It finally happened this afternoon...Gunnar took his first real steps! Up until this point he had taken 1 or 2 a few times, but he took 7 in a row today! I was holding him and put him down and he wanted the cell phone that Ashton had and walked right towards it. I don't think he even knew he was doing it...he had his eye on the prize!
Exactly one week before he turns 1!
So congrats Cassidy!!...Your guess of March 17th was the closest!
Email me your address and then check the mail for your prize!
I haven't gotten a video or picture of him doing it yet, but I bet he'll be practicing his new skill the next few days!
And before we know it he'll be running to keep up with Ashton...
Gunnar is getting to where he wants to be down with him, but that day he had to watch from the stroller.
Here's Ashton having lunch outside with his buddy Jace yesterday...they were so excited to get to eat outside, then they buried dinosaurs in the sandbox.
All I hear about from him these days is friends, friends, friends...Luckily he has a whole street full of them to play with. This summer will be so fun for him! 
All of these pictures are wearing me out Mom...gotta take a break!
and I did have a green shirt on this morning, but the particular shirt I had on was bugging me, so I changed. So then when I was telling Ashton about how everyone is supposed to wear green today and if they don't then they get pinched...he says, but Mommy you're not wearing green. So I told him that yes I was...my underwear are green! Then he kind of thought about it for a minute and said..."well if anyone tries to pinch you, I'll punch them." Classic Ashton! I told him that he didn't need to do that, and that people just pinch nicely. I was so proud of him today...he was great in the car both ways and did great all through lunch as well. He was even patient and agreeable when we stopped off at Target, then Payless...then finally Walmart in Riverdale on our search for his new flip flops that he earned. 
And that was only the beginning of it. It snowed non stop all day today and now we have more than a foot in our yard again. Lars measured it when he got home tonight and there were 14 new inches and it was still lightly snowing!
What was I just saying about spring and summer? ha!
And here's his cute little girlfriend Amalia...check out her cute little purple cast. She broke her leg a few weeks ago :( She's 6 weeks older than Gunnar. They are so cute together...both with their red hair!
My friend Aurora came over for dinner with her 3 kids Dante, Julius and little Amalia after we went to the park...the babies were helping us with the dishes :)
I do have to say that I am somewhat thankful for the snow today because we stayed in all day and I got A LOT done. All of my laundry is done, the whole house is clean, including the playroom that was a complete disaster! 
I even took all of the toys in the toybox upstairs and switched them with a bunch from downstairs and it entertained the boys for a long time this afternoon.
Which was nice since Gunnar's naps were both only half an hour today! Little stinker!
He loved being able to walk along with us (and ride on Lars' shoulders on the way down) 
and loved seeing some snow that was left up there that hadn't melted yet.
I had a good book to read and Lars brought his fly rod and had fun trying to catch the nasty carp that stay close to the bank there. 
I loved Ashton's reaction to the fish...he wanted to touch them, but couldn't quite bring himself to do it! 
After Lars caught a few he handed the rod over to me and I even caught one. It was fun to wade out into the shallow water...strangely it wasn't even very cold. 
