April Snow Showers Bring May Flowers?

It snowed twice in Ithaca in April. We've had a few warm days, but it's really been a chilly start to spring. Despite this, we've been able to do some fun things this month. We went to the annual open house at the Cornell Vet School. Carter was in heaven.  There was a petting zoo, a teddy bear hospital, a golden retriever rescue, and a raptor demonstration. Carter saw the eagle sitting on it's perch in the courtyard and started running at it, full speed. I was barely able to catch him before he tried to pet it. Jeremy said that the audience almost got to witness a live feeding demo, haha.

They also had face painting. Carter was really excited about it and we waited in line for about a half an hour. When we got to the front of the line, Carter told the lady that he wanted to be a kitty, and then broke down in tears as soon a he figured out that she was actually going to paint on his face. Maybe next year. I also helped with a baby shower this month. We had it at our house. The theme was, "Sprinkled with Love."

I think everything turned out really cute. I do love a good theme. Jeremy's dad came for a short visit at the end of April. He brought a few Thomas the Train toys for Carter. I think that really is the quickest way to Carter's heart (maybe he is like me, gifts are his "language of love...")

Right after Carter got his presents, I was changing his diaper, and he told me, "Mama, I love Pops." Besides playing with trains, we were able to go to the rare manuscripts library at Cornell and look at Jeremy's grandpa's school records.

They were able to find some great pictures, military records, and a few other things. We also went out to some fun places to eat and went on a short hike to Lucifer falls.

The bjorn and Logan's outfit totally reminded me of our trip to England with Carter.

 We are really glad Jeremy's dad was able to come for a visit. It was really fun for Logan to get to meet his Pops!