11 Months

Yes, that's right, Adam turned 11 months this past week! One year is right around the corner, and my baby isn't going to be much of a baby anymore. His little mischievous smile in the picture captures his little personality so well. It is so fun to watch as his personality develops and grows every day. It is amazing to me how similar, and yet, how very different, him and Owen are.
A big accomplishment for us recently is learning to go down the stairs SAFELY. He, of course, loves crawling up them, and we still have to watch him very closely, but at least now he knows to turn around when he gets to the top. He loves to dance, play with cars and balls, and try to do just about anything that Owen is doing. He is still a little jabber box...constantly putting in his two cents (and I think this is foreshadowing years to come). He continues to be an awesome sleeper (recently 12 to 13 hours...YEAH!!!!) and eater.

One of the most exciting things that Adam has been up to these days is walking!! He takes several steps now, though he is still clumsy as ever and falls often. Crawling is definitley still the preferred method of transportation, and I have to admit I am thankful for this right now...I have a hard enough time as it is keeping him in one place :)

Here's our little man taking off...

Well, before you know it I will be back on here posting pictures from his 1st birthday party! Happy 11th month Adam Louis!!

Birthdays

July was filled with celebrating birthdays of loved ones. It started with a trip to Rochester to have dinner with the Kieffer's to celebrate Rob's mom's birthday! Owen has really gotten into singing Happy Birthday these days, and loves blowing out the candles.
Then the next weekend we celebrated my mom's birthday with a surprise party for her 50th. I was a little shocked we were able to pull it off....though I don't think it could have been done unless she was vacationing on the other side of the country :)

My brother Tony and his fiance, Erika, also celebrated their birthdays in July!

Happy Birthday (a little belated) to all our loved ones!!

Lakewoods pictures (Finally)

Here are some pictures from our annual family trip to Lakewoods:

Owen had some of a rootbeer float while at a restuarant...this was his face the first few times he took a drink :)

Owen and his cousin Hayden did some fishing with his Mickey Mouse pole, but they didn't catch anything.

Adam cheered on Owen while he played tennis

Owen getting some early tennis lessons from GrandpaOwen loved having his cousins Nick and Haley to play with

Owen's first sparkler experience...he was so careful and LOVED every minute of it

Showing off our 4th of July tattoos :)

The view from our porch

Owen was a fish the entire weekend (so was Adam, but I was always in the water with him so I will need to steal some pictures from my mom)