Camping and other May adventures!

We had our first camping adventure with Everett this Memorial Day. I use the term camping loosely since we actually stayed in a hotel near the campground. We did hang out mostly at the campgrounds and Ev got to see the ocean for the first time as well as redwoods and the Smith River. Here are pics of the weekend:






Here are some random pics from May...

Our little monkey LOVES to be upside down!




Special Delivery!

Mother's Day



What?? How cute is this kid?!

TOO MANY!

I was just browsing through Craigslist's baby stuff to see if anything exciting caught my eye, and low and behold! This makes my stomach hurt (and other places too!)!


Note the 15 passenger van it is hitched too.... seriously?!

5 Months... How wonderful!

I cannot begin to tell you what a treat Everett has been these past couple weeks! He is developing such a funny personality! It's weird, I suppose because I've never done this before, but its like he gets me now, or I get him.. we are beginning to actually communicate its pretty amazing.

Some fun milestones that Ev has mastered are:

Mobility! He can rollover tummy to back and back to tummy, which is fun for sleeping! I go in in the morning and he's usually on his stomach in some precarious position! He also does this funny "backwards crab walk" where he pushes with his feet and scoots backwards.

Claws! He reaches and grabs anything. faces, arms, glasses, earrings... but he loves to reach for his toys, he can actually get what he wants now instead of staring at it screaming because he can't reach it! Mommy loves this trick!

Sleep! He has pretty much mastered his sleep training. We had "Miracle Blanket" withdrawals for a long time (we almost sued) but after a few not so fun nights we discovered he actually sleeps better when he goes to sleep an hour earlier! Yipee!





As for the rest of the family... It was the official start of bike race season (for us anyway) and Doug started out the year right!! He won 4th place at the Spring Thaw Cross Country race in Ashland on May 3rd. We are super proud!


I started back at work part time last week. So far so good, still working on finding someone to hang out with Ev on Fridays, but other than that little hiccup we are loving the independence!