I Love Daddy

Home Grown

The tomatoes we grew this year got the seal of approval from Lucy. She ate this one like an apple down to the stem.

Ferry Ride to Whidbey Island

There is no question that Washington State is a great place to live when we can spontaneously decide to hop a ferry and go over to Whidbey Island for a little beachcombing. Before riding the "big boat," we had lunch with Gramma Sidnee at Ivar's. John got to put his toes in the sand for the first time and Lucy, due to fearlessness to hypothermia, waded in the Sound up to her knees. She was extremely disappointed that we didn't bring her swimsuit.

John is 3 months old today too - it's all going by so fast. Last week, he rolled over for the first time.

Baby Talk

John and Casey have a little conversation on the lawn.

Solo Swimming Lessons

Well, we've passed a big milestone today. Lucy is doing swimming lessons on her own! She's in the same class as her friend Miriam. I was a little worried she wouldn't go into the water without Dad but she was very excited although she needs to get used to the teacher. She was little bit scared of her.

John was very excited to watch his big sis swim.

Hottest Day Ever...

As everyone knows - yesterday was brutally hot. We blew past the old 100 degree record. At one point the car said 109! We headed down to Lake Sawyer to cool off. Lucy was swimming by herself with a life jacket on and even little John got his first dip in the lake. He was thrilled! Here he is telling Nana about it.

Look at Me! I'm 2 months!

John hit the 2 month mark yesterday. He celebrated by getting 6 - yes, 6 - immunizations at the doctor. He took it like a champ, crying when the needle hit his leg, but recovered very quickly. He definitely isn't his usual chipper self today, but since he's so easygoing anyway, it's hard to notice.

He is 13 pounds, 13.5 ounces and 25 1/4 inches long. He has surpassed Lucy at this age and is off the charts in height. Everywhere I go, people ask how old he is and are quite surprised when I tell them. The consensus is he looks about 4 months old. He is "talking" and smiling a ton and his new favorite past time is sucking on his hand.

Lucy continues to be very sweet with him and I'm pretty sure she considers him one of her many "possessions."