HB Gisele!

Donal and I took Declan to Gisele's 3rd Birthday party at the park. Declan is getting around very well and enjoys climbing around on the playground areas. He played with Brody and the birthday girl on the splash pad.

Declan and Brody

Priceless!

Dancing in the water with Gisele

Today was also Mother's Day, we celebrated on Friday...

Declan, Mommy and Grammy

Declan with Aunt Kelley and Uncle Rick

Water Play

We had swim lessons this morning. Declan is doing great and enjoys it so much. Then we came home napped, had lunch and met some friends at Cypress Water Park. It was our first time there and it was fantastic. They have a huge pool with a big slide and two smaller play areas for younger kids. One area has two small slides and the other area is a splash pad. We went swimming and played on the splash pad, Declan had a blast!

Preparing for his dive!

Laney turns One

Declan had a great weekend. On Saturday we participated in the March of Dimes walk in honor of his friend Coleman. Coleman, Declan's best buddy, was born eight weeks early and this charity funds important programs and research that help babies begin healthy lives.

Macy, Laney, Coleman and Declan

On Sunday we celebrated Laney's 1st Birthday! Declan had tons of fun. He did some coloring, water-play and climbed around on the playground area.

Happy Birthday Laney!

Are those words I hear?

Amongst all the babbling, some words have emerged. Today we were on the balcony watching the boats, a favorite past time of his, and I was telling him the bridge is going to open for the big boat (several times of course). We watched the bridge go up several times today and sure enough by the end of it he was saying "open bridge," his first phrase! He has also said dog, cat, fish, duck, boat and I am pretty sure in the the bath tub last night he said octopus! Our babysitter heard him say airplane. He also says mommy and daddy often and quite clear.

Declan with tia Angelie

Below are two videos of Declan playing while his tia (tia is spanish for aunt) Angelie was here for a visit. She is moving 4 hours north to Palm Coast with her boyfriend in a couple of weeks. The first video you will see Declan knocking over his blocks, which is super funny because just until last week if I would stack the blocks he would be so careful NOT to tip them over and now he is like a mad man doing it! In the second video he is riding Rody a present from my dad and has been thoroughly enjoying the box it came in too.

Declan in Class

This video is Declan at Amanda's Place toddler class. When he turned one he was bumped up to the 12-18 month class.

Stepping it up!

Declan is doing more walking then crawling now, and its been incredible to see him so determined. He  turn around while walking yesterday so that was exciting too! He is also recognizing things. For example his inflatable bath tub has bugs on it and I showed him and said this is a snail and then showed him another snail and then asked him where a snail is and he pointed to a different one. It was so cool! He will also point to daddy in a picture when I ask.

Happy Easter

Not so easy to recreate with a baby on the go....

Declan's 1st Easter

Declan's 2nd Easter

I like these eggs

This basket is not so comfortable this year... I'M OUTTA HERE