i like to boat! well, i like boats....

finally walking

We have a WALKER folks!

Its official! I am now a toddler. Yesterday I stood up on my own (not pulled up) and decided I wanted to go for a stroll. Both mom and dad saw it, which was so wonderful. I had been saving it up until a time when they were both there to watch. I had been calculating in my head for a long time on how to do it...so when on Sunday they were both in the room, I just did it, without warning...of course, mama had the camera handy and so on my second time around she caught it all on video--which will be posted very soon for you all to see. Life is getting pretty exciting!

the pool was fun and so was the storm, kinda

we went to the pool cause mama and papa thought i was feeling better--the waterslides were awesome, we all went down them, even nana did. i ate some dinner and when we got home mama took my temp and it was up to 104.5, so she dosed me up with some ibprofin and her and papa took me to urgent care, by then my temp had dropped and they could not find anything wrong except fever...guess i am fightin off something funky. i finally calmed down and went to sleep and they stayed up and watched the crazy electircal storm that hit fort collins...and around 10 they woke me up to go to the basement cause there wa sa tornado warning...watching the storm was cool, but being in it, not so cool. no tornados hit. nana and uncle pete left and i am sad, i was a pretty cranky guy for their last 2 days here and feel pretty bad about it....but it was good to see them and we were happy they came!

nana and uncle pete are here!

i am getting braver
i really wanted to wear uncle pete's hat
and finally figured out how
papa got part of his father's day present early
pre-hike breakfast at the bluebird
look at me, how could they not know i was sick

this is a great picture!!!
see why we turned around


and then we got home to this
look at the new deck!
post hiking dinner
hi everyone. i love to say hi, but my favorite word ever is uh'oh. I say it all the time. i am not quite sure the bes ttimes to use it, but i love it all the time. i also lik eto say no, when i don't like something. i am getting a little bit braver and standing on my own, and i have even tried a few steps without coaxing, but i am still really into crawling and not so into walking. we tried to go hiking today for fathers day...drove about 2.5 hours up past cameron pass to the colorado state forest and were hoping to get to lake agnes...it is .8 miles to the lake...i would say we had to turn around at about .5 because there was too much snow...and i was not feeling good. i was lethargic, pale, my eyes were watering adn i was fussing bigtime. ends up when we got home i had a 103.5 fever. i just got it down to about 101.5 after a dose of ibprofin and tylanol. i am getting 2 new teeth and just cut my top right second (i) tooth. Yesterday we went to the Irish festival and heard some good music. it was fun. i think tomorrow papa and unle pete might go rafting, but uncle pete is not feeling so hto righ tnow either. we saw a rainbow today. mama and i also gave papa a bunch of wheat beers to help him with his tasting for making his beer at the brewery...and we wish both grandfathers a very very happy father's day.

me n my pals like to hang in my new wagon

ellis, leo (little buddah), max and ben

and in robyn's belly (brown pants, gray jacket) the newest addition to the community--coming january 09

hailing, hailing

i love to try and use my fork and sometimes it even works

look at his downspout
this was just the beginining
a few minutes later
what , is it winter in co
lake ellis has formed to the west

lots and lots of rain

it has been raining a LOT lately...almost every day, which is very very odd for the front range...and very bad news for the deck getting finished. we found a little break in the rain last weekend to go hiking, it was beautiful, the spring wildflowers were in full bloom. oh, and i love blueberries very much, and spinach, nothing like some sauteed fresh spinach...i choose that over ice cream (no tthat I get offered it often.).