The Park

Today we went to the park by our house. It was so nice outside Joe even agreed to take a break from Notre Dame football! (that might also be b/c they stink)Mike was loving the swings! He also thought the grass felt pretty neat too

Spider Man

Joe saw an ad on tv for the Tonka 3 in 1 truck and he just HAD to get it for Mike. I'm talking, he had only slept for 3 hours, went to a whole day at work and still wanted to go directly to Toys R Us when he got home! Sadly, they didn't have the 3 in 1, so the next best thing was the Spider Man truck! Mike's favorite part-the horn of course! I also added an action shot of Mike walking.

Tub Time!!!

Mike loves his bath. Now that he can walk he wants to do it all the time. Including in the tub!

Krumnow's wedding

Mike was winding down fast at the reception. He was tired enough to sleep in the crib we had for him. (something he hadn't done the entire time!)
Shake and Bake
The Marines made their mark on the wedding by shotgunning beers during the rehersal dinner. We were so proud:(

Ethan is Joe good buddy from TBS. They have been together pretty much ever since. Ethan is now in CA training to fly the Cobra. He and his wife Christina will be joining us out here when they are done. The wedding was very nice. Mike and I stayed for the processional and then we went walking through town. I was quite a site. I had a nice dress on, heels and a backpack. After that we went to the reception. It was a good time too. Dinner was great and Mike had a good time crawling around from table to table.

What a trip!

Learning to adapt, he'll sleep anywhwere now

So happy even at 6 am with no sleep!

This past weekend we ventured off to WI for another wedding. Thank goodness Mike was such a good sport. It's a long story, but basically our flight was cancelled at 11:45 at night. We got to a hotel at around 2am and then we were back in a taxi by 3:30am to catch a flight at 6. Keep in mind that Mike's bed time is around 7pm. He was so good. He didn't make a peep the entire time despite being rudely awakened many many times!

9 month Well Baby

Today was Mike's 9 month visit. He's doing very well. He weighs 19.7lbs (ups three lbs from the last check up) and is 29 inches tall. The doctor notice that his head circumference had gotten much bigger. She said that she would watch it, but usually if it keeps getting bigger they find that there is somone else in the family with a large head. Hmmm, I wonder who that could be!
Mike made his mom look like a big liar. The doctor asked me if he was waving or playing patty cake. I told her he wasn't. Then when she was leaving he waved "bye" to her. So I guess he does wave!

One more thing!

I mentioned before that Mike was starting to take steps. I haven't gotten a picture of that yet, but here he is just about to. Ok, that's all. Really!

A few more

Busy, Busy!

Mike at the airport, SUPER tired!



Ok, so over the last few weeks we have been so busy with visitors and visiting! We had my family and then we went home and we went to a wedding! Plus, in the middle of all of that, Mike took his first steps today!!! So here are some pics from all of the events!

Hobo in the house

Belive it or not, we do have blankets in the house. I guess Joe just prefers to use the newspaper! Just Kidding! Poor thing is so tired, he just fell asleep reading it. I guess that's what getting up at 3am will do to you!

Swings!

Joe took Mike to the little park by our house on Saturday. It was Mike's first time with the swings and he loved it!

DayCare

Go Speed Racer


Well, not real daycare. Just the child care at the gym. They will watch any child over 6 weeks, so it's very convienient. The lady asked me if Mike would use a walker. I said yes, but I told her he usually crawls around. He's not into being confined anymore. Too bad, I was getting great use out of the exersaucer! She said they like to have the babies in the walkers or swings so the bigger kids don't trample them. I thought to myself "good luck with that. Mike isn't going to go for that for more than 5 minutes." So I went to my class and she never came to get me, so I thought it must have gone ok. When I went back to get him she said he wasn't having either the walker or the swing, so thankfully she just let him down to crawl! Mike is on his own schedule now. His legs are moving and no nursery lady is going to stop him! I was just glad she was ok to play along so I could get through the class:)

Saturday Morning at the Beach

Saturday we got up and went for a walk down the beach. Actually, they are shooting a movie, so we were really out to do a little snooping, but it was too early. We did see a man from the "Sea Turtle Patrol". N. Topsail is a Sea Turtle santuary so the patrol goes out every morning looking for new nests. They mark them and then 60 days later they make a runway for the babies to get to the ocean. Apparently you can call them and they will tell you when the babies are coming and you can go and watch them. Maybe when we have visitors we can watch! We also saw lots of dolphins. It's hard to get their picture, but I managed to get one! They were playing all around the shirmp boats. Mike was tagging along in the backpack. This time Joe was carrying him. He loved playing with his dad's head! Probably b/c it feels so funny, but he loved his ears too!

Misc. Pics of Mike and Company!

He LOVES this bear

He's pulling up on everything now


Splashing! He likes to try to speed crawl in the tub


They are making the same face

Just wants to get down and crawl!

"Take our picture, take our picture" says Joe!

He's getting the hang of his sippy cup.

Since my memory card broke, I have been using the one that came with my camera. The problem is it only holds 18 pictures! So now I have to upload them to the computer a lot more often. So these are the most recent. Just hanging around the house, some of father's day, etc.

GO Joe GO!

Today was Joe's first flight! They fly right over our house, so I was able to get some shots of him! Congratulations!!!

Beach Bum!

Mike and I have been doing a little backpacking down the beach lately. He loves it. The other day we set up shop and stayed out for a while. Unfortunately for me I lost my phone while we were there. My guess is it's at the bottom of the ocean now! Luckily Joe had a spare.

6 month Well Baby!

Mike had his checkup yesterday. He's tall and skinny! He was 28 inches which puts him in the 97 percentile but only 16.7 lbs. That is the 31st percentile for weight. He actually didn't put hardly any weight on since his last appointment but he grew like a weed! Anyway, nobody really seemed to be concerned about it. He eats like a horse! He also got his shots. Since we now go to a clinic outside of base he had someone new giving him the shots. It was so sad. The last two times he had them done with the air gun but this clinic does it the old fashion way with needles. Oh boy did he scream like he's never screamed before! But only for a second. So that's it. He's healthy!