Easter 2011

This easter was a little different for us.

On Jeff's side, his niece Lorena got home from a Semester in Italy so the whole Croucher family was here for the weekend. A really nice treat so Duke could meet him fam from Spokane.

Aunt Kimmie loved her time with baby Duke! Lorena was healing from a bike accident in Italy :-(



Cousin Alex (8 months) and Baby Duke share tummy time



I think Alex is done with tummy time. Poor little guy is teething and has a BUNCH of teeth coming thru!

From the Easter bunny, Duke got Twinkle, Twinkle Little Scout, his first Transformer, AND his first set of golf clubs! I think Daddy was more excited than baby :-)

It was rainy at church. We tried to watch the bigger kids in the Easter egg hunt but decided to get out of the rain. We then went to Uncle Ty's house and had a great ham dinner.

Duke visits the zoo

Kelsey and Mommy (Stacey) used our Groupons and took Baby Duke to the Woodland Park Zoo on Saturday since it wad SO beautiful outside!

We got Duke a zookeeper's hat to protect his delicate skin and had a great time!

Penguins in the background

LOVE his new hat! (only $5!)

Kimodo Dragon

Tapir

Elephant

Monkey

Me and Kels with Duke in front of kangaroos

What a goofball!

Meer cat

Eagle

Duke 2 months old

The little man is growing up so quickly!

Love those blue eyes

Mommy's favorite smile

Getting so attentive

Mommy's other favorite smile

Achoo!!

Lovin' the bumbo!

Spending time at Grandma & Grandpa's House

This weekend after we got home from Chelan we went to church with Grandma and Grandpa Van de Mark to see cousin Alex dedicated. Then Duke got to spend HOURS sleeping on Grandpa's chest and smiling at Grandma.                                                                           

Here's a picture of all 5 boys on Sunday.

Duke's first trip over the mountains

We had a big week last week when Duke came with Mommy and Pebbles and we drove over to Chelan! We stopped in Wenatchee to see our Great Great Auntie Iris and celebrate her 90th birthday over lunch.

We also got to spend lots of time with Nana who read Duke books and helped him take a bath.

The past couple of weeks!

Not much going on, Duke is just growing and thriving! I am having way too much fun being a mommy and am sad at the idea of going back to work. At least I am going back evening and get to keep my daytime with him. Loving mommy/baby class too. SO much fun and great to have moms to compare with and feel better about everything going on. Will update again soon!