Camping on Whidbey Island

Last weekend was Grant's first camping trip. We went to Fort Ebey on Whidbey Island with Marcie and Chad for four days. It was a beautiful place-tall trees, beach, breathtaking views, easy hikes and only minutes from Coopeville (yay for mussells).

It took twice as long to set up camp as it did in the pre-baby days. Grant loved camping and thought the tent was especially fun.

We spent the hot day on the beach drinking wine and eating cheese- paradise! Hmmm, cracker or seaweed?

A momentous occasion, Grant's first Cheeto.

The Fourth of July

The 4th of July was a nice, long weekend. We changed up our plans this year and kept close of home instead of having the family shin-dig on Camano. My fabulous friend, Sandra (friends since 1st grade) invited us over to her house. We had a great dinner froze our buns off. I mean we went inside, cranked up the fireplace and nearly passed out from the heat. Her house is great for fireworks. Not only can you see Tulalip, but there are fireworks all around.

Grant had a rough time going to sleep. He wanted to party (no surprise). Here are just a couple pics starting with the patriotic wreath I made for our front door (yes, I am just itching to get back to my crafty self). It is strips of fabric tied to a wreath form. It took like one, long dedicated afternoon, but I love how it turned out.

A boy in a laundry basket

We are a little behind on picture posting. We just got back from a FABULOUS camping trip this weekend (pictures coming soon), but I could not let this great pics get passed up.

Here is Marcie, Chad, and Finnegan (and a little guy in a gray suit that I used to love as a kid, but turned out to be very sketchy). Oh, and a happy little boy in a laundry basket. What you cannot see is our tired backs after pushing him around and around.





And the grand finale!

Bear is 8 months old!

Our sweet little boy is 8 months old! He is a busy guy. He is either talking baby talk or getting into things. He loves the laundry room and likes to dump over the soap containers (lids on of course). He loves to play rough and blow raspberries on our arms and legs.

He still loves his bottle and his pancakes. If Kyle and I are eating he has to eat too. He is growing up so fast, but we are having great time getting to experience everything through his eyes.

I take a photo every month in a 12 month onesie so we can see how fast he is growing. He already fits in the 12 month size, hopefully I can make it stretch for 4 more months!

And here is Kyle at 7 months.

Woods' Annual Barbeque

This past weekend was the annual barbeque in La Conner. Despite the slightly chilly weather the party was great. It was the best turnout yet! Here are some fun pictures from the event, ENJOY!

The best of May

Some of our fav pics from May.



Okay, this is the mad face. It is REALLY hard to catch in action, but here is a little peak. We laugh every time.


On the Harley and Grandma and Grandpa's. He loves that thing and even bobs his head along. He can balance pretty well, must be that big butt seat. He even sits on Grandpa's real Harley and they turn it on! I cannot believe it. That thing is loud and he likes it! He also sits on the Trail 90 motorcycle and honks its horn. Our motorcycle man.

He is moving like crazy. The baby gates are officially up. He loves to climb stairs and can make it all the way to our 2nd story. Of course I am right there with him! We are super careful because he is such a busy guy. He pulls up on everything he can and shimmies to the side a bit. He likes to pull his toys out of his toy box and play ball. He actually rolls it!

We taught him to do a high five, but it is pretty weak, more like a hand touch. He says "da da" out of context, but will say it to daddy really soon we think.

He is now eating "real" food in addition to baby food and formula. Besides biscuits and mum mum crackers his first food was pumpkin pancakes- now he is hooked! He LOVES pancakes. He made a big leap this month from barely getting food down to a eating professional. I do not think we have a picky eater on our hands, more like a baby vacuum. He loves peanut butter on bread, cheese, strawberries, chicken, (even rhubarb) pretty much anything we give him except bananas and broccoli.

Mom found a mini Poppy stuffed animal for Grant. Here is my Dad showing it off. It is pretty exact, yellow devil kitty eyes all!

While I was pregnant I craved milk, ice cream, cheese- anything that came from a cow. Grant obviously knew what he liked from the moment he was a sea monkey.

Fishies and Girlies

We met our friends Mandy and Paul at the Seattle Aquarium. The kidlets are getting so big. The twins are 1 year old already! I cannot believe it. It was so busy at the aquarium we hardly took the time to take pictures and before I knew it we were standing outside and it was all over. I already looking forward to seeing them again.

Grant loved the sea lion and was jumping around and smacking the glass.

Here he is in the jelly fish cut-out.