Memorial Day and Beyond

We had a great Memorial Day...we spent the morning at the Long Beach Aquarium, where we had a picnic lunch outside by the water, and then the girls ran around looking at fish and petting sea creatures...of course it ended with almost everyone having a fit and us hustling to the car...but still a fun morning...we then BBQ'd and swam with my parents and half their ward...the girls had a blast running around with the other little kids, and we relaxed, ate and chatted...





Photo ops in the park...the weather has been awesome this past week, and we spent Sunday afternoon in the park with my camera...








A long overdue shout-out to my friend Megan for creating these fantastic stitchings for Charlie's walls...his room is a constant work in progress...guess that's what happens with the nursery the 3rd time around...I've seen her stuff on her blog and love it, so I basically commissioned her to make something for Charlie, and I love the result...the 4 frames add a splash of color that the blue and brown needed...I'm working on some photography for the other wall, and then maybe by the time he's 2, it'll feel "put together."



Just some fun in the high chair...he's becoming quite a good little eater of solid foods...he wasn't so sure for the first few weeks, so I sort of started to feed him "whatever"...mustard from a hotdog, sauce from the pizza, crackers, Cheerios, all the Graduate products...I realize that it's probably a bit early, but I think he just needed to get used to a taste other than breastmilk...once he got accustomed to other flavors, he's pretty chill about anything I offer him...his 3rd tooth cut through yesterday...the first one on top...I can't get enough of this baby...