Big Kiss

Donovan has been on this kissing kick lately. Whenever I ask him for a kiss he leans over with an open mouth and plants one on me. It is very sweet. But in the last couple days he leans over to kiss me without having me ask. So when Donovan and Zoe got together yesterday it was hilarious how much they were kissing each other.  We had taken them to the play area at the mall and every few minutes during their playing they would just stop what they were doing turn to each other and kiss.  Here's the best picture from the outing...

WHo doesn't love a good museum?

Ever since I found out LA had a Natural History museum I've been dying to go. I have this great memory as a kid of going to the Natural History museum in Victoria, Canada with my family. I love getting to see all the animals in the beautifully created habitats and get to see all different kinds of animals I've never seen before. That said, on Friday we loaded up the car and headed out for some fun at the museum. It was a blast. The exhibits were gorgeous! Donovan loved getting to run around the huge halls and also get to explore the hands on discovery section. There was a polar bear at the museum that the kids could touch and play on. Donovan kept going back to the polar bear and crawling through his legs. It was adorable. They had a mini cave for him to play in, animals for him to touch and bugs to watch. We all had lots of fun and I'm glad there was a lot of things that Donovan could enjoy. 

I love this photo of Donovan reaching up to the bear! "Hello up there!"

Here's Dono by the polar bear butt. He LOVED the polar bear!

This is Donovan's new thing he does. He sits on our feet in public if he gets shy. We call him our baby penguin. 

Exploring the cave.

In the grass out front

Family portrait. Donovan never looks in group photos. 

Here's a little clip of him crawling around his friend Mr. Polar Bear.

4th of July

Last Saturday we really had fun enjoying our day together as a family. In the morning he headed over to our ward pancake breakfast at a local park. The food was great but the best part of just talking with all our friends. We both realize that if and when we move out of California we will miss all the friends we have made a church the most. At the park Donovan enjoyed walking all around and getting some of the other kids to play with him. He's getting pretty social and interested in other people now. He's still not running thankfully, but he is an excellent walker. 

Later in the day we went to our friends house for a BBQ. They have a pool  so Sterling and Donovan decided to go for a dip. AT first Donovan really didn't like swimming there but later he really got into it and was splashing and playing all around. Their pool was so warm that it really felt more like a bath, it was great. The other neat thing was that Grant had setup a zip line over the pool. So you could get on it at the tree house across the yard and then sail over the grass to the pool and drop into the water. I was excited for Sterling to try it out. He did and really enjoyed it. All and all it was a lot of fun eating burgers, playing frisbee, letting Donovan play with all their fun kid toys and talking with friends. Here are some pictures we took. 

Donovan getting ready for the pool. I love the over sized life vest!

Daddy and Dono swimming. Donovan's face says it all. 

Donovan had fun playing on this Barbie bike. 

Donovan and his buddy Eli were splashing around in the hot tube (it wasn't very hot). 

The two of us under the peach tree. Donovan is chewing on a piece of fake bread in this shot. He got it from the pretend kitchen and wouldn't let it go for the longest time. I'm sure he thought it was real. 

Sterling on the zip line getting ready to drop into the pool. 

Donovan Aftermath

Ever wonder what our living room looks like after Hurricane Donovan hits? Well here you go! If you know me you'll you know I like to keep our home very clean. This has been a big adjustment. He loves going from one thing to the next creating clutter. But you know what... he is 100% worth it!

June Update

I wanted to post some recent photos of Donovan.  He's been his happy healthy self for the most part lately, aside from a few teeth pushing through and interrupting his sleep. He has gotten to be quite the walker too and I'm thankful he still hasn't mastered running. In other news Sterling is busily preparing himself to take three parts of the CPA exam this summer. Poor guy! And I am planning a short trip this month to go visit family in Seattle with Donovan (Sterling will be studying at home...again poor guy). We are planning a family trip to San Diego this summer to do a little sightseeing and go to Sea World. And hopefully a weekend trip up to SLC in July to see Sterling's cousin who is coming for a visit. We DeVards love summertime because Sterling actually has deccent working hours. And we are excited to make the most of our summer!

Peahens like Cheerios

Whenever Donovan and I go for a walk I give him some Cheerios in his stroller cup. Today after I strapped him into the stroller our neighborhood peahen, Penelope, walked over to check out the stroller. Donovan decided to be generous and started throwing his Cheerios out for her to eat. She was very thankful and started gobbling them up. When he was running out of Cheerios, Penelope got brave and walked right up to the stroller looking for more. What we learned today is that peahens like Cheerios. 

Swing Dono

Donovan had the fun new experience of riding in the swing at the park. He seemed to really like it. But after about 5 minutes of swinging it was starting to put him to sleep. I guess it had the  same effect on him that it did when he was an infant.