Cookout

Our apartment in St. Louis has a cafe/restaurant downstairs called Mense. They sponsored a cookout, and we decided to go for the good food and to possibly meet some neighbors. It was nice to peek my head outside of the books. We met a few people and had a really good time. Micah really enjoyed playing with the lawn chess pieces.

We all go to the Zoo

I had a chance to peek my head out of the books for a minute, because we were given a 3 day weekend for Independence Day. We decided to take advantage of this break and go to the Zoo.

We only saw about 1/3 of the whole thing, because we didn't go prepared with food and water. Since it is free, and close to our place we will go back.

Happy Anniversary

We didn't do anything. We did remember though. 4 years has gone by fast. Hopefully there will be many more to come.

Micah is 11 months

Micah is growing so fast. He can now say, "Hey, bye-bye, hi, daddy, mom, and no." We have a little mountain climber already. He tries to climb everything--so we have to watch him very very carefully. I don't think we have come across any foods yet that Micah does not like. He can put away some food. Micah walks well, but he likes to use us as his safety net. When we try to let him go he drops to the ground and crawls over to us so he can be picked up.

Dinosaurs in the park

I had a little bit of free time, so we went over to the Science Center to see the dinosaurs. They look really neat, and they are outside next door to the park.

Terrance and Micah go to the St. Louis Zoo

The boys were out enjoying themselves while I had to of course STUDY.

Micah goes bike riding with his daddy

Terrance bought Micah a bike seat to fit on his bike. Micah wanted to help put it together. Micah loves to fix things (or should I say beat things). He is very curious when it comes to electronics. Seems to be taking after his daddy. He later found the box to be more entertaining, which allowed Terrance to finish the project.

Micah in the park

Micah is out with his daddy in one of their favorite hang outs--the Baby Park.



- Get Your Own

Micah is 10 months

Micah now has his bottom two teeth. He eats crackers and cookies--his favorites are banana cookies, and Cheese Nips. He also drinks from straws now. He is very proud of himself when he uses his 'big boy' cups.

As far as walking goes, he seems to want to take that first step, but he is very hesitant. I hope he does not decide to take the first step while I am at school.

One of his favorite games is chasing his doggy brothers while he is in his walker. Micah and Terrance have been hanging out at home while I in class. Micah has not missed a beat here in St. Louis.

Micah has teeth now

Micah finally has a tooth poking through his gums. I was checking his gums today and felt the crown of his first tooth.

By time we moved to Missouri he had both of his front teeth on the bottom coming in. I tried to get a photo, but he wouldn't smile big enough for me.

Getting settled in

Now that we are moved in we have already found a place that we like to hang out in. Our favorite place for walks and enjoying outdoors is Forest Park. The park is just a five minute walk from our apartment. So far things are going well. We have to get used to living on the 6th floor. A walk from the car with groceries is a major task now. Doggy boys seem to be adjusting pretty well to city life themselves.

I have all of my books, and have already started studying. Looking at the schedule this is going to be a tough summer, but I am ready--bring it!

Happy Mother's Day

Well my first official Mother's Day was spent trying to get settled in and resting. I slept half of the day, because I was so tired from our travels and moving.


Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there!

Moving

It was a long ride (about 12 hours) and a hard move, but we made it! Terrance unloaded a 5'8' trailer up to the 6th floor by himself not to mention after driving all night long.

Micah finally said MAMA

Not only did he say mama, but he showed me his first wave. I got so excited that I scared him a little. I couldn't believe what I was hearing and seeing, because I have been trying to get this boy to say mama for a while.

Micah is 9 months old

Sorry it took so long to get this posted for the faithful viewers. At his 9 month Well Baby exam he weighed 20 lbs. 7 oz. and he is 28 in.

Micah is growing up so fast. It seems like he is learning how to do many things all at once. Just before turning 9 months on the 15th of April he started crawling, as if he has been crawling forever. So now his new thing is to crawl over to whatever he can hold on to and pull up. He has been scaring the mess out of us, because he is bold and will let go. Micah has good balance, but it is thrown off because he wants to do everything so fast. He now says Dada, Mama, hey, hi and no no no. When we laugh or make a noise he tries to mimic us. It is hilarious to watch him groove to a beat. Every now and then I can get him to wave.

Doggy boys go to the park

Doggy boys have not gone to the dog park for a while now since Micah was born so we decided to treat them today. To our surprise they had made some upgrades to the park since our last visit. Prince seemed to love some of the upgrades. Micah liked seeing all of the different dogs. He especially seemed amused by the ones that ran around a lot.

Saturday at the lake

Here we are at one of our family hangouts enjoying the great outdoors.