The Bostrom Family

Tonight I looked up the youngest gymnast to be in the Olympics ... but then I decided that we probably should not put that kind of pressure on a 14 month old... hehe . Today we joined our playgroup at a local gym that had open play time on all their gymnastic equipment. It was a lot of fun...even for Max. They had lots of trampolines built into the floors so the toddlers could run right through them if they wanted. They had a pit of foam cubes that they could play in. Oh, they had lots of stuff to play on and with. This gym is about 2 min from Jeff's work so he stopped by to play a bit too. Max had a great time climbing on and through all the stuff. (There was a preschool girls gymnastics class going on and Max kept wanting to go over to them...he is just too young for girls!) FYI: The white dust in the pictures is chalk they gymnasts use...not dirt. :)

We went to the doctor's office today to listen to Cooper's heart beat and got some really great news. Our doctor said that "We had a green light for an induction around April 23rd,". We are so excited! A week early would be April 24th, but everything exciting happens to us on an odd numbered day so we knew that would not work. For example, all of our birthdays are on odd days, our anniversary, the day Jeff proposed, even our first date was on an odd day. Anyway, I know one week does not sound like much...but it is. One week is 7 days, 168 hours, or even up to a pound bigger baby!

Do you remember the Dr. Seuss book about Thing 1 and Thing 2 that got into lots of trouble together? I have a Thing 1 and Thing 2 living in my house but they go by the name of Jeff and Max. They have so much fun together in the evenings. Tonight in Max's bubble bath, Daddy (the engineer) put the fish tank bubbler in the tub to help out the bubbles. (Jeff told me to be a disclaimer about that being very dangerous if the plug or whatnot gets into the water....so don't try this at home.) Max was very happy yet calm in his bath tonight. I think it was because he didn't know what his daddy was doing. After bath time, Jeff tried to work on a project that he needed to use butcher paper for and Max really wanted to help. He had to be right on top of the paper holding daddy's supplies-but daddy was not allowed to take them back lease Max would cry. I hope you enjoy the picture of my very own Thing 1 and Thing 2. Very soon we will have to add a Thing 3 to that list!

We had another relaxing weekend! There were months when we didn't think we would ever be able to relax on a weekend again...perhaps because we had a newborn or could it be that we were adding on to our house a month after Max was born. (Note to self: do not do any major home additions/repairs any time soon.) Those days are behind us now and we are able to relax while at home. So what did we do? Friday was Jeff's off day so having him home made it feel like a long weekend. Saturday mom and I went to a fun consignment sale and found a few cute things for our boys including two really cool new toys. Jeff and Max were able to have manly bonding time. While Max was napping, Jeff mastered the bubble, tightrope, and a few other wii fit games. Saturday night, Jason, our friend from college, came in town and stopped by for dinner. Max seemed very relaxed with his new pal. While he was visiting, we had to play the wii....just to see how funny Jason would look playing the hoola...

So I was sitting here at the computer talking to Julie (my sister in-law) online and this is what I saw when I turned around. I had to laugh and take a picture to show you how Jeff relaxes with Max.

Everyone has heard the saying "sleeps like a baby" which normally refers to someone who can fall asleep easily and peacefully. When Max was first born I never thought I would say that he "sleeps like a baby". Newborns sleep on their own schedule and if they don't want to sleep they will let you know it! Now a year later and I can finally say that Max Man does "sleep like a baby" especially after a fun filled day. T oday Max and I met our friends Casen and Mrs. Corrie at the mall for lunch and a stroll. It rained most of the day so the mall was a perfect place to meet. Max was so hyper in the food court...he was just loving his orange chicken, rice, and broccoli from the Chinese restaurant. He bounced in the high chair the whole lunch...and it started rubbing off on Casen. On the way home we stopped by Jeff's work to say hi and Max was so excited to see his daddy. He held on to Jeff and wanted to be so close to him for the first ten minutes or...

For those of you who do not know, I am a cookie-aholic and yes I admit it! Today during Max's afternoon nap I found the best "healthy cookie" recipe and thought it would be worth experimenting with. I have to admit I was a bit sceptical, but these are good! They do not have any flour, sugar, or eggs in them. Taste like banana n ut bread and chocolate oat meat cookies combined. I did not have coconut or almond meal so I improvised with pecans chopped up really fine and just left the coconut out (but I'm sure it would have been better with it). You have to try this. Here is a link to the recipe and the website I found it on. I bet this lady has lots of other good recipes posted for us to try! Happy Baking! http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/nikkis-healthy-cookies-recipe.html