Summer Begins!

Summer began this weekend and I had a lot of fun with my family and friends. I love being outside and am excited for the summer to come. We are off to Spokane on Tuesday (after Mom's first day of summer tutoring). We are going to visit the family and I even get to attend my first wedding. I am looking forward to some sunshine!

Wow, this is great! Grandpa, what are we going to dig up next? How about a sandbox?

My Grandma Bonnie and Cousin Maggie came over on Friday to spend time with me.
Giving my Godfather Nick a big slobbery kiss!My friend Ava turned one on Friday (the first of the three girls). She had a great birthday party and I had a lot of fun playing with all the kids.
Lets go over this again...you create a distration and I will get the latch

A Great Father's Day

After sleeping 14 hours straight (my parents had to come check on me -crazy) my dad and I celebrated a special Father's Day. First, we played at home and he opened the present I made him. Then the family went to the park and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine. I was getting a bit hungry so we went to Grandma's and spent the rest of the day there. I even got to see my new cousin again! It couldn't have been a better day. Thanks dad for being the best dad in the whole wide world!

Kisses from dad. Sorry dad, I am busy trying to put my whole fist in my mouth to kiss you back.

This is the best view in the park "Walking" with dad
Thank goodness my mom did not forget this push cart -my favorite!
Grandma even has a little watering can for me to help out. Too bad the frog is much more entertaining

The "Look"

My mom wanted to share this with you....my "look." It really cracks her up!

She laughs at me and then we both crack up together.
Attitude already?

11 + Months

Oops, guess I missed the 11 month post, although our computer has been acting up. My dad put in a lot of time trying to get my blog working again...Whew, I am glad he finally fixed it. It is true what they say...."Dad's can fix anything!"

I am sure you are asking yourself what I am up to these days, so I will share a little about my life at 11 months. First, no, I am not walking yet (but cruising pretty fast). Crawling is much faster and faster is more important to me at the time. I have a push cart that I LOVE to push around and I take turns shouting over my shoulders (my mom says it is pretty entertaining). I am learning more signs and getting pretty good at my sign language. I even like to tell Father Scott at church when I think it should be "all done." I am very vocal and also love to sing at church as well. Guess what - I tried real milk for the first time today. Tasty! In terms of eating, I eat pretty much anything my parents are eating, including radishes, cucumbers, and carrots!

As many of you know it has been raining A LOT here in Bellingham and pretty cold. I am looking forward to some sunshine hopefully soon (although that hasn't stopped us from getting out and having fun, as you will see)! Luckily, it seems to clear up later in the day and we have been taking walks every night after dinner, which has been better than nothing. I have to say, life is great!

I am counting down the days until my first birthday. I hear that I will get to see all my friends and even my family from Spokane. I can't wait!

This is a new toy that my mom brought home from school last week. Thank you Mrs. Lewis! I sure love thing! That green part of the toy cracks me up.

Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come Again Another Day!
After Mass last weekend some families and friends met up to have a picnic, play volleyball, and enjoy the playground at the park. It didn't rain, but it sure was cold! We still had a lot of fun and I am really getting to like my friend Hannah.
Higher please!
Come on Dad, I want to go back on the swing.

Parade and Popsicles

Today was the Ski to Sea Grand Parade. I got my parents to take me (they have never been before) and I showed them a great time. We rode our bikes to our friends' house and then walked to the front seats that my friend Max scoped out for us early in the morning. I saw so many friends and even got to eat a hot dog! (My mom said no cotton candy this year, darn.) After enough sunshine for the day I rode home in the bike trailer and got to eat a delicious popsicle. Boy, this was such a fun day, I was so excited I couldn't even take a nap!

Let's get this parade started already

This is my popsicle, would you like some?
The picture says it all
It got too cold for my little fingers, thanks mom for helping me out
TOTALLY worth it

My New Cousin, Maggie Mae

My new cousin Maggie arrived on May 15th. I am very excited to have a little cousin to play with and grow up with. My mom and dad say I am really lucky to live so close (they only wish it was a little closer). My dads family was here this weekend to meet Maggie and I got to go celebrate the new life as well.

Let's play paddycake Maggie

She has our attention

Does Daddy want another baby?

Arizona Pics

Well, my family and I are home safe from our big trip to Arizona. It was my first time on an airplane and I didn't really know what to think. On the way there I got to sit in my carseat where I had my very own seat, but got to sleep in Dad's arms on the way home. Everyone around us said I did very well on both flights. I wonder where we'll go next....

Got my bag packed and ready to go (can you see my first pigtails?)

My mom's Uncle Art and Aunt Sue live in Phoenix, so I got to meet them on our way to Sedona. They are very nice and treated me like royalty - I hope mom and dad were taking notes.

I've never seen the sun this bright, thank goodness for 50 spf.
My mom and I hiked up to this big rock in an effort to get that Road Runner, but alas, we were unable to push it off the edge.
What a view from the resort. We could go hiking while we waited for Auntie Joanie to get ready.

Mom and Dad went for a bike ride, mom keeps talking about how much fun she had and wants to go more.

Ah, poolside. Let me get warmed up a bit before going in.
Looks like Dad has been using my sunscreen - I should be the one with the shades
Me and mom in the pool, it wasn't as warm as my bath and took a little getting used to.

Here we are on the plane ride home, almost there!