Robbie is 17 months old!!!!!

I'm trying not to think that Robbie is almost a year and a half old. He is such a sweet boy and so loving with Alex. He has been having some tantrums lately, but things have been so different for him: he has a baby brother, Grandpa and GiGi came and went, Grandma and Abuelo came and went, Nana came and went, Dad was home for 2 weeks, Aunt Lisa, Kayleigh and Brian are coming for a visit in a few days and Grandma is coming to spend the first part of her spring break with us. That's a lot for a little one! Matthew went back to work today, so it's almost back to normal around here. Robbie was up at 7:15 am, so Matthew got to say good bye to him before going to work. (Matt said last night he was going to miss seeing Robbie in the morning. I guess Robbie heard him!) I put Alex down for a nap around 12:30 and let Robbie play a little more and then he and I went into his room to read books and go to sleep. It's the first time in weeks that I have put Robbie down for a nap. He fought it for a few minutes and then must have realized that I wasn't going to let him leave my lap, so he calmed down and looked at a couple more books and went to sleep. Moms with more than one kid always say to get them on the same schedule, so I think I'm doing pretty good!

We went grocery shopping last week and put Robbie in one of the car carts. He loves to "drive" them, though it comes in spurts. Here's a short video of our little driver:



It's been pretty warm here during the day, so we started bringing out some outdoor toys that we bought at the end of the summer when they were on clearance.

This table toys has 2 sides that you can fill with water and/or sand. We put some water in one side. Robbie likes to splash in the water and then lick the water off of his hand.



This water ring attaches to the hose and then water comes out from holes all around it. Matthew had the water turned all of the way up and Robbie didn't like it until we turned the water down so the spouts weren't so big.

Daddy in the middle.



Robbie finally joined him.



Robbie playing with the water.



We also bought Robbie a little picnic table that we have set up on the porch. I think when Lisa and the kids are over we'll try eating out there. I'm not sure how successful we'll be, but there's not harm in trying!