Cousins and Such

Since moving to Washington Dominic is missing Grandma and Grandpa Muir, his uncles, and Aunt Karisa. He does get to be around all five of his cousins, though! Plus, he's getting to know his other grandparents and aunts and uncles.

I've been trying to keep us busy so we won't miss Tyler so much and I think we've been pretty successful. Below I've posted about 40 photos of what we've been up to and they are in chronological order...for the most part. :)

 I love this picture! Dominic is not a cuddler...at all! I couldn't believe he did this and it was one of the first mornings we were in town. So cute.

Eating blackberries for the first time.

He thought it was fun to climb inside the lockers at the YMCA.

Swimming with cousins at the Y.

Bath time with his only boy cousin. They love each other!

Dominic's new cousin Roslyn. She was born September 13th and he yells "baby!" every time he sees her.

There was an army truck at the Spokane Interstate Fair. He was way more excited about it than these pictures show.

Harker cousins having fun at the fair...

 

 "Bahpa" (that's how Dominic says grandpa), reading them a story.

 I remember always playing under my grandparents recliners as a child.

This little squirt is doing this in all sorts of cupboards/coffee table/entertainment center/anything he thinks he can fit in!

 

  

Watching grandpa mow the lawn. He stood like this for a good 15 minutes.

 Helping hang his swing in the tree and enjoying the results!

 

 Enjoying feeding himself some spaghetti.

This last weekend we went to a place called Greenbluff. It's basically a collection of farms out in the country by Mt. Spokane. These farms have pick your own fruit/pumpkins/Christmas trees, depending on the season. They have other fun activities to do also...

 

 

 

(My face explains it all...)

  

 

 

 At the park in a giant metal pumpkin.

 

Fresh out of the bath. This is right before he tripped on the towel and face planted because he couldn't catch himself since his arms were all wrapped up. Poor boy!

Well, I hope you enjoyed the update. I'll admit I didn't enjoy doing it. Maybe that will keep me motivated in staying caught up...maybe...

A Big Change

First off, sorry for the lack of posting. Life has been crazy to say the least!

As many of you know, I have spent the better part of the last decade in a small college town called Rexburg, ID. After my freshman year in college there I hated the place and was determined never to return! Ha ha... I guess you could say it was never in my plans to spend most of my 20's there, but life is unexpected, right? 

Anyway, about six weeks ago we packed up our life there and headed in separate directions. Tyler went to the Rolf Institute in Boulder, CO while I headed to Spokane, WA to stay with my parents. It has been pretty hard being away from each other. Of course Tyler and I miss each other, but I feel especially bad him since he's been away from his little boy and that little boy hasn't seen his dad for six weeks! The good news is Tyler will be joining us in Washington in exactly a week from today! Yay!!!

Here are some photos we took before we left Idaho. I will do another post today of all the shenanigans we've been up to here in WA.

Catching Up

Wow, it's been a long month! Since my last post Tyler graduated with his bachelors in biology, we went on a two week vacation through California,  he worked like crazy on fixing the apartments his parents rent out, we went to a family reunion in Boise, and who knows what else! I have lots of pictures with lots of updating to do and I'm finding a hard time mustering the energy to do it. I posted a lot on Facebook, but I know I need to record this stuff on here. I think I will save the vacation post for next time, though.

So, here are a few pics from graduation and the family reunion...

                 

Tyler's parents drove their boat all the way from Rexburg to Boise and the day we took it out they rode on it once before the starter went out! So, we just had our picnic and played with the tubes...in and out of the water... 

Most of the reunion consisted of eating food, but we also enjoyed playing games and going to a baptism. Here is a three generation picture we took right before we left.

Now for a little update on our Dominic...

He finally is walking on his own. He's been walking a little for quite a while, but now he actually lets go of things and walks across the room by himself. He's even gotten the hang of maneuvering around things so he doesn't trip and fall.
He has become a bit of a talker lately also. His favorite thing to say, "Uh oh spaghettio". The "spaghettio" part doesn't really sound like it, but we all know what he is saying. He can also say thank you, love you,  and all done. There are other things that he has said once just copying me, but hasn't said them again. He mostly likes to babble his own little language.
He loves attention, which isn't a surprise since he gets a lot of it at home. At the reunion this weekend an entire room full of family just watched and laughed at everything he did for a good hour. It sure is going to be rough on him when we move away and this new baby shows up...no more center of attention!
He LOVES tractors, and motorcycles, and cars, and planes, and trains, OK anything with an engine! I think this is to be expected though since he is a boy.
He's starting to be more and more daring climbing up on things. It's only a matter of time before I find him at the top of a bookshelf or something.
We've been able to take out a few things we bought for him in Texas a year ago, like some cute Nike Air Jordans and a little yellow rain coat. He looks like such a big boy with his tennies on!
His hair is getting so long! It has lots of curls in the back just like his dad had when he was a baby. I know if I cut them off they will never return! He is starting to look a little girly though.

Anyway, here are all the random pictures I have taken lately. Enjoy!

This is how he likes to sit in hus jumper now.

Showcasing the curls.

I like to call them his "cool kid kicks". I'm a nerd, I know.

It finally rained about a month ago so he could wear his rain coat.

I've caught him like this several times...

I think they're watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

Climbing in things and making a mess of course.

They tore up the road and sidewalk outside our place so there are tactors parked out there all the time. Dominic makes his vroom noises everytime he sees them.