Such a little stinker...

How could you not love that little face!?!?  This is how Crew wakes up in the morning, always in a good mood...he must take after his Daddy because it takes Mommy a while to wake up!

 

Crewser absolutely loves these books you see him "reading!"  They are called "Funny Faces" books and they are bright and colorful, rhyme, and even have sound at the end!  I think he has almost all of them...Charlie Monkey, Rusty Robot, Alien Al, Rocky Dog and on!  He also loves the DK "Peek-a-boo" books...he will sit on my lap and want me to keep reading so he can look under the flaps to see the surprise!  Mommy loves reading and hopefully, he has a lifelong love of books!

 

 

Swimmin' with Yaya!

 

 

 

He was looking pretty warm so Mommy was making sure he had enough H2O!  Crew seems to really like the straw sippy cups...although, they are not non-spill!

 

After Crew's morning nap we did a little shopping this afternoon...Mommy needed a break from the hot weather!  He was such a good boy getting in and out of the car and being very patient with Momma.  We got some more books at Barnes & Noble and Crew even got a cookie before we left along with Mommy's iced coffee...and wouldn't you know he wanted a sip...and LOVED it!  I only let him take a couple sips ...afterall, it was only decaf! 

 

Before his afternoon nap (already pretty tired!) and not too happy that Mommy told him to put the wine bottle down! 

Hope everyone has a very safe and relaxing MEMORIAL DAY weekend!

Crew is a good little helper!

Greg and I have been doing a lot of yard work lately...we are trying to get it all done before we leave for vacation!  Crew watches us cutting limbs, raking up leaves, and mowing and then mimicks us!  He tries to sweep and rake and it is so funny to watch.   He loves running around the yard and discovering new things!

 

Trying to help rake up leaves...with the big rake of course!

 

 

 

 

 It has been pretty hot here lately and this is what happens...LOVE his shape!

 

Sweeping in the nude...

 

Morning coffee with Daddy...

 

He doesn't want to sit at his picnic table...just wants to climb on it!

 

The next few pictures are of Crew beating up on Mommy...he loves wrestling around and climbing on my back...he thinks it's sooooo funny!

  

 

 

After another day of yard work he still wants to wrestle around!  I think I'm looking at Greg saying "help please!"

 

Pulling my glasses off...

 

 

Haha...I got you Mommy!

 

Mommy always gets the last laugh!

 

After breakfast each morning we go out back to play!

 

I just thought this was so funny...I accidentally took Crew's normal car seat and forgot to leave it for Daddy.  So Daddy had to use his smaller car seat and he looks like a stuffed sausage!  Luckily, it works until he's 32 lbs...although, I think he is closing in on the weight limit!

 

Three weeks until we hit the beach!

My sweet little man...he's such a cutie!  The Eddy household is getting VERY excited for our upcoming vacation to Hilton Head!  We leave in about three weeks and we can't wait!  My family has been going to Hilton Head for 20 or 25 years and we all love it!  Like last year, Greg, me, Crew, Tay and Joe are staying in one villa and my parents, Blake and Casey in another!  It is always so much fun with everyone...going to the beach and pools, dinner and of course a little shopping!  I can't wait to see Crew on the beach running around and splashing in the water! 

I finally got around to buying our Zoo pass for this year!  Last year myself and Auntie Tay took Crew for his first trip...he was only about 4 1/2 months old so I know he's not going to remember it...but this year I think he will enjoy it a lot more!  Since we bought the pass we can go unlimited times and we get into the other Zoo's in the area for free...the Cleveland Metropark Zoo is about a 40 minute drive and the Akron Zoo is only 15 minutes!

Below are some older pics that I noticed I had not posted...

Wagon ride...

Attempting to fly a kite...

Trying to feed himself scrambled eggs...

I took this video yesterday before Crew went down for his afternoon nap...I always say he gets a "second wind" and then crashes and sure enough he fell asleep shortly after this video!

 
This other video is from last night at dinner.  Crew was a little fussy because he is still teething (the molars have been the hardest for the poor little guy!)  and he INSISTED on feeding himself...so Greg and I gave in and as you can see it was quite messy!  And excuse my singing...it's horrendous...as my family already knows...haha!

The weekend...

Here are a few pictures from over the weekend!  As you know Crew absolutely loves being outside...his new thing is trying to pull or drag everything!

 

Daddy and Crewsie

 

Helping Daddy mow the lawn! 

 

Pulling the mower!

 

He is growing up waaaaaay toooooooo fast!!!

 

 

I forgot to mention on our blog that Crew has stopped nursing...he got almost 13 full months of breast milk! I wish I could say he never got formula, but the first week we supplemented about one bottle a day of formula until my milk fully came in.  He actually stopped April 6th (and I stopped pumping April 21st), but since I use this blog as a pseudo journal I want to make sure I remember the dates!  I am very good with keeping up with his baby book, but I like to keep track of it on the blog in case something would ever happen to the book...plus, his book is almost filled up!  He also has TWO new teeth...his upper first molars poked through about a week ago...so that makes TWELVE teeth!  It is so weird seeing him with an almost mouth full of little teeth...I kind of miss that little "gummy" smile :)

2 Part Post: Mother's Day and Bon Voyage!

Mother's Day Part 2!  We celebrated Mother's Day with my side of the family last Friday!  We had a great time with everyone...a very enjoyable and relaxed evening!

It's hard to get eveyone looking at the camera and eyes open...so here are a couple shots...haha! 

 

The best sister that anyone could ever ask for! 

 

Crew loves his ball! 

 

 Yaya giving him a lickof beer...

I would love to know what he is thinking!

Handsome boy!

Gammy Fisher talking to Casey and Blake

Popsie relaxing! 

Gram Cooper and Joe

I love my Auntie Tay!

This is the second part of the post...we sold our boat!  After eleven years (we bought it summer of 99') of great memories we decided to sell the boat!  We sold it to an attorney in Chicago and he will be keeping it in front of his lake home on Lake Michigan!  Life is just getting busier and busier and right now we don't have the time we would like to enjoy the boat...but I know again one day we will buy another one!  It is a wooden boat, so it is a lot of up-keep for Daddy!  For now we can use Uncle Brian's sailboat on Lake Erie or my grandparents boat on Berlin Lake!

Saying one last goodbye to the boat!

Below are some older pics of the boat when we had it on Lake Erie!

Getting ready to head to the marina!

Our boat next to Greg's parents boat in their building.

Such a pretty boat!

Headed to the lake for the season!

 

Even Tiki made trips to the boat!  Obviously, these are when she was just a little puppy! 

Soooo many wonderful memories and experiences!  We would sail every weekend and it was our little getaway!  There are endless funny/scary/exciting moments when we would sail.  Like the time we were at the Wooden Boat Regatta in Huron and tried to leave to go back to our marina in Sandusky.  The weather and wind was so bad once we got out on the lake Greg and I were panicing and trying to throw on our life vests and I thought we were done!  I got roses the next week at work...that should say enough!  And of course the time we got stuck out on the lake with no wind and it was 95 degrees with bugs and we were both miserable and Greg got in the dinghy and was driving around the boat in circles...I was probably screaming or crying at this point!  Or the time we had our friends up on the boat (and Kim was pregnant!) and we ran the boat aground!  Oh the memories!  I could go on and on...we look back on all these stories and laugh!  We can't wait to one day create more memories (maybe the less scary ones) with our children!

Greg always used to think it was so funny to take unflattering shots of me...hahahaha!  I know you'll love this honey!