A Month in the life of..... LIL A-MAN (AKA Austin)

Hey Debbie, how is summer in Idaho? We are having a great summer here; crazy that it is going so fast. Sorry it has been over a month since we posted. We have been traveling alot and are excited to share Ausin's latest adventures, including a 2nd tooth!

We took so many pix during the trips that it is hard to get all of them on the blog. So we uploaded them to facebook. FB not as personal and fun as the blog, but want you to see more of his pictures. Austin's adventures this month sent him to...

-NJ. Saw Daddy's family. Lots of crazy loud people here. But lots of fun too!

Beach: There is a common theme in the pictures (hint: watch my mouth, everything goes in)

Pizza: Maybe I was trying to eat everything at the beach because I thought it was that yummy pizza stuff I tried the day before. when are we going back to NJ to eat more pizza? (the answer is August 11-20. We made a quick trip to NJ because we were going with Devin to Boston where he had training the following week

-Boston:
Aquarium: I loved the animals, especially the little penguins and the turtles!
Red sox game. Everyone loved him there. He was happy and smiley the whole time!
Museum of Science and Museam of art: I didn't really get these, something about me being just a baby still...

-Reno:

Saw and entertained grandma, grandpa, Uncle Justin and Aunt Kandice, great grandma and cousins Vince and Shelby

Six Flags: After getting rejected many times, Dad and I finally found a few rides I could go on. they were so much fun. I sat on a camel and some other animal and went up and down in a circle. So much fun! I also got splashed by a giant whale. I didn't like that very much:(

4th of July fireworks!! I also go see fireworks in TX on most Fridays. They are so exciting!

Family pictures: Well at least everyone else thought they were family pictures, but what we all know is that they were my formal coming out party. Everyone always thinks I am the etrade baby from the commercials, now I have a formal photo shoot to prove I am....:) People really do say he looks like the baby from the commercials, pretty funny

Lake Tahoe: Clear and beautiful, but too cold. Daddy did take me in and get me used to it though. Eventually, we found a rock and we made it AMAN Rock. Nobody could take it from us!

And here are a few pictures to make this blog a little funner. But there are tons of pix from the last month that we just put on Devin's Facebook.

Stand up, crawl down, fly in the air... All in a day's work

I am learning to go up and down stairs... and scare mom at the same time!

Ahhh,, the start of summer, have to spend it at the pool



Mommy is a great teacher

Daddy is a big kid.... we get along great

You can't keep me down. Every chance I get I am standing up



Let me out... you know you want to

Bpppppppp; I'm standing up:) Sleeping, who sleeps in their crib?

How can you be mad at this face?:)



We love you Debbie and hope you enjoy the pictures! He got his first tooth in this last week but we haven't been able to get a picture of it yet! He goes in for his 9 month (goes wayyyyy tooooo fast!) checkup tomorrow. We will let you know his stats tomorrow. Good night...

Easter Trip

For easter we went to a lake/ mountain cabin with some good friends. We boated, rode motorcycles, swam in the hot tub (don't worry, we kept it to 96 degrees for Austin:)) and had Austin's first easter egg hunt!! He loved the eggs and of course he tried to eat them which resulted in a tye dye face:)

Moooover grooooover.... and Easter Part I

Sorry this is so delayed... Devin stole my computer! More to come:) This is from two weeks ago. He is now up on all fours a bit more and even faster!! We will try to video him tomorrow and upload another video for you.

And Easter!!

I am an independent little guy...

We started letting him hold spoons to distract him when he is eating, and all of a sudden he figured out how to put the right end of the spoon in his mouth. Here is a little video and some pics

More fun and look, I want to stand and walk not crawl

So after he learned how to bend and jump in his jumper, he always wants to be bouncing. So Devin and Austin do some little standing, jumping, bouncing and flipping for playtime. There are times when he is much better than in this video, but we haven't gotten them on tape. This will give you a little flavor though...

Fun times!!!!!

Alright, Debbie, we hope you love this post. Austin really loves doing the super sneaky attack on lynette. (sorry we didn't send earlier). What is really awesome about this video is that Austin loves to watch it. He gets mesmorized watching himself be the star of the show, he laughs, watches his movements, etc. Really fun.




Hope all is well there in Idaho, and that Spring is coming!