Erin meets the AC

Erin has decided that she loves our air conditioner. She loves to walk into the breeze it makes. Here's a couple pictures from the first time they met.

Erin's trip with Daddy

Back in June, Erin went up north for a little while with just Todd. They had some quality Daddy-daughter bonding time. Here are just a few of the highlights.

They went for walks.







They played on the beach.





Erin loved playing in the play cabin.







And hung out on the deck.

Bubbles

Surgery :(

On May 30, Erin had tubes put in her ears. She'd been battling the same ear infection for over a month, and it was time. It was very hard on all of us, and you can see how unhappy (and hungry!) Erin is in these pre-op pictures.




Everything is looking good so far, and we haven't had to bring a sick baby to the doctor's office since then. It's a relief, since we were going at least once a week! I'm so glad to have a happy and healthy baby back!

Memorial Day at the cabin

Memorial Day at the Cabin is kind of a special time. Erin's first trip to the cabin was last year, when she was two weeks old. We had originally planned to spend last Memorial Day at home because I was supposed to still be 38 weeks pregnant. Erin had other ideas, though, and after her 2 week well baby visit, her pediatrician said there was no reason she couldn't go. So we did.

This year was a whole different ball game. It was our first trip away from home since Erin could walk, and I'd venture to say that it was the first time Erin got anything out of a visit to the cabin. She had an absolute ball investigating, climbing stairs, and she even slept much better (and at night!) than she did last year!

She enjoyed playing on the grass with Daddy.



Hanging out and walking around on the deck was a lot of fun, too.

Hung out with Grampa, who was guarding the steps.


Hogged the remote, just like she does at home:


Posed for a picture on the black bear ottoman:

And, of course, stuffed her face!

Ride the Zebra!

The day after

Okay, this isn't all the day after. Later that day, Erin found a party hat and decided to play with it.

The next day she spent some time figuring out how to use her zebra.



Then, she thought she'd help clean up by moving all the cups.