Watermelon!

Bex has recently expanded his food horizons by a ton. He now liked refried beans, strawberries, cheese, yogurt, meatballs, peas, blueberries (but not the skins, which he carefully removes from his mouth), mac n' cheese, goldfish, cheerios, corn, and WATERMELON.

bad blogger

I've been a bad blogger. I have tried to post multiple movies but blogger is being a pain. Here is yet another attempt at a not-so-awesome-very-tired-baby-bex-movie.

Playa!

We had our first beach day in CT. We went to a teeny tiny Bex-sized beach that was great for kiddos. It was the first time that Bex actually enjoyed the beach. He ran into the water and played in a big hole full of water that I made. I think that the highlight was that he got to see a dog swimming. We had a great time but we were all super tired when we got home. The beach was only 15 minutes away and there is another one that we want to try out that should be nicer and is definitely a lot bigger.

Check out our set up with the umbrellas- Topher is very proud that our set up was the best on the beach!

sitting sooo big

Bex insists on sitting on his little stool to drink these days. He still has a bottle in the morning and at night but then he drinks from sippy cups the rest of the time. He continues to be just about the best baby ever and hasn't complained at all despite a huge front tooth coming in. We are hoping to head to the beach tomorrow.

Portlandia

I just got back from the most fabulous trip to Portland for one of my best friend's bachelorette weekend. It was so wonderful to see good friends again and flying sans Bex was very relaxing! The trip was rounded out with me seeing another best friend that lives in Portland and her little boy that definitely made me miss Bex and seeing Kory and my little furry niece and nephew (her very fun cats who are amazingly well-behaved in comparison to beast). It was really a wonderful trip and Topher was dad of the year and watched Bex all weekend and sent me pictures of all their adventures. I didn't worry about Bex in the slightest and only worried about Topher not getting to relax at all himself. Made me realize how lucky we are to have our little family (even if it is in the wrong location).

Here are some pics from my weekend along with the pics of Bex that I was getting throughout the weekend. First a pic of my bestie Tara, followed by a pic of me and the bachelorette Mary, the girls wine tasting and then 80's dancing, and finally my boy!

Happy 4th of July

We had an awesome 4th of July!! Topher and I both had to work half a day but then we went over a friend's house (actually one of Bex's friend's) for a 4th of July BBQ. We found out that the biter of Bex from daycare was in fact his friend Clare! Ha! The pictures below will hopefully show that she is  a nice baby most of the time. It was nice to be celebratory and outside in the warm- no hot- weather. Despite being Alaskan, I think that I'm fairing better in the heat than Topher. We ate pulled pork, Bex got in the kiddie pool, and I brought sparklers for everyone. It was quite festive and nice to not be stuck in our apartment.

carrot top

This weekend we went to whole foods and Bex picked out a little something all by himself. He touched a lot of the fruit and veggies (a reason to wash your produce from the grocery store that I had not appreciated) before eventually carefully choosing a giant carrot. He was so proud of this carrot! He went around showing it to everyone in the store and loved chewing on the end of it. He looked ridiculously cute. Included are a few pics of the carrot incident and a few oldies but goodies of Bex and crazy aunt Katie from NYC.