What we've been up to . . .

Well since returning from Michigan and Aspen we have been very busy and made the move back to Lawrence, KS for a wonderful job opportunity for Mike! It is nice to be back and a little weird at the same time. Last time I lived here, it was completely different and my lifestyle was quit opposite (to say the least). Below is a picture of Cohen and Sydney (Beth and Christian's one year old) and Cohen in his new favorite "ride"!

Some new things that Cohen has been up to:
* New sounds with "talking" - n's, d's, p's
* Slowly experimenting with walking. Walks all day behind things and only attempted unassisted help a few times, but learns that crawling is much easier and quicker!
* Eats all "adult" foods and LOVES to snack
* When he is done eating/drinking he just throws it over the high chair - Naismith really likes this one!
* Mastered waving "bye bye"
* Clapping (very quietly however)
* Likes the sound of his own voice . . . so resolves in screaming!
* Could crawl from inside to outside and back inside over and over again!
* Learned to climb down from things . . . feet first.
* Still obsessed with Naismith, but learned to be gentler with him. Even though I don't think that Naismith is convinced.
* Tooth #6 has just broken through. Now has 2 front bottom, 2 front top and one on each side of those!

Aspen

We had a pleasure of heading to Aspen the last weekend of July for my cousin, Liz's, wedding. It was wonderful and so pretty! We were lucky enough to bring Jackie, our babysitter from Colorado Springs, to help with Madison and Cohen. Unfortunately the last night we were there, both kiddos came down the something. Ending with croup for Cohen that took a long week to recover! Here is some pictures of our trip!

Michigan 2009

Michigan was definitely a new experience for me this year. No more sleeping in, reading multiple books on the beach, staying on the beach for 2, 7 or 12 hours at a time! But it was still a fabulous magical time and I was so excited to share this special place with Cohen.

We were very busy with boat rides, playing with new toys, hammock time, playing on the beach and non-stop in and out of the lake. Cohen LOVES the water!

We had to cut our trip a little short with having to pack the house and get ready for the move! Here are some pictures from our trip!

First ride on the boat!

Beach Time
Kayak Ride with MiMi

Daddy styled my hair on the beach!