Life Lately

We've been pretty busy lately....birthday parties, swim lessons, photo shoots, a bout of sickness, school, and just having fun together.  Pearce is at SUCH a fun age right now.  He definitely has a strong will and knows what he wants, but is also so, so sweet.  He still loves for me to hold him and love on him.  For no reason at all, he will just come up to me and say, "Mommy hold you."  I pick him up and he will just lay his head down on me and let me love on him.  He loves for me to rock him and scratch his back.  He's such a great balance of "all boy" and "baby."  I love that! 

Gabriel's birthday party at the park.  Pearce had the best time playing and loved this little car!  Pearce looked so cute in his shirt from the Masters that his daddy got him last year. 

 

Pearce hasn't taken afternoon naps for a while now, but every once in a while, he ends up falling asleep.  I can't believe how big he looks in his chair now!  He has loved his chair, but it used to be so big....I think it might be time for us to get him the bigger size!

  

 

I took Pearce to get his picture taken in his Easter outfit.  I just took him to JC Penny's because I had several coupons I could use and they usually do a great job.  I was so proud of Pearce because picture taking can be pretty stressful for me....but Pearce was smiling for the photographer before the photographer was even ready!  I really just wanted one good shot of him in his Easter outfit, but ended up getting several cute ones!  These are just pictures of the pictures, but oh my goodness, how cute is he?!  Grandparents, you will be getting these!  What makes these pictures even more amazing is that he woke up with a low fever this morning.  I already had the appointment set up and just did not want to reschedule, so I gave Pearce some Motrin and off we went.  But when we got home, he was feeling pretty bad, so I just made him a little bed on the couch and he just slept the rest of the day. 

Two cute pictures of Pearce wearing Nathan's clothes.  I'm so thankful Ashley kept so many of Nathan's cute clothes!  Pearce ALWAYS puts up a struggle with getting dressed.  The only thing that makes it easier for me is when I can say "This was Nay Nay's shirt" or "These were Nay Nay's shorts."  If I would let Pearce just wear his undies all day everyday, he would be so happy :)

 

 Last week, Chris and I went to Pearce's musical program at school.  He had been singing his songs all during the day at home, so we knew he knew the songs....we just couldn't wait to see if he would actually sing when he got up on stage!  His little class is so cute!  As soon as he got on stage, he just started smiling and waving to us and got a little shy, but then he got into it and sang so well!  The whole school participated in the musical program, but Pearce's class went first and just did two songs and then they left because it's too hard for them to sit through a long program.  After their songs, we clapped and clapped and he just had the sweetest smile on his face.  As his class walked out, we waved to him and he just kept looking at us.  When I picked Pearce up at school later that afternoon, the first thing he said to me was, "Mommy, you and Daddy clapped for me!"   

Today Pearce and I had fun running around.  I didn't have anything specific planned for us this morning, except for a couple small errands.  We took it easy in the morning and then went to The Domain which is an outdoor shopping area.  I needed to make a return and then we just walked around.  There were a couple new play areas there that were fun for Pearce to play on.  We also found a new toy store there that Pearce just loved!  He kept picking up toys saying "Can I ask Santa for this?"  What was neat was that they had a nice play area in the back with lots of cool toys.  We stayed there for about an hour!  Then we were leaving and I saw an old fashioned candy store and Princess Anna was standing at the door, so of course, we had to say hi to Anna and then go look inside the candy store.  Pearce immediately found a lollipop (I always say "sucker" but Pearce says "lollipop") that he wanted, but I told him let's look around the whole store and then if he still wants the sucker lollipop :) then he could have it.  He walked around once and then got the lollipop!  He kept saying he wanted to go give Anna a hug and take a picture with her, so we paid, then went to see Anna and he immediately got so shy and would barely even look at her!  Pearce was very happy with his sweet treat, though :)