Almost there!

He's not very efficient, but he is getting mobile.

Celebratory dinner

We had a great dinner tonight to celebrate the end of Ben's semester. Pesto pasta with avocado, cucumber & tomato salad, morel mushrooms, fresh Waiving Grains bread. Yum. Miles did a great job of eating table food (pasta, pesto, avocado), but thought we stayed at the table way too long. He let us know.

Can you see those four teeth up top?

Mother's Day

We had a beautiful day for my first Mother's Day.

Putting a garden in

Ben and I spent a few hours this afternoon putting seeds and seedlings in a garden in the back. Our angel child spent most of the time playing by himself on a picnic blanket.

Or hanging out with the dog in the yard.

The final product . . .

. . . which Lyle is desperate to get in to.

Miles at 9 months

And more handsome than ever.

birding from the living room

Hey Mom -- what's this?

enjoying the springtime

It's warm enough most days now to sit on the deck and soak up the sun.

Still loving Cheerios

weekend wedding

We went to our friend Patrick's wedding in Minneapolis last weekend.
We didn't get much of a chance to meet Stephanie, but she seems lovely. We hope to get to know her better this summer.
Miles eating at the table like a big boy. He even got his own place card!

surf dude

Another surf themed outfit from (honorary) Auntie Kate. Too cute.

Bart's pics

Ben's friend Bart came to visit, and took some nice pictures when he was here.
Bart's mom made this fabulous quilt for Miles -- you've seen it in several other pictures on the blog.