2 Weekends up North ~

We spent the last weekend in August and the first in September in the U.P. attending a staff reunion at Lake Lundgren Bible Camp, the camp Aaron worked at for a few summers and visiting Aaron's parents. Since the LLBC reunion took place first, we'll start there...

LLBC

What a fun weekend! We got to catch up with some of Aaron's friends from back home and introduce Micah to them, and Micah and I got to experience the wonders of Lake Lundgren Bible Camp. It reminded me a lot of Timber-Lee, the camp I went to as a kid, but I know this weekend meant more to Aaron than any time at Timber-Lee would mean to me. I have good memories of being a camper there, but since I never worked at the camp, my memories are somewhat limited. Aaron spent several summers at LLBC as a counselor, and I could just see the love he has for this place all over his face while we were there. Memories of LLBC run deep for Aaron and it was extra special for him to get to share this weekend with his son.

We went swimming in the lake

...and played on the beach

Working hard ~ :)

Played on the playground

...and anywhere else that looked fun

Made a bunch of new friends...

...and got to see some old ones with their new ones :)

Watched Aaron being a "fine musician" on his tuba

...and will be following in daddy's footsteps when it comes to chipmunks at camp someday. (ask Aaron for that story!)

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend, filled with great times, and great friends.

LABOR DAY

The next weekend, we were back in Upper Michigan for Labor Day. We got to hang out with Grandpa and Grandma K, and met their friends George and Rosie who stopped by to say hi on Sunday morning.



I don't have too many pictures from this weekend, but I did manage to get one of Grandpa, Grandma and Micah wearing their "cool as a moose" t-shirts that came from Maine ~


And when we got home, Aaron ran out for a bit, leaving Micah and me home to wait for him. Micah was very anxious for daddy to come home! :)


We had a lot of fun these two weekends away, but it's always good to be home. :)

Catching up...

Well, once again time has gotten away from me and I'm trying to get caught up while Micah takes a nap. It's amazing how busy things get around the house now that Micah is crawling and getting in to everything! Excuses aside though, we've had a fun couple of weeks.

Being entertained by Uncle Jim ~

Our silly little guy gets himself into the most amusing places ~

We went up to Lake Geneva at the end of August to meet up with Aaron's friend Joe, who was in town on business from Texas. We had a great dinner with him at Popeye's and really enjoyed catching up with him and introducing Micah to him.

Sitting on daddy's shoulders, waiting to see 'Uncle' Joe ~

Meeting 'Uncle' Joe ~

The boys ~

I know you can't hear this, but Micah just woke up... so ends this session of blog-updating. :) Until next time...

Micah the entertainer...

There is never a dull moment around our house anymore. Micah has been keeping us more than entertained lately, with his crawling, babbling, bubble blowing, and whatever else he can find to amuse himself (and us!) with. He is such a joy and so much fun to watch as he learns and discovers new things.
First ~ crawling. It didn't take Micah long to get the hang of crawling. He'd been rocking on his hands and knees for a few days and just decided to go for it... and now there is no stopping him! He seems to have given up the typical method of crawling (on hands and knees) and has started doing what his cousin Luke used to do, which is hands, one knee and one leg straight out to the side. With Luke, we called it the peg-leg crawl, and that name seems to work for Micah's method of transportation too. :)

Here's our little peg-leg, on the move!

In addition to mastering crawling, Micah is now getting very good at pulling himself up on the furniture, our legs, or whatever he can get a hold of. He absolutely LOVES standing up, which makes mommy nervous... am I really ready for him to be walking? :) I don't think that will be happening immediately, but it won't be long. I was working at the computer the other day and turned around to see this ~


Yikes! Looks like it's time to be putting child locks on those doors and installing other child-proofing things around the house. :) We just got some safety gates, and I think these will keep him off of the stairs and out of other places he shouldn't be, but only time will tell. These days, anything in his path is merely a speed bump that he needs to climb over to get to wherever he wants to go, Aaron and I included.

"If you think you're going to stop me, daddy, you've got another think coming! Here I go!" :)

Here's Micah with Uncle Jim in their matching shoes ~

As I mentioned before, Micah is into EVERYTHING and ANYTHING he can get his hands (and mouth) on! And as he's mastered crawling, peg-leg or not, he can get to anything and everything in record time. I walked away from him for 30 seconds last week only to come back and wonder where he had gone. I found him a second later, under the desk, making a mad dash for the outlet and all the cords we've got under there. Needless to say, daddy got that area child-proofed as soon as he got home from work! :) Here are a few of Micah's new favorite spots ~

Under his Jumperoo ~


Under the table/chairs at Grannie and Pops' house ~


Under the table/chairs at Uncle Eric and Aunt Tracy's ~ (no doubt, in an effort to get to Emma)


Under the footrest of daddy's favorite chair ~

What a kid! He keeps us busy, there's no doubt about that! :) And we LOVE every minute of it! Not only does Micah keep us busy chasing after him... usually saying, "no" to something he's trying to get to or already has and is trying to put in his mouth... he keeps us laughing... hard. :)

With the faces he makes at mealtimes ~

Concentrating so hard ~

With the faces he makes anytime ~

With the positions he manages to get himself into ~


With the things done to him that he hams up ~

Beckie put the diaper on his head ~

Upside down baby ~

Daddy pulls his lower lip in when he's concentrating... looks like Micah's following in his footsteps

Using daddy's ears to steer... "go this way, daddy!"

Balancing a ring on his head ~

My goofy boys ~

With the ways he amuses himself ~

He's a man after dad's heart... going after the Coke already!

Poor Cheena thought she was safe up on Pops' lap

And most recently, with the noises he makes ~

Popping ~

Blowing raspberries ~

Screeching ~

Micah pulled out all of his tricks for this one... his latest thing has been to scrunch up his face and breathe through his nose really fast. He had quite a captive (and VERY amused) audience as we were finishing up dinner.

Micah the entertainer ~

That's our little entertainer! He can be quite the character! Seems to me we're in for a wild ride as Micah grows and comes up with new ways to entertain. There's no shortage of material from other members of the family either... thanks to his aunts and uncles, especially, I have no doubt that Micah will learn well!