Mosquito Falls

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is great.  Everyone should go...

catch up on weeks

While I have been taking some photos, it has proven a challenge to put them on the computer and do much with them. Something about the last house made it feel less far away to do stuff like that in the evening, so I could do it and not feel like I wasn't around Sara. Anyways, here are some pics - one from Grand Haven on a really windy day, two from Hoffmaster State Park and one from this past Sunday at a you-pick farm. Oliver had a great time picking and eating his own raspberries and apples there!

Hoffmaster State park

We went camping at Hoffmaster State Park this weekend. It was quite nice and really pretty area. We had a great sunset last night, too. Oliver was being funny because he picked up a stick and then ever few steps he would bend over to make a mark in the sand before moving on.

First Mother's Day!

(although the picture is not actually from today...)

23/52 Tough Guy

Cute one from camping a few weeks ago. I love that face he is making.

In other news, the poor guy has been sick the last few days with an ear infection.  On the other hand, that meant lots of cuddling.  Poor guy is on the mend though.

(massive) photo/video dump

So here are a bunch of photos and videos from my phone and what not.  Good times!  First the photos:

We got a bike trailer, which is great fun. This was from the first ride - to get ice cream!

We took Oliver on his first multi-night camping trip. That also went well. He was a big fan of washing rocks with his mouth and getting a ride in the hiking backpack.

This is how we roll when out to eat:

He still sleeps funny. Very often. Here he is with his rump up in the air.

Speaking of sleeping, he has mastered standing in his crib. He was very pumped about this and it severely impeded naps for a bit there. Here he is being all proud of not napping:

But then he also like to celebrate a good nap by standing:

Or a good night sleep by just sitting all calmly with his dual pacifier friends:

He has graduated to the normal tub (no more whale tub thing! [and yes, that is a red mark on his head from head butting the tub]):

Over night this kid has decided it is great fun to get into all kind of trouble. Here he is celebrating finding mom's card box:

Now for some good 'ol videos:

This is an older one, and is longer than it needs to be. We got some coconut yogurt, and he was a huge fan.


Here he is trying to crawl:


Kind of crawling:


and then standing (notice the key head movements to find the edge and the clutch mouth-hold)!:


This was the night that made us stop using the whale tub for baths:


and here is a classic falling asleep at dinner video:

19/52 Kids were here

While camping...

18/52 Cactus Rose

Other photos from the last few days on the way... 

26 weeks and camping!

We went camping this past weekend because we thought it may be one of the last time that we can do that for a bit.  Apparently this week (many people's spring break) is a popular weekend and we were slow on the draw, leaving us with a campsite at Cooper's Lake State Park.  Turned out to be an alright little park, although there wasn't a ton to do.

We did, however, get to use the good 'ol dutch oven again, which is always fun.  We made pork chops with onions, mushrooms and cream sauce over egg noodles (think basically beef stroganoff).

We also were able to try out the new fishing pole I got for Christmas.  It is a fun pole because it collapses real nice, making it easier to take places.  The fishing was actually pretty terrible and I lost a lure, too.  

Fun tip: How can you tell which person fishing is from Colorado and which is from Texas?  Who is wearing North Face and who is wearing camo.  I was literally the only one (and Sara) not wearing camo.  

We figured the 26 week picture should be in front of the tent.  Our camping neighbors were impressed with our camping ability (because it stormed pretty good and they were in campers), but they were even more impressed when they saw Sara was pregnant (not making that up either... they told us).