite picture of the night. He just watched in amazement most of the night!

This is Finnean playing with the statues outside the ICubs stadium.

Look at that belly!!

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This is a view from our sweet FREE seats. Thanks Puff and Mel!

We had two extra tickets...so the Blanchards came along.

Grady LOVED giving Finnean fist bumps the whole night. Finnean on the other hand wasn't so sure about that. This is one of the times he did think it was pretty cool!

Look at these BIG BOYS! Don't they look so old?

Of course we couldn't get everyone to look at the camera at the same time but we still had fun!

The Waglers

and again...

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A few cute stories from the night...

***Finnean sat through all seven innings cheering on the ICubs on Michael's lap. He watched the plays and cheered when the Cubs threw out a player at first. He really watched the game. He loved it just as much as we thought he would. Grady was the opposite...he explored everything about the stadium...up and down. No matter how different their little personalities are...they are both pretty cute!

***This Grandpa and Grandma couple (not Finnean's Grandma and Grandpa---just random people) sat down behind us with popcorn and peanuts. Finnean immediately turned around to see what they had. He gave them the biggest puppy dog eyes, like we never feed him or give him snacks. It was almost a little embarrassing. They insisted that he eat some of their popcorn. Finally I gave in and he took a couple handfuls...but we have not seen him with those ridiculously big eyes before...what a turkey!

Finnean

Finnean loves to read magazines. He especially loves to look at Dr. Smith and Foster's magazines, it has TONS of dogs in it.

Finnean also loves to watch out the window. Our neighbor dog, Drake, is his favorite thing to watch. He will "bark" out the window at the dog.

Messy BOY! Finnean loves to help cook. This night he played in the flour and then we had homemade chinese it got all over him!!! Then he of course wanted to give his Momma a hug!

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The sounds of Finnean

Finnean has really started talking lately. He has added quite a few new words. 'Thank you' being one of the cutest that he says. In this video you can hear him in his own little language and working on his animal sounds!

Finnean loves to...

• dance. Any music comes on, he starts moving. He sways, bops and even dances like a punk rocker
• throw. Anything that looks like it could be a ball...he is going to give it a throw.
• talk. He has turned into quite the little chatter box.
• imitate. He can copy what you do.
• recycle. He gets so excited when he puts stuff in the right bin.
• watch. He loves to watch the trunks go by.
• play. Jerry and Finnean love to play "fetch."
• eat. Blackberries are the fav right now. He can really put down the food.
• ride. He loves to cruise in the Cozy Coupe.
• read. He would read 50 books before bed if we let him.
• sleep. He is a great little sleeper!
• laugh. He is so ticklish under his arms and he makes himself laugh now. It is so sweet!

picture update!

Finnean had his first dental check up on April 9th. He did as good as to be expected...he cried and cried! That was a good thing...the dentist checked all his teeth quickly and they all looked great!

Doesn't he look so big here!? This is first time wearing shorts this year. He loved his shirt...Kim at daycare said all day he pointed at his shirt and said "Ball!"

He loves to climb! This is his attempt at opening the gate.

He is getting really good at opening these. He laughs when they open and gets a little upset when they do not!

Our little monkey!

He was helping me make breakfast here...pancakes of course!!

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Finnean loves to read magazines. He is kicking back learning about stuff to do in Des Moines on this day!

Playing with trucks have to be one of the coolest things to do at our house. The only thing that is better...throwing balls around the house.

Trucks!!!!!!!!!

just like dad!

Finnean loves to help clean the house. He wanted to help Michael vacuum the floor so he let him. Finnean loved it so much that he cried and cried when we put up the vacuum. So we got it back out and he "vacuumed" until the battery died! I hope he loves to clean when he gets bigger!

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If you haven't visited our blog in a while...keep clicking "Older Posts" at the bottom of the page. We have had a lot of pictures to post. Thanks for checking in with us and if you have a few minutes...leave us comments! We would love to here from you. We are thinking Spring here and enjoying this BEAUTIFUL weather!!

First Trip To Snookies!

Snookies is this wonderful little local ice cream place in Beaverdale. People line up to be the first in line on opening day (April 10th this year) to be the first to get the goodness that they serve up! This is Finnean waiting in line for his FIRST EVER ice cream cone!

First bite...ahhh...it's cold!! It only took a couple bites and then he was all about it!

This is my favorite picture from tonight!

Towards the end he even held it on his own...

His cheesy smile warms up my heart! He was so happy!

He was so big, he even crunched the cone!

Drips, Drips and more drips.

Michael actually got more on his clothes than Finnean got on his!

Silly BOY!

Pure Joy.

(Okay...this is my favorite. )

Last bite.

You have to go to Snookies!

Proud Parent Moment

Finnean LOVES birds and can spot one flying by like a pro. All weekend he has been doing a sign (pinching his fingers together) when a bird would fly by or when he would see one out the window. We thought that his friend at school must have taught him that because we did not. We googled it last night to see what the sign for Bird is and sure enough Finnean has it almost right on. So I asked Kim at daycare today if his friend knows the sign for Bird. The little boy did a sign that is not even close to what Finnean was doing...we have no idea where he learned it from...so the only thing we can come up with...he is a genius!!!!

Finnean's First Outside Cozy Coupe Adventure!

We took the Coupe outside for the first time tonight! Finnean held onto the steering wheel almost the whole time and loved pointing at anything he thought was cool. He had a blast!

All ready to go!

Go, Go, GO!

Finnean's Coupe ran out of gas...so he had to push it home!

Another trip down the street...he loves his new ride!!

Fun Saturday!

Finnean got this wagon from Grandpa and Grandma Thordarson and thought he would try to fit in it. He was so frustrated that he couldn't sit in it!!! He loves to pull it around but if you put to much weight on one end...it bonks you in the head...Finnean found this out MANY times this weekend!!!

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Our first trip to the Sculpture Park in Downtown Des Moines.

Finnean loved the tulips and we were worried that he was going to eat it instead of just smell it!

Dad's view from inside the Nomad.

The Nomad is made of giant letters. We found part of Finnean's initials.

Tiny Finnean. Huge Art.

He looks like he is sprinting!

It was so great because he led us on the tour of the art.

We didn't know that Finnean could read Braille but it sure seemed like he knew what he was reading!

This was one of Finnean's favorite displays.

Finnean just walked up to this piece of art and stood there like he was doing his best to interpret it. He was so serious about it.

So big!!

He looks so old here!

and so little here!!

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We are so thankful to live in a city that has such wonderful art for us to enjoy! If you haven't stopped here...you need to put it on your list of things to do this spring!!!