Baby Belly, Round 2

Baby Wickman #2 Belly shots...

Remember the belly shots with Ruby?  Originally posted Wednesday February 3rd, 2days before she was born!

Catching Up...

Getting ready for the Easter Bunny...  Stickers were really the way to go for a two year old!  Well, we made a mess anyway, the dye eventually came off our skin!

After Easter egg coloring it was time to help Daddy with my play zone in the backyard

 Drake's turn to relax in the sun.

Easter egg hunt time!

 What...  a swing set, forget the Easter eggs!  "I swing"!

The week after Easter, time to work again, this time at Uncle Bob's. 

Busy Times

I spy...  Paiya changing Ruby's diaper!  (I think it's a first) 

Couldn't get Ruby to drop her hand at all!  Cute pic otherwise!  

 Fun times!

 Whoa....  Daddy teaching Ruby to hit the ball!  Awesome!

Garfield Park Conservatory

 Yep, Uncle Bob holding Ruby!  Love it!

Quick... Kevin, Jaime, Ron... 
Let's run, they've got the kids under control!

 Practice makes perfect!

 YES, dirt!

 Gramma and Grampa...  where are you?  I'm in the desert!

Tumbling and Cousin Time

I absolutely love watching Ruby at her tumbling class!  She has so much fun and listens quite well!  Check out this stretching before hand!  Oh to have that flexibility!

The 'fishy' stretch

And naturally she has to check out her belly too...

Forward roll

Hang on tight!

More stretching!  (on her own this time)

And the big reward...  Stamps!

Now time to play with cousins...  wait, put to work by Nana???

Always time for smiles...

and a 'sqwurt'...

the four kids finally having real playtime!

Tommy always smiling!

AJ, the daredevil!

Ruby Chat

Things Ruby said recently: 

"Stay here Drake, Ruby having a yogurt drink" 

during snack time.

"Daddy a boy, momma a girl, Ruby a girl" 

when asked what the baby is 

as I patted my belly she says, 

"tiny". 

"Oh toodles, help momma's soup", because it was too hot! 

(for those who don't know toodles, it's from Mickey's Clubhouse)

"I'm the map" in a very weird death metal voice, 

which transitioned into "oh frosty the snowman" 

but back to Ruby's normal voice! 

(the 'map' is from Dora)

"Miss you Drake, Morning Drake", during dinnertime. 

I asked what we did today and she says, 

"petstore, saw kitty cats, dogs, Drake butt, meow, tigers." 

Although Petsmart did not have any tigers in stock.

Leaving the library, said to the ladies at checkout,

"Bye, see you soon".

Poor Drake, we knew this was bound to happen!

Comedian in the Making

Ok, who's the wise guy that taught my daughter to say...

"Momma, I can't hear you!"

Picture Crazy

I just can't help it, I HAVE to post another picture of Ruby!  We got a new camera (sorry Lisa, not the Olympus...), a Sony - not typically a fan of Sony but between this one and the Olympus we were looking at we found it for a crazy great price!  Anyway...  This is one of my favorite pictures so far!  There is nothing spectacular about this picture aside from the subject...  but seriously this camera is awesome.  We have mega issues with our house being dark and it can take killer photos in low light situations.