Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Sitting (Almost)

Leo is almost sitting up on his own. Boy, this guy is so strong. Today he got all the way across the room before I noticed he was on the move. The doctor thought it he'd be crawling in the next month or so. I think it may even be sooner.

Leo's 6 month appointment details:
15 lbs, 13oz
25 1/4 inches long
He's not very big-about 20% for his height and weight.



Leo Laughter

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Ears!

We stopped to visit with some friends after the National Folk Festival this weekend. Madigan entertained herself for a few minutes by drawing a couple of pictures. Later, when she showed me I got really excited!!!- Her people now have ears!


And earrings!!:Watching your child develop the skills to draw and to put their thoughts on paper is truly amazing. Her scratches and scribbles are cool, but when there's a real pictures with real parts, it's so different.

Monday, July 5, 2010

First Camp 2010

All of the talking members of our family have been talking about camping since January! We got a new little 1960's VW trailer for some extra space, a new 3 burner stove, and an inflatable pool to keep the baby in that made it so easy! We headed up to Hyalite for 2 nights of last minute camping and had a blast. We met a friend, Sharon, up there. Saturday morning rained and snowed, but we made breakfast through it and it turned out to be a lovely day.

M and her new fishing pole (a bridge right at our camp site!!):

Leo entertaining himself:

Breakfast in the van during snow and rain:
It was soooo great to get out camping. We're really looking forward to as much camping as possible this summer!

Hail Storm


Sleeping baby:Hail storm June 30, 2010:



This hail storm was CRAZY! Baseball size hail was reported in town, but we saw mostly gold ball size here. It's bringing a lot of work to Kyle which I guess is an upside. On the downside 3 windshields were broken and all the screens on the back of the house blown out. Our garden wasn't big enough to take a beating yet.

More Reading

I know I keep posting these pictures, but they're so cute together! Madigan likes to read and Leo likes to play on the floor, so this is what a good part of our day looks like around here.

First Cereal

Leo had his first cereal a couple of weekends ago. He didn't really take it like Madigan did at his age. I offered a couple more times before bed (wrong time!) and he didn't go for it. He's not really interested in our food so I'll just wait until he seems ready.



Madigan's job is to pick out a bib for Leo. She picks the same one every time- "Baby's First Christmas".

In other Leo news- he's a STRONG little boy! He's rolling out of everything-including off the bed and into his co-sleeper, he's about to get his first bottom 2 teeth (any day!), and he's already getting on his knees preparing to crawl. He just turned 6 months!!!