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!

Who Knew Rice Cereal?

Would be sooooo delicious!

Pear Blossom

Doug, the overachiever, made it one of his goals to run the Annual Pear Blossom Run this year! He made it look like a piece of cake, averaging an 8 minute mile finishing the 10 mile race in 1hr and 22min! We are so proud of him!! Thankfully it was beautiful weather and we enjoyed the day watching the parade, the sirens made Ev cry and then he crashed out so we decided to call it a day.


Cousin Missy and her son 'D' stopped by on there way back to LA from Portland to meet Ev, we had a great time with them! Here are a couple pics from our evening together:

4 Months!

Our boy is growing so quickly! A river of drool is constantly flowing from his mouth and he likes to chew on everything, could teeth be far behind?

Hoppin Down the Bunny Trail

Easter weekend Doug and I took Everett on his first hike up Upper Table Rock! Doug took on the role of pack mule, hauling Prince Ev all the way up... yet I was the one huffing, puffing and gagging, dragging along the large sacks that are attached to the tops of my legs (my butt for those of you that are a little slow)! It was a gorgeous day and busy! The trail looked like an LA freeway with so many people out. Here are a couple pics of our stylin kiddo being all protected from the sun...


On Sunday we celebrated Easter in true family style. After church we headed to Grammi and Papa's for and afternoon of Easter Egg hunting, eating and playing with the cousins. Here is Ev in his cute easter outfit with Papa and Auntie Lori, this is before he peed all over it! Thank goodness Mom is always prepared with a back up :)