First Thanksgiving

Dain is now 9 mos old!! Wow, Time has flown.  Last month we got to spend his first Thanksgiving with our Seattleside of the family. Dain loved playing with Jonathan, trying turkey and sweet potatoes and hanging out with the family. It was a good time.  Here are some of the photos from that day and a few others thrown in. 



Helping Momma in the kitchen



Loving Fall leaves just like his Momma



Put your hands up and spread 'em!




Boys and a turkey




Playing with Cousin Jonathan!




Here you go Melissa!




Mmmmm, Turkey!




Two boys at play!




My crib tastes good!

Hope you enjoy!!

Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

Trip to Germany

Well we have just returned from a trip to Germany. We are slowly recovering from the jet lag, some colds and just getting used to being home again. We had a splendid time visiting with Artur, Ulla, and the rest of the family. We are really glad we were able to go before Dain got older. We also were able to do a little sight seeing in the area. Bavaria is just so beautiful. We had some great views of the Alps and the rolling farms fields where we were staying. Dain has many firsts on this trip. First plane ride (he did great!!). First shiner (hit it on the crib, not too colorful just swollen). Tried tomato, strawberry adn carrots for the first time and liked all of them. 3rd tooth came through (ok, not a first but close enough!). First time seeing snow fall, big huge fluffy flakes and he just stared and stared!! Anyway, here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure. I know that's why you're here anyway!  PS still haven't firgure out why some picture load sideways, you'll just have to turn your head. 

Dain's first airplane ride!



Lunch the first day in Germany with Artur and Ulla




Lunch at a wonderful Bavarian Gasthus




Tonya, Dain and Artur




Lunch with family




Erik, Dain and Artur




Tonya and Dain at Weiskirche (White Church)




Loving his first tomato, much to his mommy's surprise (she does not like raw tomatos)




See Dain's first shiner (left eye) just a little swollen. 



Ulla, Tonya and Dain in Landsberg



Enjoying lunch outside on a nice fall day




Happy in the sun




Mmmmm, ice cream




Ulla and Tonya with hyperative Dain




Dain's new Leiderhosen





We made it home!!



Dain's First Camping trip

I know I have promised this post over 2 weeks ago.  Well, As you can see I'm having some trouble getting it done. Partly because I have a 5 mo old and can't quite organized my day anymore.... to'do list?? Haa!  The other part is we have something funky with our newish computer and all the vertical pictures we add to blogger will not orient the right way. But I don't have that much time to try to figure it out and I'm not that computer savvy.. So I decided to load this post anyway, you can just tilt your head. Sorry!!

Camping overnight was wonderful and went really well.  Dain did great, the mosquitos were bad but we just kept him covered up.  Since this post is so late going up we've actually already taken him on camping trip #2, which wasn't quite as great but they can't all be,m can they?  Anyway, more on that one later. I promise I will try to post those pictures soon!

Enjoy!

Rolling

This week Dain started really rolling. Well he's been working on it for about amonth now. Previously he'd only go about 95% of the way and get stuck on his shoulder. But yest 7/14/11, he started rollling the whole way just like he;d been doing it forever. Now he won't lay on his back!  So cute!!

Here's a short video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgXyHBwN7uA

Visitors

Well, We had some wonderful visitors, over Memorial weekend and then again the past couple weeks. Ginger, Erik's aunt visited us from Arizona. and both our parents came to visit their FIRST grandson. Enjoy the pictures.

Ginger, Erik and Dain at the Ballard Locks

 
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Dain's first time at the beach, Golden Gardens

 

 

Erik, Ginger and Dain at Snoqualmie Falls

 



First Grand baby!!



All of us



Grandma C and Dain



Grandma reading to Dain

 

Grandpa reading to Dain



Nice comfy lap to fall asleep on!

 

Kayakers alive in Seattle!

Grandma P and Dain

Dain's first hike, Snoqualmie Pass July 4th

He was hungry after all that walking! (and sleeping)

2nd hike, Mt. in middle is Red Mt. where Monika left this world.

The Peter's Clan

Dain snuggling with Grandpa P

It was great having all of them visit. And while the apt. was alittle crowded it was sad to see everyone leave. Times like these we wish we lived closer to family agian.  Hopefulyl a move back to MN is in our future but it's all up to God and the darn job situations.