We've Been Busy

Well we have been busy here in Spokane. This might be a long post, as we have taken lots of pictures and had lots of fun these days and I have been a slacker and not updated this blog. Nixon has been keeping us busy that's for sure, he is now pulling himself up on EVERYTHING and is a master of climbing the stairs. He is just starting to open and shut doors, cupboards and drawers and his little fingers are finding their way into little spaces, hopefully he will learn soon the concept of all these closing things.

Here is Jon and Nixon being TWINS... I didn't plan it, it just happened one day.

Nixon loves to stand next to the lovesac and taunt the dogs. Gauge is fine with him pulling and patting him but Darby jumps off when she sees Nixon coming toward her resting place.

Go Red Sox's .. Nixon has this cute onesies from Cam and Hillary and of course Nixon was not going to let me take a good picture of it before spitting up all over it.

Master of the Stairs!! Nixon just starting climbing them one day and has never stopped. He makes it all the way up, a bit to fast I think.

Concentrate....

Gauge trying to "HELP" Nixon move it along.

He made it to the tippy top!!!

Loving to play with Boxes, he even will crawl inside to get something at the end. It's so entertaining.

BASEBALL GAME
Jon took Nixon and I to a U-High baseball game a few weeks ago. Jon's old High School team was playing at the Minor League field, so we decided to go. Nixon was so cute and clapped at all the wrong times.

Go Titans!

Ok... how CUTE is this picture. What a perfect set up for my two boys!

Coeur d'Alene BOAT SHOW

We had a bunch of family come into town over Memorial weekend and we had a lot of fun showing them around the Spokane area. We took them up to Coeur d'Alene to see the lake and it happened to be the boat show.
Jon checking out a Cabin Cuisier... only 150,000.

Nixon liked the boats and walking around on the board walk.

We all decided we should sell the house and buy this boat for 400,000. I mean we can all squeeze into a two bedroom, two bathroom boat right?

And I will be the Captain..

Aunt Marsha will be the navigator.

Beautiful day to be at the lake.

Nixon thought the water was a bit too cold for him though.

"Why did you make me do it. It's COLD."
Ok it was mom's idea...Oops!

So Pretty!

RiverFront Park
One day we took them down to Riverfront Park and saw the falls. We fed the ducks and let the bigger kids ride the carosel.
Tanner and Jon.

The falls were rolling fast.

There is Caden, Marsha , Tanner and Jon looking over the ledge. Nixon and I will stay back and look from a far.

Nixon, Me, Jon and Aunt Marsha.

Nixon got to have a taste of a Snow Cone for the FIRST time. He liked it!

Garett got some bubbles for his birthday and Cameron was teasing Darby with them. She kept jumping and eating them. Silly Dog!

After LOTS of running and jumping Tanner and Gauge are tired!

Manito Park
On Sunday we took everyone up to see Manito Park. It was so pretty and such a beautiful day.

We took a bunch of pictures of Nixon up there. He is NINE MONTHS old these days and growing like a weed.
He liked the lilac garden but wanted to eat the flowers not just smell or touch them.

This one is my favorite. Grammy blew in his face and we took a picture. What a stinkin' cute kid.

The Liliac Gardens.

Then to the Japanese Garden. Sitting on Grammy's lap.

Trying to eat the little rocks on the ground.

My boys!

Then over to the conservatory.

"Hello!"

"Here I come.."

"I'm not afraid of the grass"

"I'm gonna get you"

Momma and Nixon just relaxing.

So as you can see we have had a lot of fun. Nixon turned Nine Months on the 11th and we took him to the doctor where he was healthy and growing big.
He weighed in at 23 pounds, 75%
Was 30.5 Inches Tall, 90%
and his head is off the chart, big surprise!