Ellie Faces

Ellie,
You really like the funny faces segment on Yo Gabba Gabba right now. You are always coming up to me and making funny faces while I am trying to learn how to use the new camera you all got me for Mother's Day. You love to make faces and then see them on the camera. It cracks you up.

Another Cousin Sleepover

When Daddy goes out of town, we like to have cousin sleepovers. Here is some pictures of our latest cousin sleepover. Ellie, you are finally getting better about having them sleep over and actually falling asleep at a reasonable time. This time we went out for a treat, painted toe nails and finger nails, watched a movie, played outside in the water, had a dance party and played limbo. We always have a blast together.

The sign of a good nap...

Crazy Hair

Bouncing with RJ

Ellie,
You and RJ had your own little private bounce house party. Jordan's friend let her borrow a bounce house for a while so we went over there to play. We had a lot of laughs watching you two bounce around, tackle each other, and dive around. Both of you were full of giggles.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Daddy-O!
It is a special day to celebrate all the fun times we've had together.
It is a special day to appreciate you for all that you do for our family.
We couldn't possibly love you more!

 

8 months

Patrick,
You are 8 months old. The months keep rolling on by. This was a big one for you. You went away on your first mini vacation to Flagstaff. You are now a crawling machine! When Elise calls you to come follow her somewhere you do a pretty good job of following her along. We have to be careful because you seem to love the toilet.  You are also pretty independent. You play in the playroom on your own for big chunks of time. You just mosey around looking at different toys. It is fun to watch you. You love pulling your self up to standing at the walker, play kitchen or the couch. You like climbing in and standing on Ellie's chair. You use your hips and get them going until you make the chair tip over. Sweet potatoes, blueberries, avocado and crackers are your favorite. You eat so many sweet potatoes that I think you might be turning orange. But, it might just be that your hair is going to be red. I can't tell yet. We are guessing that we will see a tooth soon because your good sleeping habits are going downhill fast. You want to be held a lot when you are tired and will cry when we lay you down. Thankfully, you eventually end up falling asleep...but we could do without all of the crying.  Mommy and Daddy are soooo sleepy!

Flagstaff

We went up to Flagstaff for a weekend because Daddy had a mountain bike race with some buddies. We rented a condo just north of downtown Flagstaff. It was nice to relax in the cooler weather, walk to the park, go on a little hike on Mount Elden, and enjoy a weekend festival at Wheeler Park. It was Patrick's first trip away from home. On the drive home, we were so happy because we made it all the waywith no stops. It was good practice and a good sign for our road trip to Denver this summer.