Caitlyn's 8 months old!

You should see my little sister these days... She's doing so much I can barely believe it!! She's pretty much mastered the "army crawl" - can spin on a dime, and be anywhere she wants to be in about 10 seconds.. She likes to sit up and clap alot too.... She trying to figure out how to feed herself but she still needs a bit of help so I try to help when I can. (plus I can sneak some yummy bites for myself as well :).
We had to lower her crib down because we kept finding her standing up in her crib. That's her latest gig - she loves to pull herself up on stuff. The bathtub is a favorite for sure... but the drawer under the stove and the coffee table work pretty well too... I even saw her take some steps pushing a stool across the kitchen!



The best part about watching her pull up on things is that she tries soo hard to get up there (grunting and groaning) and then once she's up she gets this huge grin (she's so proud of herself :). I'm pretty proud of her!

Trick-r-Treat!

Well, It's official - I fully took advantage of the whole Trick-r-Treat thing this year!! I even got to indulge in loads of chocolate that all sorts of nice people handed out to me just for standing there and smiling at them... probably helped that I looked pretty cute in my butterfly wings :) Some houses seemed a bit scary so I opted out on those, but for the houses that looked "friendly" I hung with the crew and waited my turn to get a fun treat. Caitlyn went too - but she's not old enough (like me:) to get candy yet... Maybe next year Caits!!

We were a pretty cute pair though as butterflies...(If I do say so myself!)... Dad on the other hand, now that was a different story!!

Colorado Visit!

I had SO MUCH FUN in Colorado! I was a bit under the weather the day we flew out but I made it through the flight w/o having to use the little white bag (which my mom was very relieved about!!)... Caitlyn and I got to spend lots of time with Yiayia and Papou since my mom was working from Colorado. We went on lots of fun walks, played at the playground and did some really fun "projects" at the house like making play-doh and baking cookies :).
I got to hang out with my best-bud Sam who moved to Colorado a few months ago. We haven't seen each other for a while, but you would never know it ... we picked up just where left off being silly, making each other laugh, and having tons of fun. He's a big brother now too, so we have that in common too! Charlie (Sam's little brother) and Caitlyn got some quality time together too on a nice little hike in the Boulder foothills....they seemed to have lots of fun and I think they liked each other... :)




I also got to spend the weekend with my cousins Leo and TJ. We had tons of fun playing at the house, hanging at the playground and having dinners together. I don't get to see my cousins much, so it was super great to get so much time together.

Yiayia and I had a special outing to the Butterfly muesem. It pretty much sealed the deal that I was going to be a butterfly for Halloween... I was on the fence, but once I saw all the beautiful butterlies I decided I HAD to be one! I decided Caitlyn should be one too :)

Colorado sure was beautiful and tons of fun!! Can't wait to go back!

Pumpkin Patch Fun...

Caits first road trip!!

Caitlyn got to experience her first road trip this weekend! We all packed up and headed to Boise for our cousin Jerome's wedding. She did pretty well on the drive - we only had to make one stop (I gave her some tips on how to keep yourself entertained while in the car - see my Jan 1 post.) I think the highlight was when dad climbed into the back seat with us... I was impressed that he fit between our car seats!!
We had a great time in Boise - we hit up the Farmer's Market, checked out the views from Bogus Basin, and went to a Football Game!! I loved the market and the "hike" was cool and all but the BSU game was definitely the highlight. I LOVED it!! I cheered really loud, danced to the band, and even got to see a horse run on the field!! I've even been working on my football stance. Watch out!!





The wedding was great too... Caitlyn decided to chime in here and there during the ceremony so I tried to do what I could to keep her quiet. I think I was a big help, but not sure mom and dad would agree :)

It was fun to hang out with David & Helen and Jerome & Jackie they are super sweet and take good care of Caits and I. I also got to meet my dad's cousins Gwen & Phil - I loved hanging out with Gwen - she was super fun! see ALL the pics here!

I like to ride my bicycle...

and sometimes I just like to carry it :)

Dad's Big Ride

My dad did a HUGE bike ride this past weekend. I was pretty proud of him - he rode like 100 miles (that seems like ALOT!).. I got to hang out with mom and Caitlyn and my friend Thijs (who's dad and opa did the ride too!)

It was fun seeing them on the ride but the best part was stopping at the fruit stand to do some shopping and visit with the goats!!

I think I could make a career of this...

So I discovered this microphone (a.k.a. guitar stand) the other day in the basement and started putting on "concerts". I think I'm a really good singer and after being to a few shows now, I think I've got the stage performance pretty much figured out as well... might have to work on my wardrobe a bit though.



Come by sometime and see one of my "shows"! I even perform outside when it's nice :)

Willie Nelson rocks!

Well, I don't think mom and dad were too excited about the weather report for the Willie Nelson show, but it didn't bother me a bit! I got to wear my boots and yellow rain jacket (yellow's my favorite color by the way :) and jump in all the puddles!!! We had a great time even though it was wet, Caitlyn loved the music and I was smiling ear to ear pretty much the whole time. Dad even took me down close to the stage so I could see Willie up close and dance along with everybody. It was so fun!!!

Caits on the move..

Check out Caitlyn, she started "scooting" the other day... pretty good moves Caits!!