HI DAD

Well...Dad has been gone for two weeks on a crazy backpacking trip and we're visiting Nana and Grampy. Here is a post for Dad so he can see his cute little boy and see what we've been up to. Welcome home Dad...we're so proud of you...you're amazing! We miss you like crazy. Two more days and we'll be home.

Here we are at the zoo watching the whales swim.

Here is Aunt Vika taking Summit down the slide...he loved it!
Here we are in the yard playing with Grampy and setting up their new tent.
Summit is playing with his new monster toy from Aunt Becci...he thinks it is so funny!
Here he is picking blueberries with Nana up at Uncle Steves house.
Here he is playing with the bowls were were using to pick vegetables in the garden.

Here are the blackberries we picked...like 16 cups or something. Then Nana made a pie...yummy!

Lost Coast

It's a little late but here are the pictures from the lost coast. We had such a blast! It's hard to backpack with a little baby though. Austin and Andrew were so awesome though...they carried all my stuff so I could carry Summit and his stuff. What troopers!

Here's the before shot

And the after shot

And a few in between

Wish it didn't take so long to download them or I'd put more. We're headed to the fair....I'm excited!

WE LOVE VISITING FAMILY!

Summit and I were so lucky...we went up to Washington to visit Nana and Grandpy and Aunt Vika and Uncle Andy. We had so much fun. We are so grateful for Art and Roz letting us tag along on their way to Canada. We played at the park with friends and family, in the water at the Gig Harbor dock and in Nana's bay and at the Peterson's pool, we played with the dog, with Aunt Becci, and we relaxed. What more could you ask for?! It was so awesome! He also said Mama while we were there, started to play peek-a-boo with his blanket, and said Ba for his Ball. I can't believe how much he changed just in that week while we were away from Dad and Austin. Oh, and another piece of earth shattering news...Summit is sleeping through the night. Finally I broke down and put him in his own crib for good. None of this wishy-washy retrieving of the child when he whines stuff. He sleeps until 5 or 6 am. I am so excited. I should have done that a long time ago. The other day he sleep for 11 hours. Never thought I'd live to see the day that happened.
Summit thought that Uncle Andy was pretty cool. He even babysat our little guy so Nana and I could go kyaking. Yummy...sea treats. Summit thought the seaweed and musscles tasted so good straight from the sea.

Nana is crazy...she was dangling him above the water...of course she had quite the grip...and Summit thought that was the best thing in the world. If she took him out he would try and crawl right back in.
We had fun floating in the tube in Burley Lagoon with Aunt Vika.

Summit giggled like crazy when I pushed him on the swing.

Here we are back home with Daddy. We start 'em early with this driving business.

And we can't wait for our next trip to WA!

Update on life

We had an awesome Fourth of July. We spent the day at the river. It was so relaxing.

And then we went and watched fireworks at the fairgrounds. Summit was watching them at first and then he started to get scared and fuss. I started nursing him and he fell right to sleep even with all the noise.

The other day we were getting ready to go and we were ignoring Summit. He decided to entertain himself. He dug through the grocery bags that hadn't been emptied and found himself a nectarine and helped himself. We found him on the floor eating away. It was so cute. He loves fruit more than anything else except milk.

Now we're in WA to hang out with the fam...we'll post more later.

More Pictures of My Boys....Big Surprise

This blog has become my bragging page about my boys. Sorry if you don't care for that...I know atleast one person will appreciate it...huh, Nana?! Summit has a few new tricks. His very favorite thing to do now is clap his hands. If he hears the word YEAH he can't help but clap his hands. He also likes to give high five. He thinks it is so fun. He has also started standing for a few seconds on his own. He uses anything he can to get to a standing position and then he will stand there and play without holding on. He also loves to make noise. He plays with grandpa's drum whenever he gets the chance. He just discovered the guitar when Austin was playing it yesterday.

We went on a hike as a family last night to Rush Creek. We live in the most beautiful place ever! Don't tell anyone...we want it to stay that way.



Austin is loving the summer! He is so excited to have so much time to relax. He worked really hard this year and definitely deserves it! He's at the top of his school now...a big 8th grader. Wow...where does the time go?!

Families are so great!

Nothing much to say just some cute pictures we've taken lately.

Daddy and Summit stayed home from church cause they were sick and this is what I came home to.


Here's Summy with his Uncle's. He and Austin are so lucky to have such great uncles on both sides!

This was Mother's Day breakfast.....I was so spoiled. My boys are AMAZING! I'm so grateful for the sealing power, that I can be with them forever...I'm so lucky!

I love summer...here's Summit with Zeke and Gio at the pool.

The Crack (in the clavicle)

Austin and I have joined forces to bring you some very exciting news! Austin has his first broken bone. We're a little late in posting this cause it happened two weeks ago but that's alright. Tonight at dinner he said it almost feels totally healed. Here's the story though. Austin and his friend Logan were biking at Seven Hills (Austin's school) on friday night. Now that Austin is 13 he thinks he is superman. I thought they grew out of that stage at 5 but apparently it comes back in teenagehood. So he found a nice big jump and flew off of it. He cleared the pit after the jump but didn't land right. He flew over the handle bars, did a flip and landed on his shoulder. We were having a nice relaxing dinner at Andrew's parents house when Logan called. He said that Austin fell and hurt himself so they were ready to come home. We didn't think anything of it so Art and Roz went to get him. Then a few minutes later we got a call from a police officer asking for our information. He said Austin had been hurt and an ambulance was on its way. Ugh! So we got in the car and went down to Seven Hills. When we drove up there was a fire truck, an ambulance, a cop car, Art and Roz and Logan and his Dad. Austin was in quite a bit of pain and wasn't really sure what had happened. They got him fully stabilized in a c-collar and taped to a board because his neck hurt. Then they loaded him in the ambulance and off we went. After all that we found out it was a broken collar bone....and here's the proof. The xray is turned the wrong way but you can see the break right in the middle of the picture. Austin was so tough. He wouldn't take any pain medication until the Doctor insisted and put it in his IV.

Then it was time to go home and lay low. He sat an watched TV for three days and then it was time to go back to school.... :( Here they are watching a movie....well I interrupted them for a second to take the picture...they weren't really watching TV in that position.

Her is Austin a week later standing by the jump...he said he can't wait to get back on his bike.

And this was the look Summit gave Austin when he saw him in the c-collar, taped to the board. Not really...but I thought it was a funny picture.