Whatcha waitin' for?

The other day, Kimball's dad asked us, "are you waiting until McKay is 1 to cut his hair?" Well, no. I have cut the sides and the back several times already. On top, however, McKay sports his own style of stick-straight-up hair. I water it down and I gel it, but it inevitably always ends up back like this:

Apparently, his daddy's hair did the same thing when he was a little squirt. Until it grows long enough to lay down, we just hear comments from passers-by (usually at grocery stores):
"oh his hair is so cute!"

Grandpa Jammies

I like to call these McKay's "grandpa jammies" because they ride so high on his belly. They are cute. Of course, he has outgrown them, but they were fun to wear for a month or so.

Late August 2010

Hot Air Balloon Festival

We enjoyed getting up bright and early last Saturday to watch all of the balloons get blown up and launch off. McKay loved hearing the air go into the balloons. I was surprised by how many people were at the park at 7am to watch. It was a lot of fun, and we are so glad daddy could stay home from work for a fun day!

11 months

McKay turns 11 months old tomorrow. I am happy to have an 11 month old! He is such a joyful little guy. He's always smiling at someone or laughing at something. He cries when a toy gets taken away, but of course he is okay with taking other kids' toys away. (You'd think he'd know that's not very nice.) :)

Lately McKay has been waving bye-bye and hello, clapping, nodding yes and shaking no, and scooting around (still no crawling). He has discovered how much he loves to play the piano and actually read books (instead of just chewing on them). But, I did find him chewing on the piano keys the other day...

He still has just one lonely tooth, but he is a GREAT eater! He is pretty much eating any table food now and he loves it. He hates getting his diaper changed. I am not sure why he puts up such a fuss, but I think it's because he doesn't like laying down on the changing table and not being able to see his toys.

We love McKay!

Rose Gardens

The last day we had in Portland was spent at the beautiful rose gardens. It's hard to really capture the beauty that was there, but here's some pictures anyways. There are rows and rows of tons of rose varieties.

Kind of a far away shot, but this is us with my parents

McKay liked grabbing the rose petals. There were multiple signs that discussed serious penalization and fining due to destruction or stealing of roses....ummm oops.

corn

How could life get any better?

Vacation!

Last week, we traveled to Oregon to my favorite vacation spot: Cannon Beach!

A cave we like to climb in at Hug Point

McKay enjoyed getting buried in the sand

Haystack Rock