To Muncie, Again!

On Saturday, we made the trip down to Muncie again to see Aunt Judi and Uncle Jim, Uncle Bob, and my cousins, Jeff, Chris, and Lauren. This time the drive wasn't so pleasant. I think Austin was just getting sick of sitting in the car, so he was crying quite a bit more than he usually does. He wasn't happy until we arrived in Muncie and he got to play and explore. Austin had a blast, and made Aunt Judi and Uncle Jim's house his own. He played with his cousin, Lauren a lot, and they rode pillows around on the hardwood floors. He also played drums on Judi's bench with Lauren and Chris. They all giggled quite a bit. It was too cute!

Lauren even helped Austin to walk a bit, of course, he was pushing a baby doll stroller! It was too cute, they both seemed to have a great time and kept each other entertained for several hours.

Austin even found his reflection in their Grandfather clock, and was either trying to kiss himself, or eat himself. I can't decide which of the two it was. Either way, he left his fair share of fingerprints on things.....sorry Aunt Judi!

Here's a picture of the three siblings.....it was nice to see them all together again, and we all had a fun visit.

On Sunday, we took a day off from our usual Sunday gathering with my parents. We decided that with all the traveling this week and being away from home, we could use a "butt day." It was nice, we sat around all day long and played with Austin, and that was about it. He even got to go swimming! He splashed around in his pool for about a half hour and then we ate dinner. He's been doing a lot better feeding himself lately, and has really started to enjoy ground beef, lunch meats, and even steamed broccoli last night. His favorite, of course, is still watermelon. He still makes a huge mess when he eats, but that's part of the fun! He's started to drink out of a cup very well lately also. Our doctor recommended not using a sippy cup, which I thought was crazy at first. But, we figured we'd give it a shot, and see how he does. He's really doing well with it. He doesn't hold it on his own, but he barely pours any of it on himself. He's growing up too quick!

He's also starting to point at just about everything that he walks by. Since he's started to do this, we tell him what objects are. He's even starting to recognize some things (we'll ask him where mama or dada is, or his puppies Allie and Jackson), and he'll point to those things sometimes. This morning, he acted like he was trying to kiss me back while he was taking a bath. Right before he pooped in the tub, even with the water in there. Some call it aqua dumping! As nasty as this was, I had to laugh, because I used to do the same thing in the tub when I was little. Right after his moment of sweetness with kissing me, he did that. It made me smile, even though it was terrible to clean up! I guess what goes around, comes around, huh mom and dad?