so much for blogging more often...a summary of our summer

Well, my boy is 14 months old now, and I don't even think anyone is out there reading this, but I will write for myself...

We have had the most amazing summer. Lucas turned 1 and we had a backyard beach themed bday party. Over 50 people came to our little house! Thank goodness it didn't rain! That boy is so surrounded by love it's just ridiculous.


We spent many summer days playing in our yard. If there is one thing I love about our house, it's the yard. We have an awesome yard, and I am realizing it is hard to find up here on the mountain.

In July we went to Florida with the fam. It was a wonderful week and Lucas loved the beach!



This summer we also enrolled in playgym at the Creative Discovery Museum. Every Thursday morning we went to playgym and met up with Katie and/or Kevin and Owen (and later baby Brecken came too). It was so much fun to see my boy grow and change over the 8 weeks of the class. When we started he seemed so small next to the older 1 year olds. He wasn't even walking. We loved playgym and I really wish it was something I could do year round with him.

So now as summer draws to a close, I think about how lucky I am to be able to spend these precious moments with my kiddo. And while I do wish I could stay home with him full time, it just isn't in the cards for us right now. So I will be thankful that I have this time AND that I have a job where I can bring him to school with me and have someone keep him there. I do realize how blessed I am to have that kind of set up and I don't take it for granted one minute.

I forgot to mention the person Lucas loves playing with the most-Haiden. She and Lucas have been able to see each other and play almost every day this summer. She really loves her "baby". She is always so concerned about him. She really is a great older cousin. And while she picks on him and sometimes tries to torment him, he is catching on and soon enough he will be right there driving her crazy too! She reminds me of myself when I was little...at least from what I have seen on home videos...always the boss, always pushing Hailey's buttons and making her cry. Now Hailey's child is doing it to my child! Ha! Anyway, it's fun to see them play together and I know they will be best buddies.

So for now I will say that I will post more often. But let's be honest...I probably won't