A recap of the past few months

Here are some pictures to catch you up from the past few months.... Grace and Mikah
Mikah's 1st Birthday

Easter

My visit to Georgia to see Stef

Mikah reading

Coming soon....pictures (or video, if I am clever enough to figure it out!) of Mikah walking

We have a walker!

Ok, I know I haven't posted in FOREVER, but I think I am going to try and get back into it. I don't know who reads this anyways...I think that's why I stopped doing it. But I apologize, especially to Stef, who I know appreciates my efforts at keeping her posted. Forgive me?

Anyhow, in the past two months Mikah turned one, I visited Stef in Georgia, and we had a lovely Easter. Mikah FINALLY walked on her own yesterday, June 1st, and now we can't stop her! She is all over the place, it is so cute. We are all doing well, and getting ready for the summer. Only one more week of teaching! Woo hoo! Jonathan and I will be celebrating our 5 year anniversary June 18th...time flies! Mikah is now almost 15 months, and we are loving every minute of it. I hope you are all well, and I promise to post pics soon. Maybe even later today....maybe... :o)

Go, go, go!

This is the result of a day's adventures...

Crawling...

Climbing...

Pushing and walking...

A beautiful day in February

On Tuesday, Mikah and I spent some time with my mom enjoying the nice weather in their newly rennovated backyard. It was a beautiful day, and Mikah was quite photogenic. I took the opportunity to snap a few shots. She is now 10 1/2 months!
I caught this shot as she tried to stand up, and then realized there was nothing for her to grab onto! She is pulling herself up onto everything now, but can't balance on her own yet.

Sun-bathing

Having fun with grandma!

The San Diego Zoo

To celebrate MLK day we took Mikah to the zoo for her first time. Thanks for the free tickets, dad! Janae and Brandon came along, too.
So much to look at! At one point, the bears and other four-legged animals became "dogs."

Mikah with Janae and Brandon.

Wow-what chubby cheeks she has! Who did she get those from??

Yeah! The zoo! We get to be outside ALL day!

A new hat! We had to get a little souvenir.

Family pic in the aviary-her favorite spot of the day. I think she liked all the GREEN in there.

Jonathan explaining the animals to Mikah.

She was fascinated with the birds.

Lunch in the Park

On Saturday Kyrstie and I got together for lunch with the babies! It was great to hang out and catch up. Mikah liked Chase's shoes!
Kyrstie and her cute little boy. Chase and Mikah are just 4 days apart.

Food Fun

Mikah loves to feed herself now...so much so, that she doesn't sit still very long for us to feed her like she used to. She still opens her mouth wide for food when we feed her, but she has grown tired of being fed. So, she is one happy baby when we give her something to hold and eat herself!

Look at those thunder thighs! Aren't they cute? We work out in the mornings...

Teething Bites

Ok, so I'm not sure if Mikah caught a cold or if the THREE top teeth coming in did her in,

but we had a sad, sick little girl for the past few days. It was her first time being sick,

and Jonathan's first time being thrown up on....twice. Bummer for him.

Guess I got lucky on that one. My time will come. All that to say, I think teething really sucks.

Why can't babies just be born with their teeth already anyway?

Riverside and the Mission Inn

The day after Christmas we met up with Renee, Shawn, Andy and Alisa and had dinner and walked around Riverside's Mission Inn. The lights were gorgeous and we enjoyed listening to Christmas carols, drinking coffee, and hanging out with friends. It was cold, though!
Some weirdos jumped in the back of our picture....

More Christmas Photos

Here is our Christmas Tree this year. We went artificial...I know Jonathan was bummed. He likes the smell of real trees. However, it worked out.
Mom, here is a blurry one for you, but still cute, nonetheless.

Mikah loved her stocking that Dianne made her!

Playing with her gifts

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, and best wished for a wonderful, blessed new year!