More Blaine

My father-in-law took such adorable pictures of B & cousin Jack that I just have to post them. These are also from our week at Lake Blaine in Montana in early August.

Gramps (B's Great Grandpa) slalom-ing

and, the

Blue-eyed Beauties

I think this is my favorite picture from the trip.

This is Grams who is B's namesake (along with Gramps.)

She is holding B 10 months, Elliott 2 years 2 months & Jack 1 year 3 months.

Following the fine family tradition...

...B is out on the water before he is walking.

El Salvador

When I walked out on the dock yesterday, my little sister Lindy was singing and strumming on the guitar. It was so beautiful and calming--so I took a little video of her.
P.S. She just picked up playing the guitar and the music was brand new to her. Tiene muchos talentos.

B & I spent the last week of July in Utah with my family:

My sister Lou helping with a yummy dinner.

and of course lots of Guitar Hero for the boys.

10 Months Old

This is what our little guy is doing:

-His scoot has become a proper crawl
-He loves to clap and scream (at the same time)
-Beau always watches me shaking up his bottles before giving it to him. (I shake it up to mix the formula with the water.) The other day, Beau was drinking his bottle when he stopped, looked scornfully at the bottle, shook it several times, then returned to drinking.
-Also, Beau does a funny thing whenever he sees food coming. Without taking his eyes off the food, he lowers his jaw and let's his binkie drop out of his mouth.  We don't know whether to praise him for his efficiency, or have concern for his laziness. It makes us laugh.
-Moving (state-to-state & hotel-to-hotel) for the past month has destroyed Beau's schedule and sleep habits. At night, he falls asleep in his crib, and ALWAYS ends up in our bed.
-From the ground, he can push himself to standing
-Last but not least, Beau is showing a little verbal comprehension. For example, we say "Clap!" and Bradshaw claps...(we are not modeling how to clap or gesturing anything!) If I say "Kiss!" He'll usually give me one.
He also is using a few words. When I'm preparing a bottle he'll whine "baba baba baba." Also, he will crawl over to me and say "Mahm" and wait until I look at him; then he'll smile and crawl off. We are so proud of him.