Last night was a beautiful night. It was warm outside and the sun was actually shining. We took advantage of the great weather and went for a walk along the green-belt with Candace, Chad, and Emma. The guys ran while the two mommas pushed our strollers with our kidlets inside. This was the sun just as it was setting, I thought it looked neat with the silohettes of the trees.
The vineyard is right on the edge of the canyon so the views are beautiful and provides a nice setting for a get together. It is also half way between our homes so that is a nice for everyone. We had a great lunch and were able to celebrate Debbie's Birthday with Jeff's family and Bay got to see one of his great grandma's again.
My mom was recently in town for the weekend and part of this week. Can I just say that moms are the best! We had such a wonderful time together. 
We also went to Archivers the scrapbook store and did a little shopping. But the majority of the time we just cooked amazing food and just visited with each other. I wish so badly that she was closer so we could get together more often. I am grateful though for the time that we do get to spend together it is so nice being just a short flight away.
We have again been busy this week but have the chance to do some fun things. On Tuesday Bay and I met up with our friend "Auntie Paige" and had lunch at Red Robin. It had been a very long time so we had some catching up to do. There is nothing better than spending time with old friends.
I also did some picture taking for Valentines Day here is one of the cute pictures I took. Notice his cute dinosaur Valentines Day shirt...thanks grandma for helping us make it! Turns out they don't make very cute boy clothes for Valentines day so we made our own.
Bay and whiskers have been bonding...I think she likes to be near him because he is warm and snuggly
At station 5 they have an old stutz antique but still functional firetruck, bay thought it was really neat. I guess that its still even drivable and they use it for events parades ect.
I found a Jr. firefighter hat (which Bay didn't mind wearing, can you believe it?) so we took a few pictures with daddy.
Friday evening we spent time with Candace Chad and Emma, we got take out and just visited. Bay was very interested in his little cousin, which is a good thing since we will be seeing quite a bit of her soon
Bay and I went for a walk and did a real test of our baby carrier and it passed with flying colors. Thanks Adam and Amy we love it! It works so well the last few times that we have used it Bay has fallen asleep...
Since it was actually warm outside (warm as a relative term meaning low 40's) and Jeff had the day off we decided to go to a park in the north end of Boise called camel's back park. By the time we got there it cooled down and a breeze picked up...as a result our walk was cut short since Bay's nose turned red and his eyes were watering we felt soo bad. I guess its still just to cold for even a short walk still.
This park is really neat! It has lots of trails along the foothills and a great grassy area and a playground. During the summer the city has lots of festivals and events in the park.
Our time in Oregon with my parents was wonderful. The majority of our visit was spent playing with Bay and hanging around the house with a few shopping trips sprinkled in the mix. Bay sure didnt seem to mind the attention and all the hugs and kisses.
While at my parents Bay really took to this spider finger puppet. I guess Bay's cousin Talmage was terrified with it but Bay seemed to think that it was great. It will be interesting to see if Bay is scared of it in 9 to 10 months...I guess we will just have to wait and see
I had to post these two pictures, the first because it was cool to fly in a plane that represented Oregon State University, and the other because it was cute to watch Bay take it the view as we flew back to Boise...
Finally, I want to say thankyou to my husband for giving Bay and I to have had this wonderful opportunity...Honey you truely are wonderful and we love you more than anything.
As expected he loved it. He was very into splashing and jumping up and down in the water but was not into having the water splash back into his face. It was fun even though we realized he is still a bit little to swim.
We did learn that he is his mothers daughter and loves to be in the water...it was fun, we cant wait til summer to really get him in the water more.
notice his two little choppers on the bottom. Daddy calls them his little shark teeth.
Hopefully we will not have the pleasure of getting to clean anything like this up again...
Remember how I told you that he makes that face frequently? Here is just another picture...
Who knew that having a baby would be such a roller coaster...but we love the ride.
This is a typical expression these days that we see...big blue eyes and no bottom lip it makes me laugh every time.
In other news Bay is now sitting up unassisted for fair amounts of time, and he is working on crawling...Watch out Christmas! Bay will be mobile. He can already go backwards and goes forward for a second then collapses, I bet its only a few more days until he gets it all figured out. Its sure exciting and scary all at once!
last weekend our family participated in a community event called rake up nampa. All over the community groups volunteered to rake up leaves for disabled or elderly folks. The fire department decided to participate so we showed up with rakes in our winter clothes ready to go. There was about 20-25 people a total of about 6 or 7 families. Bay was well behaved the entire time in fact he slept most of the time. It was just nice to get out there with other people on the department and give back to the community...here are some photos from the event
Bay in his little wagon outfit, I love the hat.
