Fun on the Erickson Farm!

Today was a beautiful day to spend on the Erickson farm! We had a BBQ, naps and fun with the animals. Alex saw, cows, goats, chickens, horses, birds, bullfrogs and got to go on a tractor ride with Mrs. Kris. It was a very exciting day!

We were watching the cows, but they began mooing quite

loudly and it scared Alex. Look how far he's got his lip out!

Alex napped on a blanket under a tree. So cute!

It was such a beautiful day!

Seth hanging out in the hammock.

Alex driving the tractor. He LOVED it!

Here's Amanda in Kris' wedding dress

doing a pose from their album. Too funny!

Feeding some grass to Oliver & Stella

Flip-Flops and Other Tragic Events of the Summer

Here's Alex in his cute flip-flops one of the first times I tried to put them on him. As you can see they were not so much a hit as a miss. He was beyond hysterical and the only way to make him stop crying was to take them off. I took a few pictures to show how cute his little feet are in them. Miraculously a few days later he asked Mrs. Kris to put them on him and was absolutely fine. And he's worn them happily ever since.


This is Alex sitting on grass and trying not to let it touch him. He HATES grass. He'll do anything to avoid walking, sitting, standing or laying on it. It makes our backyard awfully small since we have a very small area of cement he'll play on, but wont venture onto the grass....not even to fetch his golf balls. It's going to make for an interesting summer.

Beach Day!

Our Memorial Day weekend started out wonderfully with a trip down to Seaside on Friday. It was a beautiful, but incredibly windy day. It didn't stop us from enjoying some time on the sand. Alex loved it most of all. Our last trip to the beach in '08 he was still only crawling. Our little man sure did love running in the sand, picking up ever shell he could find and being chased and thrown in the air by mommy and daddy. Mommy loved taking pictures with her new camera to remember the fun day!

He ran, and ran, and ran some more. He was so incredibly happy running in the sand!

Watching the sand fall through his fingers. Super cute, except he was really concerned about how dirty his hands got. He really doesn't like dirty hands!

What a fun day!

New Words

Hard to believe it, but our little man is 20 months old now! He's talking up a storm and here are some of his new favorite things to say.

Yellow - he says this for all colors he doesn't know

Orntch - (orange) he actually knows this color

Moke - (milk)

I wan dooose - (I want juice) His favorite thing to say

Doood an Ki-yee - (Jude and Kylee)

Oh man! - One of my personal favorites!

Um, NO! - (He gets this from mommy)

Bobby - (Baby)

There are many many more. He stringing along 3, 4 and 5 word sentences now. It's so nice to have him be able to communicate and when he's fussing say "use your words!" and he can!

In case you're wondering what he's doing he's holding up one finger to show you that he's 1 year old! It's just he's pointing towards his ear....