Goats and Boats and Blueberries

This summer was also filled with exciting adventures outside of the city! We took a day trip to go blueberry picking, which Stuey loved (the eating part, that is, the picking part we'll work on for next year). We also took a ferry to Whidbey Island and spent a weekend on "island time," wandering around the little town of Langley (Stuey made plenty of friends by flashing his smile at everyone we passed), walking in the woods, hiking down a very steep path to the beach (Ben got the ultimate workout with Stuey on his shoulders!) and most importantly, feeding some goats! By the way, did you know goats love oats?

Summertime Fun

These 2 pictures represent our "average day" summer activites. We spent lots of time in the water, often at the Greenlake wading pool and we spent lots of time playing at the park. The wood chips on the playground happen to be Stuey's favorite part of the park!

Long Lost Lake fun

Back in June, Stuey took his first summertime trip to Long Lost Lake in Minnesota! He had a blast splashing in the water, riding in the boat (first boat ride!) and playing with Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Maureen and Uncle Matt. Horray for lake fun!!!

Just darn cute

I mean, really?!?! He's too much...

Cool Rider

That's right, Stuey's got his first set of wheels! We got him a little trike a few days ago and he has spent the majority of his time since riding and pushing it around...he LOVES it! Rumor has it, his Dad loved his first "motorcycle" too. We've only had a dozen or so "incidents"- Stuey falling off the bike, the bike falling over on Stuey, Stuey falling over the bike...but he's always back on the saddle in no time!

I'm ONE!

Well, the little man is 1 year old. Hard to believe! We had a wonderful backyard BBQ Birthday party and as you can see, Stuey enjoyed himself thoroughly. He had lots of friends over and they went swimming in the backyard baby pool. He enjoyed some cake too, baked by Auntie Sarah (see top picture for the cake-face)!

Happy!

In honor of Stuey's first birthday, his Auntie Sarah taught him to say "Happy!" I think their next lesson will be on how to say "birthday!" Stuey has also taken some huge steps (not literally...yet) in his level of comprehension. Yesterday I asked him where his ball was and he went and found it. Then I asked him to bring it to me and he very happily did! Imagine what this means for Ben and I...we never have to get up off the couch again! But really, he is an absolute blast these days, chatting away and getting into everything!!!