Picnic

Today the weather was just beautiful for a picnic. After Chance's nap we took a blanket and out lunch outside. Chance had some crackers and some peach sauce as well as some of my sandwich and some apple juice. He decided to skip the slice of cheese today. Chance really enjoyed being outside with the sun and the grass. Just the feeling of being outside makes it fun. We at our lunch and then just played around on the blanket for a while before I received a travel phone call and we had to go in the house. This was lots of fun though, I think we will do it again soon. I think my goal with the yard will be to make it so it is comfortable and safe to do things like have a picnic any time we want. The yard is uneven, there are dips in it that I would like to fix and we need to get underpinning on the house all the way around. I am not a good gardener at all but I have started doing gardening research and hopefully together Scott and I can figure it out. Another Chance developement is standing. I haven't been able to get a picture because I need to be there for support but when Scott gets home maybe we can get one to show you. I started yesterday with a new game "helicopter" I stood him up and told him if he could stand up on his own we would play helicopter. He stood there and I gradually took my hands away. He jsut kept standing so in a minute I picked him up and whirled him around the room like a helicopter. He loved it so after a big hug we did it again and again he stood up by himself. He did it again today and now he is doing it longer than yesterday. Today he stood for so long that he realized he was standing on his own and started to laugh at himself. He is so funny.

I loved this first picture because he looks so little and the next one where he is stuffing crackers in his mouth he looks cute with his feet crossed. And in the last one just look at that pose.