Mankato, Crawling and Apple Love...hate

Last weekend Donovan and I spent the weekend in Mankato, which is where I started my college career 10 years ago! This time was a lot different then 10 years ago when I started for many reasons. This time I brought Donovan with so he could meet Amanda and Liz, whom of which he hadn't had the pleasure meeting yet. It was also different because my tolerance for alcohol has diminished almost completely. It took me two/three days to recover from a night of beer and shots. I used to be able to do that 3-4 nights a week, maybe more, and now I am not sure if I could ever drink again. I will spare you the details of the plane ride home, but lets just say it was not good. And quite embarrassing. Anyway. This is a story my son will hear when he is out of high school, because he will hold it over my head his entire high school career. I would post pictures of the weekend, but because of my frame of mind and physical condition, I broke our camera and couldn't download any photos. Other then that is was a gerat weekend, we took a walk around campus, went to all the old bars and some new ones. Talked for hours. It is amazing how I can go months with out seeing these girls and we pick up right where we left off. I have been blessed to know such amazing women, who have truly seen me at my best and worst and are still around! THANK YOU!

There is a photo of him at 5 months. Which is the cutest photo ever. Also there are some videos of him getting really frustrated. Which I think is adorable, he doesn't think it is so funny. The first one is of Donovan attempting to crawl. I think he is going to do it very soon. He hates that he can't figure it out yet, he is just way ahead of what his body is ready for! What a go getter!

The other video is his love/hate relationship with the apple on his exersaucer. I literally cannot have this apple on the exersaucer while he is playing with it or he starts crying within 5 minutes. If the apple is not on the exersaucer, he could play in it for hours! He wants the apple, but once he has it is gets upset. It is quite funny.

Diaper head

Ok, so we all have those photo's of us as a baby and we think what were are parents thinking? We needed to continue that tradition! We just couldn't resist!

Trip, Teething, and Mother's Day!

We had quite an eventful week, last Thursday we headed to California to see Grandma and Grandpa Lytle, my brother and his finance Andrea were there as well. It was a lot of fun and the weather was absolutly perfect! I am not sure what my mom is complaining about. I have a feeling it has nothing to do with the weather and more that she is so far away. I agree with her it really sucks. I don't think Donovan was put down the whole weekend, he got a lot of love! It was a great weekend. He also really enjoyed be naked if you can't tell!

Donovan started getting two teeth in on the bottom row! What a big boy! He did really well handling it as long as we gave him teething tablets. He was a little fussy, but to be expecting, I couldn't imagine, how having teetch push through those baby gums would feel! He did great on the plane, didn't make much noise other and actually slept a little! The whole trip he slept through the night as well. I haven't gotten that much sleep since before Donovan was born. It was nice to have babysitters the whole weekend. This is a picture of the result of teething, wet shirt from drool, you can just tell he is uncomfertable! Still adorable though!

My brother, Andrea, Tim and I actually went out and got sushi which was REALLY good! It was fun to hang out with my brother and his future wife, we can't wait for the wedding! They make a great couple, and you can tell they love each other very much, we are lucky to have Andrea as part of our family!

Sunday was of course Mother's Day and it was perfect! Tim and Donovan got me a beautiful necklace with Donovan's birthstone which I love. Nice work Dad! It was especially nice to be able to spend it with my mom, which has thought me well! I hope all you mom's out there were spoiled like I was!