Birthday with Family

Well it has been a rough few days! I came down with some sort of funk after my dr. appt. on Friday. I was running a high fever for a couple of days on and off. Plus, I puked Friday night. Mom talked to Dr. Bain Saturday morning and she didn't seem too terribly concerned, so we went ahead with the family get together as planned. I had a great time playing with my cousins and seeing my Aunts and Uncles. Aunt Mandy couldn't come because she was busy planning her own family get together, but she came to see me Sunday! SO it was a great day. Here are a couple of pictures:

Me and Aunt Jill playing with a gift from mom and dad


Playing with my book from Grandma


My cool new lawn mower from Uncle Troy's family


My Brewers creeper from Uncle Rick and Aunt Sandy...me and dad went to a day game on Monday and I wore it...I looked ready for those boys of summer!


Me sharing my cake with my best friend


Me sharing my cake with mom and dad

Dad getting mom with my cake...we Van Zeelands do everything together!

All in all it was a great day. I have tons more pictures, but they won't all fit in one page for my book mom is making me!


On Sunday, I was feeling much better and after some housework and my refusal to nap, we went to meet the Rogers' at the mall. After lunch we went on the carousel. I LOVED IT!!! Here I am with dad and then again where you can see Grant too!!!

Music Camp Highlights

I had a wonderful time at my music camp at church. One of the best things was my good buddy Jack Relle came with me. We had a great time together. On the last day our daddies came and played with us and had lunch. Oma came too! It was a lot of fun to celebrate a great week and my birthday! Here are a couple pictures to highlight the week:

me and mom on the first day.

Jack and his Papa C who flew in for a meeting and got music class as a bonus feature!

The boys chillin by the blow up crawly caterpillar...btw, me and dad caused it to collapse...I was OUT on it after that.

Me and Oma walking like dinosaurs

Me and Dad IN the caterpillar thing

Me telling Oma how much I hated the caterpillar thing


The Van Zeelands and the Relles (BTW, all us boys are going to a RoughRider game on Monday!!!)


Me and Jack on the Parachute....Jack had more fun with the basketballs!!!

Best Friend!

This week I have really enjoyed my music camp. I have been off schedule and possibly this week will be the week I switch down to just one nap a day??? But, so far that nap has only been an hour and a half both days. This has proven to make me quite tired by 4:00, but mom won't let me nap that late in the afternoon for fear of me not sleeping at night. So it is a long haul from 5-7. BUT I have become quite snuggly and will lay my head down wherever. My 3 favorite spots have become, in no particular order:
1) Cheddar
2) Mom's shoulder (she likes this one best)
3) the tile floor

SO that is how it goes so far. I have really realized in the past couple weeks that my Best Friend in the world is Cheddar. I call her now by making kissing noises and smacking my leg twice. Whenever she is not around, I am constantly looking for her and calling her. When she is outside and not by my side, I stand at the back door and do it for as long as she is out there!
She comes in and wakes me up in the morning and what you can't see in this one picture is the dove sitting on my window ledge that we were both hunting for about 15 minutes this morning. It was mom's only quiet 15 minutes of the day!!! We actually sit and look out the window every morning for a while together. It is a nice way to start the day.



Thursday is the big day of music camp where hopefully mom will get some pictures to show you how much fun I have had.
Until then, take a great nap...I am sure I won't!

Playing in the sun!

Well, summer has officially arrived here in Texas! We have had some super hot days lately. I have certainly kept as busy as my mom can go...but she is pretty slow these days because of the new baby sucking her energy! So, that is why you haven't heard from me much. See, now it so happens, when I nap, so does mom...or at least she tries to when she is not trying to do something around the house that I refuse to let her do while she is chasing me 90 to nothin all day!
Lets see...I am NOT officially walking, but I get around pretty good. I take about 5-8 steps and then I think that I can go faster crawling. I get braver every day and my balance is good enough that I can stop, turn around, and go in another direction. Mom thinks I have her lazy tendencies which should prove to be quite a frustration for Dad in the future. Here is mom's favorite picture of late of me and dad.




My grandma bought me a deluxe pool for my birthday and since it has been so hot, we busted it out early! Last weekend I had my good friend Grant Rogers over for a cook out and swim party. He is also going to have a baby brother or sister 2 weeks before me, so we are probably going to co-miserate a lot in the future. He's a lot bigger than me, but we had a good time.



Then on Tuesday I had a couple of my Gymboree buddies over for a swim party. Not many people showed up and mom was okay with that. She wasn't too sure how many of us could safely fit in that pool. So as it turned out, we had a good time with Natalie and Thorne. They were a little more interested in Oma's sand box than the pool and that was fine by me...I just took the whole thing for myself and had a hey day!


Then on Thursday, we went to meet Grant Van Boven and his mom and some of her friends for lunch at the Purple Cow. It was lots of fun to see them again. We were amazed at how big we were...not babies any more, just two little boys hanging out at a burger joint! We had so much fun that we missed my Gymboree class. So mom and I went to run some errands and then to Oma's for a bit to help clean out her closet.
THEN...Thursday night my neighbor Mr. Schwarz came over to show us his new bounce house he bought!! He owns Jump for Joy and I love to look over the fence at the fun stuff over there. I was already in bed, so he left it over night so I could play in the morning! It was WAY WAY fun. My cousin John came over at 7:45 to show me the ropes, then Jack and Jackson came over later in the morning. I should have slept like a champ, but no. Instead I took a mere 3 20 minute naps! SO ha ha...fun times.





Today was Father's day and I just want to let everyone know how much I love my DADDY!!! He is my best buddy. We went to Oma and Opas with Grandma, Aunt Brittany, and Uncle Troy, Aunt Celie and all my cousins! They got a new puppy that is 1/2 Vizsla like Cheddar. So I got to see that little guy too. It was a LONG day with just a short short car ride nap. I am hoping to sleep in and catch up.

Tomorrow I start my music camp for the week and Thursday is my birthday. Hopefully mom will have her act together to update by then!
Have a great Father's Day!!!