Mayabird: So much to catch up on!

Hi Love,
I am really slacking on your blog...so lets get going!

Since I last posted we spent a whole week up at the cabin on Lake Vermillion. This was during the week of July 4th. Your Aunt Soni graduated from her residency the Friday prior to heading up to the cabin. So your Auntie Katy and Uncle Jeebo flew in for the dinner and then headed to the cabin for the following week. It was great to have the whole family together. The graduation celebration was fun. All of Auntie Soni's classmates and faculty knew you and you were a hit.

We then headed up to Lake Vermilion. We stopped on the way up to see your Great Grandma Culbert. She was excited to you. You are starting to have a little of stranger anxiety and becoming more clingy to me so you weren't as willing to sit on her lap like you usually are. This new phase has been a little hard for me to adjust to. Although I like that you are a little more cuddly I can't get as much done!!

We stayed at the little cabin while we were at the cabin. It was great to have our own little place. We set your pack n play up in our bedroom, so we were one big happy family. It was cozy. We had a great week of weather and you spent a lot of time at the beach and swimming in the lake. You loved it. You were actually pretty brave and would go fairly deep into the water. We also had a little floaty thing for you that you loved.

You also went on your first boat ride. You were not so sold with it. You had to of course wear a life jacket, which was a little big for you and was not comfortable. You had to be standing between my legs to be comfortable. Our first trip was to Moosebirds for ice cream (which you loved) and on the way home you fell asleep on the way home (standing up).

We had an early birthday party for you on July 4th. Most of the Culbert clan was there, probably over 30 people. Of course right after everyone got there a storm came and the POWER went out!!! But we still ended up having fun. I made you a homemade carrot cake. I think you liked it. I put a cream cheese frosting on it with some colored blops of sugary frosting for decorations. Before you dug into the cake you delicately picked off all the blops of colorful frosting. (classic you). You didn't make as big of mess as some but you still did pretty good!!!

You got lots of great presents. The most exciting being a brand new red wagon from the Bonach crew!! You had fun playing in it before we even got the wheels on it!!. You also got your first Lake Vermilion sweatshirt, and some other really cute clothes. Your Aunt Katy gave you her mocassions from when she was a baby-very precious. And she also had her sister knit you the most precious pink sweater that we got in the mail when we got home.

Overall I think it was a success!

You are getting closer and closer to walking, which is really excited. You can now stand up from a sitting position on your own. You get your legs really wide and they shake, very cute.

Your new favorite food is clementine oranges. I am glad you are starting to like more fruits.

You can now say "bye bye" and wave. You like to say goodbye to other kids at daycare when they leave. It is pretty darn cute. We are really loving New Horizons. You seem really happy there and they are very loving to you.

Other fun things you are doing....you like to point at everything...and any food that I have you want....you point at it and grunt....

Other not so fun things that you are doing.....crying or SCREAMING after I take something away from you that you shouldn't have....crying when I put you down...(fortunately you get over it pretty quickly)....getting up in the middle of the night and crying....

I am now down to only breast feeding you twice a day...and I don't know if you are sensing the change and that it is making you more clingy. You actually bit me a couple of times when I was breast feeding you (you have 8 teeth-so it hurt). When I yelped you laughed at me!!! You little stinker.

Although you have been a little more fussy than normal lately, I think you are still a pretty happy kid. The best part of your dad and my day is when we pick you up at daycare!!! As soon as you see us you get this HUGE smile and come crawling over to us. It just melts our hearts.

You are napping right now. I must admit that I do look forward to your naps as it gives me a little break, so I can do things like catch up on your blog.
Love you soo much honey (sometimes it actually hurts!!!).

Family picture at Auntie's graduation ceremony!