Happy Easter

Easter was a great day in the Case household. We all got up in time to go see Grandpa Bishop at the Cathedral and made it back in time to see what the Easter Bunny had dropped off while we were out. While this first picture is a bit fuzzy, not even the blur can hide the excitement on this little boys face. He got three Easter books, a new big boy sippie sup, two fruit squeeze pouches and even an automatic bubble machine that advertises to produce a "gazillion" bubbles- which it nearly did!

Keegan wasn't even quite sure what to do with all the bubbles, but it was sure fun to watch him. I know that with how successful Easter was this year, and all the fun we had in yesterday's egg hunt, that next year will be even more adventurous and exciting! Happy Easter and Happy Spring to you all!!

Egg Hunt

The day before Easter we decided to have a brunch at our house. Drew's folks were in town so we invited them, Mary & Erik, Missie & Wes, and my dad & Ardele to come over for bit of breakfast and to lend hand in Keegan's first egg hunt. We had a great meal complete with ham, Thom Eggs, Nana Pat's sweet rolls (that I made the night before, not Nana) and the other Easter necessities (deviled eggs and mimosas!). After breakfast I hid a dozen plastic eggs filled with goldfish crackers, graham cracker bites, Cheerios, and animals crackers, all over the backyard. We then unleashed the bit bewildered child and assisting Aunts to do the hunting...not sure who was more vested in the process. Keegan got the hang of it pretty quick and enjoyed finding all the goodies inside the eggs at the end.

Thanks Missie and Mary for your help. Next year I'll be sure to hide some eggs for you too!!

The First Hair Cut

 On the Saturday before Easter we decided that it had come time for Keegan to lose the locks of his babyhood and enter the world of boydom with a new do! I found a salon in Meridian that specializes in childrens' haircuts. They had a wonderful decorated salon with Jeeps and giraffes and motorcycles to sit on. Keegan got to sit in the Jeep and he did SO GOOD!! The gal put the cap on him and he just sat there and let her play with his hair. She gave us some animal crackers to feed him if he started to get restless, but there was no need- he was great. She was nice and quick and only took about 12 minutes to get rid of all the craziness that surrounded Keegan's head. I of course was behind the camera getting as many pictures as I could and Drew had the video camera- this was an event I was not missing out on. Because Keegan did so well, it was easy for me to be brave as well- I didn't shed a single tear. We got all his curls in a little baggie to bring home and Keegan even got a First Haircut Certificate. As soon as we got home I told Drew to put it in the fire safe so that nothing could ruin it! All in all, it was a great, fun experience and am grateful to the wonderful folks at 2 B A Kid in Meridian for making Keegan's first haircut so successful!!!

Boys Will be Boys

This last weekend we had our friends Bert, Kathy, and Ethan over for a BBQ. The weather was beautiful in the morning and of course had clouded over and even started raining by mid afternoon. But nastey weaterh wasn't going to keep the boys (big nor small)  inside. The little boys got to ride around the yard in the wagon, climb in and out of the four-wheeler, and around and around the castle.

Ethan was so serious in all of my pictures, but his little face simply cracks me up!!

No, I do NOT want to swing!!!!

I can do it Dad, I can do it!!!

Yes, little man, you can!!

Let the Cartooning Commence...

Saturday morning favorites:

Phineas & Ferb

Sponge Bob Square Pants

Mickey Mouse Club House

The Boise Zoo

Over Keegan's birthday weekend, we took Keegan and some of our friends, Brittany and Carl, to the Boise Zoo. We had taken Keegan to the Idaho Falls Zoo when he was about 6 months old, so we knew that at a year it would be a very different experience. The weather was so nice this particular weekend that we thought the zoo would be the perfect afternoon getaway- we'll, everyone else in Boise had the same idea. So while it was very busy, we still had a great time and got to see everything that we wanted!

 The African Plains Exhibit was under construction while Drew and I were engaged and we hadn't been back since. It was fun to see the lions and giraffes and we were so close to the Zebras we could have touched them!! We saw monkeys and the tigers, and also made sure to take advantage of all of the photo opportunities...

 Perhaps the nicest part of going with extra people was that I got to be in some of the pictures. Thanks to Britt for making sure we had some fun family pictures to end the day with!

Drew's favorite animals are the penguins and we had a great time showing them off to Keegan. They were swimming around under the water so he was actually able to see them. I think Keegan had a great visit to the Zooa nd now that he's a little older, I'm already looking forward to all the new adventures we can take him on!!

Keegan's Adventures

Keegan has become quite the little explorer over the past few weeks. With increasing mobility and strength, he's been knocking over dining room chairs, climbing on and off the sofa, and is even trying to climb into the bathtub while his dad is taking a shower. The other night I heard a big thud in the dining room, expecting that I would hear a huge baby cry after that. Instead, I heard the loudest little boy laugh ever. As soon as I looked over, Keegan was climbing all over his mountain of a chair, very proud of his newest conquest.

 After realizing that he could climb on the chair, he decided to start climbing on other random objects in our house as well, like his toy shelves. He can stand on the bottom shelf and reach for toys that are higher up, as I nervously sit back on the sofa waiting for the inevitable to happen. So far, we've had no major bumps or bruises, which is why I tink he keeps going back for more!! Lucky little boy, you can barely see him in his mess of new toys!!

With all the adventures he's been on throughout the house, it should be no surprise that he's starting to take some steps!! This last Thursday (3/15), he took his first steps out of my hands towards the safety and comfort of his dad sitting on the sofa! We were so excited that we kept trying to get him to take more steps and he even stood on his own before taking a very controlled fall towards the ground. We've been practicing a little more and more each day since and I think it's only a matter of time before he's up and on his own- and then I will have a whole new exercise routine to master here at home!!