Michigan Ho!: Otherwise known as the much needed vacation.

Dear Grandparents,

Holy cow, it looks like this part two of the catch-up blogs might get out in a timely fashion! My mommy wanted me to tell you that from now on the quality of the pictures I share with you should be getting better. Daddy got Mommy a new DSLR camera and she is very excited to learn it and start shooting professional quality pictures.

First I want to share a few pictures we have taken since getting back from our Michigan vacation. In this first one I got a hold of the duster. Mommy took it away from me, only to return it seconds later with a clean dust cloth installed...I think she is being rather hopeful, but "A" for effort Mommy :)

These two are from our playdate last week. It was at our friend Molly's house.

Mommy was very jealous of the adorableness of Molly's mommy's house and the park near by.

Mommy was trying to figure out the manual focus on her new camera...

...I was getting tired though and made Molly's mommy stop teaching my mommy so I could go take a nap.

Mommy begrudgingly let me include this picture, Daddy took this one...and encouraged the behavior depicted ;) On the other hand I love my new band toys, but the drum sticks are my favorite (keep your fingers crossed Grandma Karla, I might grow up to be a drummer and you can live vicariously through me, ROCK!). 

From here on out are some of the best pictures from our trip to Michigan. This is Grandpa Marc, me and Daddy going for a walk around Grandpa's neighborhood.

This is my second cousin Brianna...

...and my other second cousin Bradyn, whom I really liked but was chewing in this shot :)

This picture is a five generations picture. From left to right in relation to me: Great Grandma Pond, Great-great Grandma DeRitter, Daddy, Me, Grandpa Konyndyk.

This is my first time meeting my Grandpa Pond, he was trying to show me where to look for the picture, but I was more interested in his beard and glasses!

Mommy was trying to get a nice picture of us but I was too tired and had a frowny face the whole time :(

The whole family got in some disc golfing: Grandpa Pond, Great Aunt Shelly, Grandpa Marc, Me, Daddy (and Mommy taking the picture).

After the visit with the relatives we headed east across the state to visit some of Mommy and Daddy's pre-me friends. Mainly we headed east for our friend's wedding.

This picture is of me in an igloo cooler, made a handy playpen for me while Mommy and Daddy helped set up the tables and chairs :)

Mommy loves this next picture, she says it is her favorite one of me to date!

There was a great playground next to the hall where the wedding was, Mommy and Daddy tried to help me do the obstacles and swing, but all I really cared about was trying to eat the wood chips (I saw Tok chewing on a stick and thought they must be delish, but alas they weren't).

Oh! This one is fun. Mommy spotted a frog and Daddy caught it! I kept trying to touch it, which was making Mommy crazy, and so finally Daddy relocated the little frog to a less populated area (which made Mommy very happy and melted her heart a little).

I love this picture of Mommy and me!

This last picture is of the bride and her baby boy, Mason. We helped with Mason, for the wedding night we watched him at his house (Mommy figured that after nine years of courting they deserved a worry free night for their wedding).

Aaaaahhhhhh! It feels good to catch you all up on what we have been doing :) Tomorrow we have a playdate at my house and on Sunday we are going to Dinosaur Ridge! I can't wait to show you the pictures.

Love you all,
Leif

Hiking and Camping: Mommies Only!

Dear Grandparents,
It has been a few weeks! So much has happened I don't know if I can remember it all, so I will just walk you through the pictures and we can remember together :)

These two pictures are just cute ones of me around the house. I finally braved the tunnel and mastered it! But it made me really tired and Daddy had to help me fall asleep.






This picture is from a barbeque that we had.The little boy is my friend Carter, and the girl is Kylee. I want to like Kylee but she needs some help being nice :/

These three pictures are from a hike that Mommy and I did with Kaitlan and Cale at Red Rocks Amphitheater. It was a mile and a half backcountry...Mommy was tired and kind of sick but trooped right along. I tried to not be too heavy, but you know gravity!












These next few pictures are from a camping trip that Mommy and I took with Kaitlan and Cale...I know brave of them huh?

This picture Kaitlan took of Mommy and me. Mommy was naming things that were up high, like the sky and clouds and trees and birds and...um...that is all I can remember right now.




This picture is at Tiny Town. You can't tell in this one but the whole park was full of tiny houses and buildings that we could crawl into!



Oh good this next picture has one of the tiny buildings in it! Cale was able to walk around inside the church, but seeing as I am not of the walking set yet, I was relegated to things my mommy could do also...which wasn't much because she is an amazon.

Lucky for me my second mommy Kaitlan, who is one of the little people, was able to get me into the tiny jailhouse :)

Whew! What a busy week. We finished it out with some time at home. I finally fit into my Carhart overalls!

My mommy is starting to get worried that I suffer from pica...but she is helping to figure out what doesn't go in my mouth and what does :)

 My puppy dog is starting to pay more attention to me. He is really gentle and patient, which is good because I get so excited that I often hit him in the eyes and pull his hair, I don't mean to but he is just so big and fluffy I can't help it!

Well, that was part one of the catch up blogs. Hopefully my mommy and I can get the next one done very soon!

Love you all!
Leif