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!!!

Easter!

Finnean and Dad getting ready for church...I couldn't get a good picture with Finnean looking but they are too cute not to post!

Carter (he is four) and Finnean.
They look like they could get into some trouble together!

Finnean LOVES basketball. He didn't want to give it up and go inside!

Slam DUNK!!!

Only family shot...and Finnean was mad because he wanted to play basketball. BUT that is what life was really like-so we captured the moment!

We took these later in the afternoon and I couldn't resist posting so many of them. He just is too cute!

He loved throwing the rocks!!

He likes to line up the rocks...I wonder where he gets that from!?

Hmmm...it has been a long day!

GO!

This one makes me smile-he looks bored!

He is so tiny compared to the funeral home!

Finnean at Grandma and Poppa's!

What a turkey!!!

This was on the way home. We didn't head back to Ankeny until around 6ish (to wait out a bad storm that was on our path) and Finnean looks worn out! He must have been hungry...snacking on his little cute toes!!!

Trip to Bloomfield...

On Friday we headed to Bloomfield for Easter weekend. We had fun at the Egg Hunt and then got in a good nap before heading to Aunt Mona's for the Reyes family dinner. It was nice to see lots of family! Finnean even got to go on the Ranger (some kind of four-wheeler to get around on the farm) to tour the Schooley's farm and check the cows. Michael said that Finnean LOVED the ride and was so happy bouncing around in the truck. He really like all the 'mooooos' from the cows and even copied them. He got to see a bottle cow being fed and even got a little muddy! Saturday night we played hard with Cousin Carter. Finnean loves to copy what he does and they ran laps around the kitchen for probably an hour. Finnean also colored some Easter Eggs and they turned out pretty cool! Sunday morning we woke up and the Easter Bunny visited! Then we took a nap and got ready for church. After church, Finnean played basketball outside and refused to hunt for Easter eggs because he wanted to play. I didn't think we were going to get him inside for lunch-but we did. After lunch we had more naps and then relaxed a little before heading back to Ankeny. It was a fun filled weekend in Bloomfield-full of Easter adventures and family! Hope everyone had a great weekend. I will get more pictures posted soon-my camera died while I was updating!!

16 months

O my...we can't believe another month has gone by. Finnean continues to thrive and make our household so fun and full of laughter...here are a few new things that is going on at the Wagler Household...

• Finnean LOVES basketball. He has spent the month of March watching tons of NCAA games and then this weekend found out that he loves to play basketball. He worked on his dribbling and his dunking at Grandma and Poppa Waglers.
• Adding tons of words...Jerry, Poppa, Grandma, Moooo, truck, car, Dad, basketball, Go! are some of the things we hear the most. I know he has more...but I can't remember them!
• He has found that he is the perfect height to look out our window and watch the traffic go by. He loves trucks and says "truck" every time a semi goes by. When we are in the car he can spot them too!
• Finnean is officially in his big boy car seats in the both cars! No more infant seat for us! He can see a lot more out of the window but still is rear-facing. He is just hanging on that 20 pound mark-we are not in a hurry to turn him around for safety reasons!
• He continues to be a super eater! We are trying new foods and eating like a big boy!
• Basically runs around everywhere!
• Has really turned into a little boy-loves playing with tractors and trucks.
• Had Jello Jigglers for the first time this Easter---he really loves them!!!!!! Thanks Grandma Lisa!
• Loves going for "walks" and loves to walk on his own
• Holds your hand when you are on a walk..it is so sweet. Michael will says- Finnean will you hold my hand...and he puts his little hand up!
• Finnean continues to be so funny and loves hanging out with his family!

Easter Weekend!

Here are just a few snipets from the weekend.

Enjoy!

First Easter Egg Hunt

We went to the City Wide Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. It was great to see family and old friends and their children. Lots of kids turned on the sunny day! Last year Finnean wasn't big enough to go after eggs-he had fun this year!

YUM! This is after Finnean enjoyed his one piece of Easter candy!

Grandpa Steve, Momma, Dad, Finnean, Aunt Ellie, Carter, Poppa Richard and Grandma Lisa
We had a great time at the Easter Egg Hunt! The day was beautiful and full of fun!

I love this one because Finnean is not looking at the camera but in the bucket for his candy!

"YEAH! I am eating chocolate!!!"

We ran into Nathan and Nikki at the Easter Egg Hunt. This is Taylor, Finnean and Brandon after all of the egg hunting!

Finnean and Carter

I love this one. Not sure what he is doing but he is too cute!

Get those eggs!!!

Finnean did a great job picking up eggs. A little girl shared her eggs with him and he even gave her some of his. It was so sweet. She won the Grand Prize Basket for their age division. We thought it was a good life lesson to share your eggs than to get the grand prize!

So serious before the hunt.

Finnean and Dad.

Finnean mastered walking with his bucket early in the day...which was good for collecting eggs!

Picnic in the Park...

Last Thursday (4.1.10) we met Josh, Kaitlyn and Kaia at a park for a family picnic. It was great to catch up and the kids had fun playing hard. The only bad thing...there was a 40 mile an hour wind...that made it very interesting to eat our dinner!!

My boys watching baseball.

Finnean and Kaia had fun running and running!

Finnean's favorite part of the picnic was the baseball practice that was going on around us. He sat and watched for a long time and would say "go!"

Hi Momma!!

A few pictures that I forgot to add...

Michael was shocked to know that I even knew how to use the duster! Finnean had a great time after I got the first layer of dust off! Maybe he wants to take over that chore!

Finnean loves to read-he even reads to himself!