Car Washing Time!

We had another crazy weekend of not doing anything really. On Friday, Jared took the day off to build a support for our hammock so that we can actually use it this year. Well, so far, so good. Jared and Matt got the support up on Friday and it looks great. It managed to hold both Jared and Matt, plus Austin and Jackson! It was a full seat, but all of the boys relaxed in the sun for a few minutes before getting back to work and back to a nap. Notice Austin's cute muscle shirt.....he looked adorable in it!

On Saturday, we relaxed and hung out at home. Nothing too exciting. We went to Target and bought Austin a new toy camera since he's obsessed with ours. We also stopped by Menards to get some weed killer and sprayed the weeds in our yard. Ah, the joys of home ownership. Here is a picture of Austin and Jared playing with his new camera. Austin was laughing in the picture, which he's starting to do more and more everyday. His little chuckle is adorable. He's ticklish in a lot of different places, but mostly his stomach, his baby fat on his legs, and if you sniff him like a dog around his face it usually gets him to laugh. I know it sounds weird, but I'll do just about anything to get to hear that little baby giggle....it's so precious!

On Sunday, we hung out at home and hate a big breakfast of blueberry pancakes made by Jared. He makes the best pancakes in my opinion, and we shared some with Austin. He had them all over his face and his high chair tray, but man, was he enjoying them, without the blueberries for now though. He's getting really good at chewing his food up, and hopefully I'll have him most of the way off of the jarred baby food shortly. I've tried to make my own baby food, but he doesn't seem to like it. He likes chunks of food more, but if we gave him only that, it would take him about 4 hours to eat his dinner and his butt would be permanently glued to his high chair. If you look closely at this picture, you can see all 4 of his teeth that he has right now....nice, big, and pearly white!

After breakfast and a short nap, we decided to wash cars. Since we had just sprayed the weed killer, we set Austin on a sheet in the front yard so he wouldn't break out in a rash like his mom does (I break out in hives if someone sneezes around me for the most part, so hopefully he doesn't take after me). He enjoyed the sun, taking off his hat repeatedly, and hanging out with his two friends, Jackson and Allie. Austin has continued teething and has had his good moments, and many bad lately. I think he might but cutting several at the same time right now.....3 or 4 to be exact. One of the 4 has finally cut through a bit, but the other three haven't even started. His gums are really swollen and seem to be bothering him quite a bit. And Tylenol and teething rings are about the best I can do for him! Luckily, he has continued to sleep through the night through all of this, which has been great for Jared and I. After him waking up pretty much every night for 7 months, it starts to wear on you a bit! I have to admit though, I sometimes miss seeing him in the middle of the night!