Summer Camping

At the end of June, we went camping at the Red Lodge KOA with my parents and my brother and SIL.

  Most of us had never been over the Bear Tooth Mountains.  It is SO worth the drive! At the top, there was a scenic point where a lot of fat chipmunks live.  They ate out of your hand and one even jumped on my knee as I was squatting down.  Then he went up my arm, looking for peanuts.  Maci was a bit scared at first but then thought it was very fun.

 I mean look at those fat cheeks!!!

 These are a couple pictures of our scenery.  Pretty awesome! 

 Even in late June, there was a ton of snow.  What Maci is standing in front of was plowed from the road; a snow wall.

 We also visited Yellowstone, one of our favorite places on earth. We saw a brown bear and a black bear! We rarely see bears at all and were very lucky to see two in one day. 

 Then a week later, we went up to the Paradise Valley to camp there with the folks. Our main goal was to catch something while trying to fish. 

 Well, at least we had fun...

  Then on the last day and at the last minute, mom caught a fish. 

 Saying goodbye and hello to a nap.

Birthday Boy

And he is now no longer a baby.  Welcome to toddlarhood, kid!

Easter 2014

Well, now that I finally have a new monitor and that summer is almost over, I thought I could fill you in on the last few months or so. 

 This great snow storm happened at the end of March. We didn't waste a moment thinking what we would do and this was our masterpiece.

 Aleck's favorite cupboard is the baking cupboard. One lovely day he I came into the kitchen to this. He was all proud of what he did.  Plus he got a few in his tummy, too.

 Here we are Easter morning.

 Maci had to get a bite of her chocolate bunny before church.

 

  Easter Egg Hunt at the farm with all her cousins.

Caught on camera

 

Also try this one.  I somehow can't get it on here. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF1VHnOim08&feature=youtu.be

Little brother is 10 months old

 Here comes Mr. Drooly! (as Maci calls him)

 "I now open all drawers and take everything out, taste it and throw it on the floor.  Then I see if the drawers make noise by shaking and moving them."

This is his famous grunting face.  I can't believe I got it on film.

So I started writing this a month ago and now he is 11 months old!  Today his 5th tooth popped out, bottom right. This little boy has lots of energy.  He likes to stick his tongue out of his mouth, pant, beg like a dog whenever someone else has food, laugh uncontrollably when he is tickled under his chin, a good sleeper, smiles a lot and even likes to pet the cats. He will shake, bang, and move anything that does just that.  He loves to chase his sister around the house, she runs, he crawls.  He has started taking steps.  He gets up the momentum and then gets excited and takes a few steps and then falls.  He went about 10 steps at the farm last week.  We were all impressed and amazed. He hasn't said any words yet but can clap for "Patty Cake" and wave hello/bye. 

He sleeps 12 hours at night and is taking 2 hour and a half naps each day.  He likes all food except tomatoes.  It made my day when I gave him one and I watched him immediately take it out of his mouth.  Too funny!  He is not a big fan of changing diapers, which is becoming harder each day.  He loves to splash in the tub and play outside.  Our backyard has become his new favorite.  He crawls around and sometimes takes a few steps and loves to play with the rocks.  I have to remind him often not to put them in his mouth.  Yes, he's already eaten dirt - on David's watch too ;) 

Maci sure is glad she has a brother.  Her latest fun with him is when he comes crawling down to find her, she squeals and goes and hides.  So I guess they are playing hide and seek.  She is going to have so much fun when he can finally chase her back.  Aleck always has a smile for her and wants to be around her. Watching these two interact with one another brings me such happiness.