First steps....trip to North Platte, etc...

Austin is finally taking his first steps. He is now cruising all over the place with his walker. We spend all night after we all get home from work adn day care walking all over the place with our walker. He still hasnt figured out how to reverse or change directions when he gets stuck so that is what we are working on now. We went back to North Platte last Sunday-Tuesday to visit our family and spend a little time relaxing in the sun at the lake. Austin loved the water. He probably spent 3-4 hours a day in his little pool we made for him. Literally first thing in the morning he wanted right back in his pool!! I posted some pics below of the last few weeks of summer of him walking, at the lake, etc. Enjoy!

Dad's big fish!!!

naked swimming is the best:):)

couldnt resist thi!!s shot

first ride in the golf cart

swimming with nina

splashin'

not so comfy on this jet ski ride

swimming in my pool

YUMMY!!!

Not sure about this thing..

"Wow, Look at me"

Mankato Trip and Baba's visit....

Last Thursday we took a trip up to Mankato to visit some friends and go to a wedding. It was a fun weekend and we got to see lots of friends we hadn't seen in a long time and that Austin got to meet for the first time. We spent most of the weekend with our friends Jay, Angie and their little girl Kate. Austin and Kate were born on the same day, so it was fun to see them play an interact with each other. And apparently she is a very good teacher, because since we came home from Mankato on Sunday Austin has learned how to crawl, walks 100% better now, cruises aroun furniture, and waves a ton more now (he must have seen how big of a hit Kate's pageant wave was:):):)) It was a short weekend trip, but it was nice to get to see everyone. Matt had to go from Minnesota to Kansas City for the World Series tournament the 11 year old baseball team he coaches was playing in and I had to work a lot of 2-10 shifts this week so Matt's mom (Baba) came down to watch Austin. It was a good week for her to come so she could see all his new tricks!! I know Austin really enjoyed getting to hang out with her all week, and I'm sure she didn't mind either:):)

Already a ladies man:):)

This is just hilarious!!!

You wanna play with my ball??

Loved my first powdered doughnut

YUMMY!!!

Not so sure what this is yet...

The water fountains downtown

crawling around

looking naughty:):)

driving the cart with Kate at Hyvee

Kate wants to drive too:):)

getting some groceries for supper

Long weekend, but a fun one!!

First haircut

My cousin Jennifer came over today and gave Austin his first hair cut. Thank goodness as it was getting so long and shaggy!! The haircut went pretty good, just a little fussing, but Jennifer was prepared and brought a squirt bottle which kept him pretty entertained for the most part.

The finished product.....dont mind my nastiness it was early:):)

Not sure about the haircut at this point

Not happy!!

All smiles so far

ready for this haircut to be over:):)

pre-hair cut picture

look at his shaggy hair pre haircut

First trip to the zoo...

Nina and papa (my mom and dad) and my sister and her family came down to omaha this weekend for a little swimming and a trip to the zoo. It was the first time my parents and Austin had ever been. It was quite a long day, we walked the zoo for over 5 hours, but the kids all did pretty good and I guess we all got a good workout:):) We got to see all the animals, ride the skyfari, have a picnic at lunch and even enjoy a little ice cream on our way home. Austin was a little trooper, he only had one outburst about 1:00 when he was super tired from missing both of his naps. But he quickly fell asleep and took a little cat nap, but woke up just in time to enjoy some ice cream:):) Thanks Nina and Papa for taking us all to the zoo, it was a blast!!

family photo op while waiting for the rest of the crew to catch up

loving riding the skyfari

picnic time

a little game of ball during our lunch break

The kids got tired of walking so we rented a double stroller which Nina volunteered to push:):)

checking out the sea otters (which we walked 25 minutes just to see them)

all tuckered out, getting a short little nap in

man am I thirsty!!

pic with mom while dad gets my lunch ready

again loving the skyfari

michelle, jeremy and brandon on the skyfari

going to see the gorillas

Nina, Papa and Kaylee on the skyfari

Brandon riding the gorilla

another family photo

yay, yay, yay

going into the jungle with mom

checking out the rainforest

Austin, Kaylee, and Brandon at the start of the day

Kaylee and Brandon