The Bunny Stopped At Our House

So we started off our Easter break with a new Good Friday tradition compliments of my husband. Friday, we had the first annual Lamar/Alford family crawfish boil. I, myself, do not eat crawfish. They are categorized in the swimming family, so I stuck with the potatoes, (or taters as Trey called them) corn, and sausage. At about 10:30 I was all partied out and hit the hay and I think the function continued on for several more hours...until the 60 pounds of crawfish was gone.

Inspecting the critters

Trying to get him a drink

Ford and Uncle Ham



Boiling the crawfish

One of my good friends from college is getting married this summer. Several of us former DDD’s hosted her a bridal shower in Oxford on Saturday. It was fun getting together with college friends.

Hostesses and Sarah

After the bridal shower I met Trey and Ford and we headed to Cleveland to James Still’s first birthday party. Thank goodness Puddin and Pops gave Ford a DVD player for the car for Christmas or the ride could have been a little rocky. The ride home wasn’t as pleasant as we had hoped because no afternoon nap and being stuck in a car seat for over an hour lead to a small melt down. But we survived through it all.
Ford and James


Yummy

James looking at the balloons

His first time on a slide

My baby

Ford was in Heaven with someone else's toys to play with

Sweet baby James

Easter is such an important time of year. I hope everyone was able to go to church this morning and celebrate as we at the Lamar household did.

Ford’s Easter basket


Our little family



I could HARDLY wait for Ford to wake up from his nap so we could go outside and hunt Easter eggs. I had been practicing most of the week with Ford about what an egg was. I think he was a little confused with eggs and balls. They do seem to be similar, especially to such a small tike as Ford. He picked up one egg and decided to eat it and lost interest in the hunt. Regardless it was a fun afternoon.






He loves snack time


Eating a snack with Pops

Ford was 11 months old on April Fools. Here are the latest Ford facts.

* He weighed 20.0 pounds at his last doctor visit
* He drinks 4 bottles a day … a total of about 20 ounces
* He still eats oatmeal and baby food, but enjoys eating big people table food
* I feed him, sliced cheese, chocolate pudding, turkey, goldfish, cheerios, ice cream, and apple sauce on a regular basis along with anything else I may be eating that he can chew
* He has two bottom teeth and 4 top teeth
* He is a walking machine. He even climbs some
* He wears a size 3 diaper
* He is just now getting into 12 month clothes
* He loves electrical cords, remote controls, real telephones, Tupperware, pots and pans, his bath time, dogs, looking out the window, strolling, and playing outside
* He says bye bye all the time and waves
* His version of giving a kiss is opening his mouth and putting it on your cheek. It’s so sweet!
* He says momma and da da
* Anything you say that starts with a “B” or “P” he will make that sound
* He is still riding in his infant car seat … however he is about to graduate to his Britax Boulevard we bought him
* He goes to bed at 7:00 every night and sleeps until about 6:30 in the morning
* He naps twice a day and sometimes we throw in a third late afternoon nap
* He has had 4 hair cuts
* He is our little man!!!!!!!