Basketball with Dad

Quincy and his dad played their first game of basketball this week. I am sure there are many more games like this in our future! Yes, we are starting him young but he is tall so we are trying to capitalize on that! (Remember if you click on the photos, you can see them better).

And of course, a trip to the park wouldn't be complete without a few trips down the slide!

A Weekend of "Firsts"

This weekend has been full of first experiences for Quincy and his mom. We started off the weekend on Friday morning at storytime where, for the first time, Quincy broke another kid's toy. Yep, popped the top right off of a 2 years old's truck. The kid handled it pretty well and Quincy just wanted to keep on playing. Now Mom has to bring a new truck to storytime next week....or find a new storytime!

Then Saturday morning, he was being a little too quiet and he was found eating his dad's deodorant....another first! And a first for Mom too...talking to poison control. Lesson learned...if they are quiet....they are up to no good! Good news, poison control said he would be okay...phew!

After a morning at swim lessons, we hurried to a birthday party for Quincy's cousin Khaled. It was at Gymboree. We hadn't been there before, it is just a big playroom, lots of fun. Here are a few pictures....

and finally....just another picture of Quincy eating. Mealtime with Quincy continues to be messy. He won't sit in his highchair anymore and has to feed himself! Messy combination.....

OUCH!

It finally happened, Quincy got his first big boy owey! While at daycare, running after the "big kids" he fell and bumped his nose and lip. Ouch! He has to do everything the big kids do and sometimes its hard for him to keep up, but Sheila, his daycare provider, said he just got right back up and kept running. Here's to the first of many boo-boo's!

July Fourth and Quincy's Cousin Taylor Visits!

Quincy's cousin Taylor visited us this past week. We had so much fun! We took a trip to the beach and the weather was so nice. We got to play in the water and dig in the sand. Quincy ate some sand too as you will see from the pictures. (Just a reminder, click on the pictures and you can see them larger).

Quincy had fun finding seaweed and then we had to throw it back in the ocean and waving bye-bye.

Also at the coast Quincy and Mom rode a little choo-choo train and the carousel. Both firsts for Quincy!

For the Fourth of July we had a picnic with the playgroup friends and then watched the fireworks. This is Deacon and Quincy playing ball in the park.

To watch the fireworks we climbed to the top of the hill (a good workout pushing Quincy in his stroller) and hung out on the grass until the show started....10 pm....late for Quincy's mom! Pictures in the group shot is Quincy's mom and dad and his cousin Taylor and god-mom Bethany!

Quincy is 1 1/2 years old!

Quincy just had his 18 month appointment and the doctor says he is doing great! He grew 2.5 inches in 3 months! He is off the growth charts for his age....37 inches tall. Looks like we have a basketball player, we call him Shaq sometimes.

The weather is Portland is finally getting a little nicer. Quincy went "wading" with his friends in Ruby's wading pool recently. It was a hit, they had a great time. The next day Quincy and Mom started official swim lessons which was very exciting. He loved it! We go every Saturday morning. Since Quincy weighs almost 31 pounds, it is quite a workout for Mom too!

Mealtime continues to be an adventure and extremely messy. He had corn on the for the first time and he loves (!?!) black bean dip....as you can see from the picture.

Must Have Fork!

Well, it has finally happened...Quincy has to feed himself. He has obviously been doing this for a while but this is taking it to the next level, now he has to use a fork or spoon. After two days of temper tantrums (they were doozies!!), Mom finally figured this out. So far he has eaten macaroni, oatmeal and yogurt by himself. Yesterday, it was squash (very messy!) and peas (very funny, him tryng to keep them on the fork!) Here are a few pictures.....

We also had fun with Quincy's friends Kai and Kolbie, they came over to play this week and we all went for a wagon ride to the park....thank goodness for the sunny weather!

Wrestle Mania!

Quincy finally met his friend Luca from Brooklyn. Luca's mom and Quincy's mom have been friends for years and the boys were born only days apart. Luca and his family came over for dinner and it was wild! Wrestle Mania 2008! As you can see from the pictures, they had a great time!

We are also so excited to welcome Quincy's new cousin, Wyatt Dallen McFarlane into the world. Wyatt was born on June 5th. We can't wait to meet him. Here he is just a few minutes old!

Now we are just waiting for Quincy's new niece to join the family in September! That will make Quincy's mom and dad grandparents...crazy!

Here is Quincy with his brother Brandon, the soon to be dad! And then Quincy with his dad and all of his big brothers. We were celebrating Ken's birthday on May 25th.