Lane Robert: Big Update!

Yes, yes, yes... it's been a while!
I've been a little busy and haven't updated
my blog in a few months. Now, I last posted as a big
snowstorm was hitting Iowa. Here I am enjoying
it in my old backyard. It was perfect snow for playing!

And here I am eating it!

My fancy spider hat Mommy made me.

My extremely cute cousin Noah in an extreme closeup!

Noah let me borrow his sunglasses.
Mommy said I was cute!

Yes, I am a big boy!
I am now wearing "big boy pants!"
Mommy says, "Hooray!"

I recently got my first black eye!
This was the day it happened...
I was playing a heated game of hide and seek
and didn't see the deck until it was too late!
Pretty tough, huh?

Telling Grandpa all about my shiner...

Smiles for my Grandma!

Easter egg hunting with Dalton and Makenzie.
I love my big cousins!

Eating my first (and last) Peep!
It didn't really live up to all the hype :(

More Easter egg hunting!
See that black eye getting darker!?
It just matches the chocolate on my mouth!

Bunny Lane and Bunny Noah
Mom and Aunt Nita made us do this...

Okay, NOW this black eye looks tough!
You should have seen the deck! :)

My first green thumb experience was a success!
I grew a bean at daycare. Mommy was so proud of me!

We sold our house this spring!
We were happy to be getting a new house but sad
to leave our neighbors.

I enjoyed the boxes Mommy gathered
for packing. I decided they were much better used
for driving!

Daddy helped me leave my mark in the backyard
of my first home.

After one big event, came another...
I turned 2 years old!

Mmmm.... Cake!

I got so spoiled!

This is my new ride!
It was love at first sight!

I love my trike!
I have been riding it whenever I can!

After a fun birthday party, Daddy taught me
how to catch a snake. I love any kind of
animal, but I wasn't about to touch it! Yuck!

Goodbye Mr. Snake!

Just playing in the long grass... getting ticks...

Meet my buddy Ol' Dan. He lives at
Grandma and Grandpa's house and is a
nice old hound dog. Good ol' boy!

On my actual birthday, Mommy took me somewhere
special. We drove by it many times and I would just
talk about it but had never been there...
Here I am pointing at it...

Here I am having a picnic in front of it...
Can you guess where I am?

It's the Iowa State Capital Building!
Mom says it's strange that I love the Capital building
but I'm just aspiring to do great things in my future!

Okay, so I can't quite get my fingers to say "2"
but I'm not an employee at the Capital yet, so give
me a break!

Checking out the fountain at the Capital.

Half-way up the many stairs...

Photo-op with Mommy!

Beautiful spring flowers were all around the Capital.

Another big event to happen this spring was my
surgery. It was a simple surgery but it was in a
sensitive area I'd rather not discuss. It was a success
and "no big deal" as the doctor put it!

Grandma came down to keep Mommy company
while I was with the doctor. We had to be at the
hospital at 5:30 am so Grandma was a trooper to
come along! (oh, and George came too!)

George even got a bracelet because he came to
the operating room with me!

I got to ride in this fancy hospital car to the
operating room.

I'm not quite sure when Mommy and Grandma left
me but I don't remember much after this moment anyway.
The doctor said I was only "under" for about 5 minutes.
I woke up easy and was home playing again an hour later.
This surgery stuff is a cinch!

This was the last week at our old house.
Daddy let me ride the mower but Mommy said
only if I wore hearing protection. Awww, Mom!

Back in EG for Uncle Matt's graduation,
I went mushroom hunting for the first
time. Grandpa helped me find this big one!

Look at all of them!

My Uncle Matt graduated from high school!
I didn't get to go to the ceremony (naps are pretty important)
but Mommy got this picture of him in his cap and gown.