Thursday, July 24, 2008

July 24, 2008

Dad is in Alaska right now. He is fishing for salmon with Grandpa Kenny and some other friends. I sure miss him! Zowie is beside herself. She is SO sad without him here. He has our camera so this video is a week or two old.

Mom realized that she forgot to tell everyone my stats from my 9 months check up. I was 23 pounds even (85th percentile) and 30 3/4 inches long (96th percentile).

Thursday, July 17, 2008

July 17, 2008

Happy Birthday Grandma Bev!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

July 16, 2008

Mom and Dad's gardens are in full bloom right now!



Look at all the pretty flowers!





Here I am just seconds before I fell backward into a bed of yellow flowers. Mom wanted to take my picture then, but I was so upset that I was having none of that!







No Mom, I'm not storing a wood chip in my left cheek.

Seconds earlier....







For those of you who had little faith that a peach and pear tree could live in Minnesota....

a very healthy peach tree, and....



a very healthy pear tree (thanks to Dad's hand watering!).






Mom and Dad had a large crop of black raspberries this year. Yum!




The prickly thorns on the vine doesn't feel very good!

All better!




The vegetables are doing good so far. Here I am with strawberries to the left, green beans to the right (with a few onions tossed in there), sweet peas in front of me and weeds scattered throughout. Mom broke off the tip on one of the green beans and let me suck on it. You would have thought it was ice cream the way I was going after it!





On my way inside, Dad and I stopped to smell the flowers.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

July 15, 2008

Happy Birthday Grandma Karen!

Monday, July 14, 2008

July 14, 2008

I went to the zoo today with Dominic, Rochelle, and Mom. My absolute favorite was the aquatics building. I had so much fun looking at the fish and penguins! Look at my feet and hands go as I watch the penguins. And yes, that is me squealing in the background!




You catching any fish Dominic?



When is that giraffe going to stop eating and turn around to look at us?



Seems like all the animals do at this zoo is eat and sleep - kind of like me when I was just a little baby. Now I'm a big boy and I do all sorts of other things like crawl, babble, clap and swim.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

July 10, 2008

Mom found me sleeping like this today. It's a wonder I can breath!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

July 8, 2008

Mom and I walked to Lotus Lake Beach near our house today. I had a lot of fun floating in my tube. I ever tried to swim right out of it!






Friday, July 4, 2008

July 4, 2008

Happy 4th of July! I went to the cabin to celebrate. I had so much fun playing with everyone. There were around 32 people coming and going at the cabin so there was lots to do! (PS Thank you Aunt Kirsten for taking lots of really GREAT photos!)

My favorite thing this weekend was swimming in the lake. I LOVED it!



The parade was fun too! There was so much to look at!

My Dad's cousin's daughter, Lily, was so much fun to play with!

Grandpa Kenny, what float is coming next?

The boys are all dressed up for the 4th!