thanks Bampa!

CC's lucky to have one of the greatest portrait photographers as as his Grandpa! Thanks Grandpa Paul!
www.tumasonportraits.com

And down the mountain we come!

I can't believe my little guy is on the second half of his first year!! It's kinda a joke I have (with myself) That once you hit whatever and a half you're the next number! 15.5=16 I might as well be driving, 17.5=18 let's vote people! 20.5=21 come on seriously we're gonna make me wait 'til midnight to have my first legal drink?!  I'm going to have to rethink this now though! Time is going way to fast! Pretty soon CC is going to be hitting all those halves and if he's anything like me I'm going to have to reel him in!!

more bridesmaids jewelry

Wedding season is good for business!

Slow down my little one!

About to bolt. Very frustrated at the fact that he can't go forward yet, but his moving backyards like a pro..My little six month old! cutie

today was a good day!

Being back home has it's advantages! Not only did we get to tryout Auntie Katie's $5 thrift store find! We got to use this awesome (any outdoor/kid gear you find for $5 is awesome!) backpack in the high country on a short walk!

NOTE: I started out carrying this 19lb kid, and then his papa had to take over! I think giving birth has persuaded me to hand over the heavy lifting whenever possible. I don't have anything to prove anymore...I gave birth to a healthy little person!! Now I can just sit around and eat bonbons all day! :)   

A summer in California

So the summer is pretty much done now. We had our grand adventure driving to California with a three month old (and driving back to MT with a five month old!) CC was a road warrior! We crossed our fingers and thought positively the whole way...and it worked! 17 hours both ways in a car totally warrants a few melt downs, we as adults almost lost it a couple times. But our kid only got fussy when really tired, and then was easy to get to sleep and slept for some good stretches of road. Granted it's not the drive 'til we need gas, let's just get there type of driving, but he definitely is our kid...a little nomad! I'd say all in all he was fussy for maybe 6 hours total of the 34 hours of driving...we even let him cry himself to sleep once thinking it would be torture for us to listen to him, and 15 minutes (of torture) later he was asleep!

our little "truck-traveling" man!

What a fantastic trip!! A week on Lake Tahoe with all my (husband's) family for the 4th of July! At the "Fahrm" for preparations for our big party. Visiting with friends, cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, parents/grandparents to CC, and one very proud Great Nanea!! I'm so happy he is going to know one of the greats! What else?....Weddings! Parties! Oh, I'm forgetting so much it was such a packed full summer!! OUR wedding celebration party!! Best day ever!! Anyways, it's nice to be home now, but trips back to California...THE OCEAN!!...always make me realize how hard it is living so far away from family! Especially now that there is a baby involved! Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this summer happen!!

A bit out of order...but worth noting!

CC had his first (and second actually) trip to Lake Tahoe, and I had to dip him in the beautiful water! We stayed in a beautiful house on the lake!

He had his first hike up to "the family rock" in Truckee

 And so much fun in the water, he never wants to get out of h2o