York Beach in Maine

These were taken at York beach in Maine last week on our little day trip with Alice. Growing up, we used to head up to York beach on Labor day weekend so it felt like a tradition continuing. And just as always, the water was freezing but it was a cooler day than usual so we didn't pull out the swim gear and just let our lil man crawl around in the sand. He seemed to have a good time.

Alice has left us for the southwest sun and we miss her heaps but I hear she already had a little Mexico adventure! Can't wait to hear.

Mike Day.

First few months with his boy








From our recent road trip

For
an attentive, adoring, and fun dad
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generous, loving, good lookin', husband
Happy Birthday Mike!

my boys.

Mike is the best dad and I love seeing my boys together. They are my boys and I love them. I also love that my little boy has the same short legs and long torso as his dad and the same little curl behind his ear when his hair gets wet.

Pete is here.

Pete is here for a week on his way back from a conference in Germany. We've just been doing our thing and Pete is here to hang with our little man. In the last 2 days he has been starting to pull himself up on things and today he discovered stairs and went up two. He likes walking around on your shoulders and think he looks so cute up there. He's also just started doing the little shy thing when people talk with him, he'll lean his head onto my shoulder. I love that. I will take any little quiet moments I can get. He is most content exploring and seeing new things. He seems to get bored with the same old books and toys. We are heading up to Montreal for the day tomorrow and hitting IKEA on the way back. I feel like we are going on vacation. I am very excited. Hey, we are going to a different country.

10 month.

I am going to take this opportunity while he's napping to write a few things before they get lost in my brain. I mentioned his first tooth well now he has 2 teeth. He is drool monster these days. He's probably nearly 20 pounds and he seems to have extra chub everywhere he can. He's started to pull himself up on things and actually discovered the stairs the other day and I watched him try and pull himself up unsuccessfully but It's so interesting to watch him discover stuff.

He has been making the funniest faces recently and sucking in his bottom lip like he is in the 10 month picture. He is clapping his hands and will wave and said what seemed to be "bye" when someone waved and said "bye" to him. He is still sleeping well at night and taking a couple naps during the day. He is getting busier by the day and has his favorite spots around the house where he always goes to pull everything out or down. He leaves a little trail of destruction. He likes playing in the bath for much longer now. I remember mom saying she read lots of books during sitting next to the bath and I have started to enjoy reading while he splashes around.

He lights right up when someone even looks at him and gets down right giddy when anyone talks or plays with him. He likes playing with his cousin who is a year older than him and I can already tell they are going to be buds. He is very busy and doesn't often cuddle because he is always on the move by yesterday he fell asleep on me during church and it was perfect.

Here's a little video of our boy in the bath. Isn't great that his bath time is so well documented?