Day 2 Cont.

When Bryce is happy and feeling better - Mom's happy too!

Tyler playing at the park. It was in the 80s today. We were sweating while we were walking. We're having a fun time, but missing Andy back in Provo too. (Most of these long posts are for Andy to see the boys and what we've been up to while we're away). After the park we visited my dad's shoe store so he could show off his grandsons to all of his employees. Tyler said his favorite part of the day was running around the close racks at Pop's store.

Maryland Day 2

Tyler was initially afraid of my parent's dog, Brady. But today he was brave enough to walk him all by himself.

I think Tyler enjoyed having a little bit of power over something. I love how green everything is here. Spring is here. Everything is blooming.

My mom and I took the boys for a walk in Baker Park and saw this huge turtle in the river.

The look on Bryce's face in this picture pretty much sums up how he's felt since we arrived. He's cutting his two front teeth and feeling pretty miserable. He's been running a fever, had no appetite, and been pretty fussy. I finally got him some Motrin today and he's shown some signs of improvement.

Maryland - Day 1

This is the cool park made out of recycled materials.

Its called Cunningham Falls State Park

I could think of so many tasks to do on this equipment.

Tyler liked playing with the dragon.

Packin Up

Happy Easter?

No cute Easter pictures in front of Spring flowers in handsome Sunday Easter clothes this year. We awoke to an inch of snow on the ground yesterday and we didn't even go to church because it was our church's semi-annual general conference. So we stayed home and listened to Easter messages on t.v. instead. The Easter bunny did find the Ferguson boys in the basement of Grandma and Grandpa's house and left them a little Easter surprise. Bryce's eggs had cereal in them and Tyler's had candy. I love Bryce's enthusiasm in this picture over finding his first egg.

Bryce is taking his time learning to crawl. To get where he wants to go he crawls backwards and then turns around. An interesting way to get through life that we hope doesn't continue beyond infancy. He has become quite the yacker lately, making all kinds of sounds like mama, dada, nana, baba, and some other strange constant combination. He loves to play with paper and will destroy any magazine, book or mailing ad within his reach. His other new skill includes having lighting quick reflexes for knocking over block towers. He loves this game.

The Little Chocolatiers Air Date

I saw on the TLC website the other night that they're going to air an episode where the Hatch's create an underwater sea scape. I'm assuming this is also probably the episode where they visit the aquarium. Its airs Tuesday, April 13th at 10/9 pm central time. We don't know if any of the footage of Tyler and his cousins will actually make it on the show but we'll be watching to find out.

Bad Mom Moments While Moving

1. Letting Tyler choose his wardrobe this past week and allowing him to wear his bathrobe all day Tuesday and Wednesday and his swimming suit all day Thursday.

2. Tyler spending so many hours playing computer games on pbskids.org that his hair started to form a dent from the headphones he wore so I wouldn't have to hear "Thats not right" for the 100th time that day.

3. Feeding Bryce leftover pizza crust for lunch on Saturday while sitting on the kitchen floor because everything in our house had already been taken away including the food and I forgot to get out some lunch for him.

What can I say. . . it was a "survival" week for us. Kids have endured worse.