Mommy is Tired

Daner turned 10 mos old a few days ago. To honor this big event I thought it would be fun to document what a day with Dane is like. Since he became mobile, he has become extremely busy. He never seems to stop, even when I beg him to please just stop for one minute so Mommy can rest/eat/pee. Below are some shots of him being a very helpful little guy.

Emptying the dishwasher

Vacuuming (we have a serious love affair with the vacuum)

Checking to make sure the dog has water.

Putting his shoes away with the skillets.

My favorite is putting his shoes under the stove. He was very persistent about doing that most of the afternoon. Every time I turned around he had a shoe in his hand and he was crawling to the kitchen as fast as little legs would take him. On my list for the weekend; something to lock that drawer! It's exhausting and sometimes frustrating but I still love every second I have with him at home. I would just love it all a little more if I could sit down and take a break!

First Day of Kindergarten

Yesterday was a big day around here. Drew started Kindergarten! So being the enthusiastic mom that I am; I documented the whole morning as best as I could. He was not all that excited about the camera going off every ten minutes but he tolerated it for me.

Eating waffles.

Getting handsome for the day.


Finally he's ready!

The best part of the morning was when we got to the school. Brian was waiting for us so that he could be there to walk Drew in on his big day. It was a huge surprise and it made him so happy. I'm really glad I got this moment on film.

Special Morning

Drew has really done an amazing job adjusting to having a new baby in the house. He had 5 wonderful years of being the only child and I really expected him to struggle with the new dynamic of having two kids in the house. But he really has been great. This is why back in July, I surprised Drew with a special early morning adventure for just the two of us. Balloons over Bend is an annual event around here that I have always wanted to go to. But in order to really appreciate the beauty of the hot air balloon festival you have to be a very early riser. This year I decided it was worth losing some shut eye if I could get Drew up-close and personal wtih some hot air balloons.

Enjoying the beauty.

I woke Drew up at an ungodly hour and told him we were going to see hot air balloons. He was groggy but he seemed excited once he understood what we were doing. We hopped in the car in our pajamas; made a pit stop at Starbucks and headed out. When we got there it was a little breezy so only one balloon was actually inflated. But it was beautiful and he was able to get as close as he wanted. While it would have been so much more exciting for him to see twenty balloon shovering in the sky; he still had a great time. And I promised we would do it again next year.

Beach Weekend

At the end of June we had our first annual LAM family weekend. LAM is a really embarassing ancronym that my friends and I came up with ions ago in college and that is all I'm going to divulge. As I said it's embarassing. We headed to Seaside to spend a weekend with our very good friends the Tax's and the Dunn's. This weekend was especially meaningful for me. Angie and Leah are two of the most important women in my life and since college we have all gone in different directions. We have still remained close and even managed to have girls weekends on a pretty regular basis. This year we decided it was time to include our families in these get togethers. So we threw everybody into one house together for 3 days and it couldn't have gone better. Everyone had an amazing time and we all agreed this trip has to be an annual thing. It will be so amazing to watch our children grow up together and be friends.

Dane and Jensen chilling on the beach.




The whole gang in front of our beach house.

We ate too much, we drank too much, we played in the ocean. And we did it all with amazing friends. We can't wait until next year!