1st Road Trip

Quinn and I took our first road trip (we're not counting our hurricane evacuation last Sept)to Gulf Breeze and Foley last weekend! I know I say this often, but I really do have the best baby ever born! We drove 10 hours and neither of us had a meltdown! Quinn happily road in the backseat, played with some new toys, and enjoyed Baby Einstein on his new portable dvd player (thanks Mawmaw and Grandad!). We stopped at the awesome Louisiana Welcome Center for lunch and enjoyed a picnic under a mossy oak tree. Then we strolled along the Swamp Walk. Q and I had a second picnic at the Mississippi Welcome Center for dinner. The weather was crappy the ENTIRE week, so we didn't get to the beach or really do much outside. Ben flew over on Thursday and drove back with us. I am amazed how Quinn had no problems sleeping in two new places and he kept to his schedule almost to the second! We have so many great memories from the trip: playing the Wii, watching the Connie shows, parading in pirate hats, playing Go Fish and Disney Uno (even though it has weird rules), and hearing Quinn "talk" to everyone in the family!

Play Ball

Mr. Jim at Fulbright gave Q his first baseball cap. Ben and I thought, "Oh, this won't fit Quinn for a LONG time; probably until he's 2 or 3." Guess who was wrong! Granted, we tightened it a good bit. Isn't Quinn cute? Maybe we have an Auburn baseball player living with us! I guess we need to teach him how to spit sunflower seeds. WAR EAGLE!

Q Loves Becky!

Aunt Becky sent us a few snapshots from her trip down south (and a little to the west). As you can see, Quinn loves him some Becky!

It's serious love when Q holds onto your face like this.

He loves getting hugs!

If you look closely, you can see Q making eyes at the cowgirl that's helping him settle onto the longhorn. And he's giving her the "How you doin' grin."

Quinn Crawls

Quinn is doing a lot of crawling lately. It's not the most elegant crawl you've ever seen--it involves a lot of elbows and some flailing of arms and a little bit of grunting, but it gets him where he wants to go. And, if you turn your back for a second, he'll be somewhere you didn't think he could get to.

Last night we decided to try and video him. Of course he was crawling perfectly UNTIL he saw the video camera...then he practically quit. So, we had to bribe him with some of his favorite things: a shoe, a remote control, a toy, and Ruby. It worked. We actually got the crawl on film this time!

It's time to go buy some baby fencing or something.

Latest Milestone

Look at Quinn's latest achievement! The sippy cup! By no means is he a pro yet, but practice makes perfect. The sounds he makes while trying to drink from it are hilarious. My sweet baby is growing up so fast!

Happy Spring!

Quinn on the Move