Happy Memorial Day!

So, I keep trying to catch a good video of Summer walking. Last night I got a few pics of Summer playing with Cheeto and had a reasonably good video, but I wasn't totally happy with it. I got a lot better one today. But first, here is Summer playing with Cheeto, sort of. We finally brought in the cat tree, as you can see, and the cats and Summer are very interested in it. Sure, it takes up more room in the apartment, but the cats are really loving it.


So, Summer being the myna bird she is...she saw Cheeto scratching, so she decided she wanted to try, too.


In the last post I mentioned how we all went geocaching, but didn't bring the camera. Well, today, Jess had to have that phone call to set up some work, so I took Summer out to find a cache. We went back to Fox Run and I pushed Summer around on the stroller. (We definitely need a hiking backpack, or one of the three wheeled strollers.) The ride was bumpy, but Summer didn't mind, she was so tired, she slept anyway.


So, I dragged the stroller off the beaten path and she still slept. She did wake up while I was looking and we ended up looking together. Then we finally found it! This one was the Foxy Box.




This one was kind of harder to find than the first one. At the spot my GPS said I was 30 yards from the given coordinates. Hmmm...The earth is SO big, I guess there can be SOME leeway. Either way we found it! Here Summer is sitting by the cache. We took that top she was holding and another one and then left that My Pretty Pony and a dinosaur.


Geocaching can be tough, but it is rewarding. It's a modern day treasure hunt. I still have one more in the Fox Run park in my GPS, and there are others, so we'll be heading back! Too fun!

Well, after the find we headed back and in the parking lot there were two ladies that brought their horses to go for a ride. This horse's name is Daryl.


Other than seeing the wild donkeys in South Dakota (which she couldn't touch), these were the first horses Summer has ever seen close up! And she got to pet them.


After the trip I got Summer home and we played for a while. She's been in a much better mood and she's eating again. Every time she gets sick and throws up she really loses her appetite. She is talkative, and running around! And later in the day I got a good video of her walking. I had to set the camera on her music table, because when I hold it she gets excited and falls...so I started the camera and held her up and got her started, then she was fine, as you'll see! One thing to notice is that about halfway she bent down to look at the camera and then looked at Mommy. Then she straightened back up and walked the rest of the way. That shows off how strong her legs are, she can do squats. :-)

Erika's Visit

OK, so we posted a few pictures from Erika's visit, but here are some more!

Of course always need one of the visitor (this time it's Erika. :-D) holding Summer. All these pics are from when we took Summer to the park.


Summer still cannot get enough of the swings! We SO NEED a swing-set in our yard!


She's also learned how to slide! Here she is hanging out at the top of the slide.


Yeah, and she wanted to crawl on it herself, but we couldn't let her do that.


OK, and since I've been trying to be better at posting video...just taking the videos from the digital cameras, since they work pretty well, here she is taking a few trips down the slide.


OK, last two shots...The family sitting on one of the bridges on the playset.


And here are Erika and Jess on the See-Saw. We're all just kids at heart!


OK, end of pics...story about the weekend...it was BAD! Summer got sick and it ended up being just a plain old bad weekend. Summer was throwing up and everything. She was a bit bad on this day, but really got sick later that day and was sick the rest of the time, very cranky due to that and just not fun.

She's better now, though, thankfully. We had to keep her out of daycare for one day, but that's OK. Today (well, yesterday, since it's after midnight), we went geo-caching and found our first cache. It was the second one we tried to find. Later we checked online and noted that the first one we tried to find was gone. Oops, going to have to read that better next time, so we don't go looking for something known to be missing. But, anyway, that was fun. Had Summer lathered up with Sunblock and carried her in her hip-pack and she passed out for about 30 minutes or so while we were hiking around. For some reason we didn't bring the camera, but I'll probably go out again on Monday, when Jess is on a teleconference for work stuff. I'll bring it then for sure! Good night for now!

We're back...

Mama is in bed trying to sleep. Summer is asleep. I'm up because I have to go to the airport to pick up Erika, because she's coming from California to spend the weekend with us! :-)

So, Summer had a decent time in night-care...Here we are all set to take her there and go out!


It was so great being able to dress up and have a nice relaxing dinner! We hadn't had a baby-sitter to go out at night since before we moved here, nearly THREE months ago!

Anyway, Summer played and fell asleep around 8:30. So, she was totally OK.

We tried one restaurant and it was WAY too packed, so we headed to Bucca deBeppos. We ate at the bar, since otherwise it would have been an hour long wait. Yummy dinner, great time! After that we went shopping at the bookstore. We got books and things for 6 people!!! We were done just as the store was closing at 9:00, so we headed out and figured we'd get Summer...an hour before we had to, but we are tired and there wasn't much else to do...except get home and finally wrap Erika's birthday gift! While wrapping, Mama got a little crazy...you'd think she was the one drinking! But, no, only I had one beer. This is just Mama having fun!



OK, plane lands in 30....gotta run!

Happy 11 Month!

So, Summer finally got into the doctor for her latest checkup. Everything is still good. We got some stats to share, straight from the doc:

Height: 29.5" (75%)
Weight: 20 lbs. 2 oz. (50%)
Head: 10" (75%)

So, she's middlish for everything, but a bit thin for her height, but basically super healthy and normal! Yay!

OK, a couple nights ago we took some pics while she was in the bath...to show off all her hair! If you hadn't noticed in some of the other pics, her hair is filling in a little bit.


And here she is a little closer.


I took this quick video tonight when I got home. She walks better than this sometimes, but it shows off how she is trying! :-)


OK, that's it for now, Jess and I are going out to celebrate her birthday...without her! Uh-oh. OK, so that isn't the best birthday present for her, but it is the daycare's monthly date night, where they watch the kids so the parents can go out. We HAVE to take advantage of that.

Have a good night, everyone, and sleep well, Summer!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

So, Happy Mother's day to every mother out there! Especially Mommy Jess! It is entirely appropriate to post some pics of Summer hanging out with Mommy! Here Summer is from the other night, trying to read with Mommy.


And just the other day I finally got Summer to figure out how to play her recorder.


I took a few videos of Summer playing her recorder and this one turned out the best.

More MN Photos

OK, here are a few more photos from our trip to MN. As requested from Lindsey we'll put up another one of her...but we can't take down the bad one, because that is the only one that shows all the kids together.


And here are a couple more of Nick, he was the object of most of the photos. This first one shows off Nick's missing teeth. I joked how Summer got his teeth, since she seems to have the ones that he's missing.


And here he is showing Summer how to play with the kitty.


Next up is a picture of Summer with Aunt Ginger. We're not sure how much Summer remembers all of her early visitors, but she seemed to do well being fed by Ginger.


OK, last picture from Ginger's house. This is from when the boys were playing basketball, Jess sat on the steps playing with Summer.


OK, these last four are from our visit with Summer's great grandparents on my dad's side. First up is Me with Summer and Grandma outside.


Next is same idea, but with Grandpa inside sitting on the couch.


This next one is cute. We took a few of Summer playing with a stuffed animal...a LARGE stuffed St. Bernard dog. This represents the St. Bernard, Cleo, that grandma and grandpa had while I was growing up. Summer would have loved the real Cleo, just like all the kids did!


OK, and the last picture to share from MN was Jessica holding Summer, as she was getting a bit tired, with Grandma posing with them.

Summer's Sibling

Ah....what? Yeah, she's gonna have a sibling. Boy? Girl? We don't know THAT, yet, but we have had our first appointment and heard the heartbeat.

Summer is going to be a BIG SISTER!!

Walking

OK, I HAVE to really get the video camera going again! I've promised so many movies. Wanted to take one the Tuesday night, as Summer took THREE steps before falling into my arms. She's getting there. She's standing so much better and slowly learning to take a few steps. We need to get that on tape.

A few days ago we took these pics. One night, as she was crawling she got stuck under the table, which she does every now and then.


And the next night I caught her playing my XBOX 360...she loves that controller! She'll be a gamer like me, no doubt!