Saturday, May 31, 2014

Dolezalek Cookout

We had a really fun afternoon today at Molly and Dustin's cookout. It was a beautiful day filled with friends, food, and a positive gaggle of children. 

A playhouse with a truck AND a plate? X is in heaven. 

Roaming the expansive yard. 

Checking out the Jeep with Teddy. 

Having a toast with Lindsay. 

Xander got to check out the water slide once the big kids were done playing. 

Playing peek-a-boo with daddy. 

Family love. 

Friday, May 30, 2014

The difference a day makes

X was adorable yesterday. Evidence:

Mommy and Xander selfie. 

Playing with daddy's phone. 

Figuring out the Catmobile. 

At Warner park. 

And then today happened...

Stupid molars. 

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

First Camping Trip

This weekend marked Xander's first camping trip (and ours with a baby). All things considered, it went pretty well. We camped at Lake Kegonsa, a park I used to frequent a lot in my single days but haven't camped at since Tim and I have been together. It was nice to be so close to home for a change- which came in handy on a few occasions. Jim, Trisha and James scored the site right next to us and the boys got to hang out all weekend. I think that affected X in some really great ways considering James is almost two. X was saying a bunch of words by the end of the trip. It was really, really cool. Uncle Aron and Auntie Vicki came up in Sunday night and camped on our site. So good to hang with them!

Day 1- still clean and relatively well rested. 

Camping makes you thirsty. 

The whole fam. 

With daddy. 

Playing peek-a-boo around the tent flaps. 

At the beach. 

X and James both love bubbles!

X had a very hard time going to sleep since it was so bright out at his normal bedtime. No blackout curtains in a tent! So, bedtime kind of looked like this. 
*sigh*

Hanging with his uncle. 

Aron took this amazing pic. One of my favorites from the whole trip.

Breakfast. 

Xander and James are deep in conversation. Can you believe they are almost a year apart in age? Xander is a giant!!!

James showing X how to use the buckets. 

Playing with trucks. 

At the playground. 

Blowing dandelions with uncle Aron. 

Our camping family.