Macy's First Birthday Party

Okay, so it's been a few weeks now, but I still have to mention Macy's first birthday.  Anna went to a ton of work for the party, and we were so glad we were able to go to Bandon that weekend to help celebrate.  The party had an Asian theme, which I believe was inspired when Anna read about making "candy sushi" in a magazine.  (So cute and tasty, by the way!)  For pictures of the decorations and food, click here to see Anna's blog.

And here are a few (ha!) of my pictures from the party.  What a fun one it was!

Macy wasn't too sure about all of the attention, but she dug right into her cake when the time came.

Sleepy girl, wearing a cute little outfit Anna made for her

Ready for cake :)

Anna's two older nephews weren't able to come at the last minute, and neither of the little boys could even put a dent in the pinata she made.

Let's try a hammer...

Eventually Morgan pitched it to Anna's brother, Jake, a few times and it finally came open.  It had all sorts of fun things inside, including little Snickers bars, Asian candy, and ninja rubber duckies.

Reading her new book

Judson was REALLY excited about his tattoos :)

Playing with Uncle Morgan after the party

A Day at the Zoo

We've tried to fit in as many activities with Jules and Madi as possible before their baby comes.  So, the day after raspberry-picking, we headed to the zoo.  We tested out the Olsons' new Double BOB stroller because ours is still in its box.  Multiple people thought Madi and Judson were twins, which isn't too much of a stretch based on age, size, and hair color.  Regardless, they're two really cute little people!  :)

Penguins!

 

It was lunch time and they were both anxious to get out.

Nap time!

Read on if you haven't seen the previous post...you don't want to miss it!  :)

The long-awaited raspberry post

Sorry to keep you hanging on the raspberry post I promised two weeks ago.  I wanted to wait to get JuliAnn's pictures because she got some terrific ones with her zoom lens.  And now I've had a terrible time narrowing them down.  :)

I forgot to get the CD when we saw JuliAnn and Madi last week, so I got it this morning when we met to pick blueberries.  Yes, we've been on quite a berry-picking streak lately.  I'm happy to report that we're done.  And just in time - Baby Emmitt is due on Friday!  (That's the Olson's baby.  Ours still has five and half weeks - and no name if it's a boy.  Yikes!)

Because we were nowhere near a road (You can see our cars in some pictures.  We nearly needed four-wheel drive to get out there.  The main road was VERY far away.), we let Judson and Madi wander for a few minutes before deciding to call them back toward us.   No big deal.  They'd set out across the lettuce rows.  As they headed back our direction, we watched (me in horror; JuliAnn in amusement) as they discovered a giant mud pit between the rows.  Judson immediately dove in; Madi was much more reserved.  Though I was NOT prepared to deal with that amount of mud, I decided to let him have his fun and figure it out when it was time to leave.  (Our usual car blanket had been removed two days before when we got home from camping.)

Thankfully, I did find a small hand towel and between that and baby wipes, he was acceptably clean when I finally put him in the car.  As soon as we got home, I bathed him, gave him probiotics, and started praying for "clean" mud!  :)

Warning:  These pictures may be horrifying to some of you.  They probably would have been to me at one time.  However, Judson had a blast, every last trace of mud came out of everything, he didn't get sick from the mud, and we have some terrific memories and pictures.  It was a pretty great day, after all.  :)

 

Look how clean she is!  Well, in comparison, anyway...

Actually, Judson still looks pretty clean here...  :)

 

Madi wanted to be involved, but it was just too much mud for her.  Smart girl!  :)

Really, Judson?!

And right after I noticed that there was still a strip of red shirt showing on his back, he did this.

I think I was trying to keep him from blowing bubbles in the water...

  

By the time it was time to go, his pants were at his knees, his cloth diaper had about ten pounds of mud in it, and he was exhausted.  What a day!

Family Camp

We attended our church's "Family Camp" for the first time this year (July 15-17).  It was at River Bend County Park, six miles east of Sweet Home (about an hour from here).  It was a really nice campground.  More "cushy" than we generally like, but perfect for something like Family Camp.  There was a great playground, a really nice swimming area in the river (even a good spot for little kids, as you can see), very clean bathrooms, and FREE showers.  We did not take advantage of the showers.  It started pouring on Friday night and pretty much continued until we left on Sunday.  I didn't feel the need to get any wetter than I already was.  Thankfully, it was still really warm, so I didn't have to worry about Judson being wet the whole time.  (It was basically impossible to keep him dry.)

These pictures are all from Friday afternoon.  It was a gorgeous day, and we had no idea at that point that the rest of the weekend was going to be SO. BLASTED. WET.  Saturday afternoon and evening were dry (for a few hours), which was a nice break.  Overall, we still had fun, and we got to know some people better.  A number of families went home early, however, and it would've been a lot more fun to be in dry, sunny weather!

Heading to the river as soon as we got there

32 weeks pregnant...

Helping Dada.  When did he get to be such a big boy?!

Dinner

Second S'more ever...neater than the first  :)

 We have one more camping trip tentatively planned for this summer.  I have already forewarned Nate that I will not be going if rain is forecast.  Once in a summer (or decade...or lifetime) is enough for me!