Stats on Sir Alistair

Alistair had his one year appointment yesterday, one month late! He is now 20 pounds, 3 ounces (1oth percentile), 29 inches long (15th percentile) and his head is 19 1/2 inches (still 97th percentile). He is a little on the small side, but he is having steady growth and that is what is important. Besides, we are getting WAY more use out of his baby clothes than most people do! He is on to Whole Milk now instead of formula. We are having a slow transition period just to make sure he takes to it instead of just stopping formula cold turkey. So far, so good. He is eating all kinds of foods. He will pretty much eat anything - or at least give it a second chance if he didn't like it the first time -except bananas. He occasionally will eat them, but for the most part he seems to shun them. I think the jarred baby food ones put him off for a bit - they are pretty gross. It's like they put extra starch in them beyond what bananas have naturally! Above is a photo from last night. Among other things on the menu, we had baked beans. Alistair loved them and also thought they made a nice facial and hair conditioner. Bath time soon followed!

Not much else is up with us. We are heading out next week for a long camping trip for the 4th! Should be a good time! Below is a photo of Alistair being helpful. We hung out with Ethan and Jen on Sunday for a bit before the Sandholms joined us for dinner. Alistair is helping Ethan look up some baseball stats. (:

Hello, My Name is Trouble

Alistair got this shirt from his cousin Alexis in Minnesota. She has never met him, but she is definitely on to something!!
Today was also Alistair's first hair cut. He was looking a little ragamuffin, so I perched him on the counter, pinned a towel around his shoulders and took a little off the top. Well not really, just a little on the sides and I needed Seth's help to distract Alistair so he wouldn't whip his head around while I snipped. So a little came off the sides and about an inch off the back - he had a healthy start on a baby mullet! You can see in the first photo his before look and get a good idea of the after in the next one!

Father's Day at Seaside, OR

This past weekend we headed to the shore in Oregon. We rented a house with my parents, Jeff, Michelle & Natalie and Michelle's parents Jeff and Andrea in Seaside, OR. It was a nice, big house with plenty of space for 8 adults, 2 kids and a dog. We all had our own rooms and there was plenty of room at the table for us all to dine together. There was a hot tub (Natalie's favorite part) and the ocean was 4 short blocks away. I think it is safe to say that everyone had a fun time! Friday, once everyone got there, we took a stroll down to the beach so that Natalie could get in the water and so Sadie could stretch her legs after being couped up in the car for so long. Papa and Michelle graciously got wet for Natalie! (:
Saturday, after a yummy breakfast, we headed to Cannon Beach for the Sand Sculpture contest. We followed the signs for parking and walked out onto the beach...and then walked and walked and walked to get to the contest. Seth and I think we probably walked 1 1/2 miles each way!! The sculpture below was by far the most impressive. People parked themselves all along the perimeter of the area so unless you dropped your shoulder and ran, there was no way to get close to see anything. I stood on my toes and held my camera in the air...I think I got a decent shot! (:
After we hoofed it back to the cars (oh and some of us took a shift packing Miss Natalie) we headed back to the house for a little rest and rejuvination. Some of us napped, some read and some went in the Hot Tub. In Seaside there was a classic car and truck show all weekend. Seth and Jeff headed down to check out the Hot Rods and then to grab some suds at a local hangout. The rest of us joined them back on the street to watch the Hot Rods parade through town, showing off their moves and revving their LOUD engines. It was a lot of fun. Seth found his dream car...
Sunday we kicked around Seaside a bit more. Some went to check out more cars and Seth and I went to the outlet mall. Then we cleaned up and packed. We capped off our stay by "having" to eat ice cream since nobody could pack it home! (:
Happy Father's Day Dads!!

Camping at Grayland Beach

We went camping this weekend to Grayland Beach with both sets of parents. It was a fun weekend, but unfortunately turned out to be more wet than we really wanted! (: Friday was gorgeous! We had warm weather and sunshine. Alistair benefited from this by getting to play outside in the grass - the rest of the weekend was spent on the floor of one of the trailers. Here he is playing with his new cement truck!

Alistair got 2 new booster seats for his birthday. We took them both camping to try them out. One is going to stay with Grandma and Grandpa as they don't have a high chair at their house and we took the other one. Alistair got to sit in style while the rest of us huddled around the picnic table!

Saturday it monsooned, and I am not exaggerating! It was wet, wet, wet. We took the dogs down to the beach in the morning - it was merely misting. By the time we left the beach, it had started really raining and Seth and I ended up soaked. So did the dogs, but they don't care! We took Sadie down to the beach later in the day as she needed to stretch her legs. We didn't want to end up wet again and decided to drive down to and then on to the beach and try to stay somewhat dry this way. We somewhat succeeded. However the wind was so bad, if you looked south you got sandblasted. So we parked the car perpendicular to the waves and thus provided ourselves with a wind block!

What a gorgeous day at the beach!

Party On Alistair!

This weekend we had Alistair's big 1st birthday party. It was a great time! We had the party at Blythe Park in Bothell. We couldnt' have asked for nicer weather, it was gorgeous! We had a BBQ picnic with hamburgers, hotdogs and all the fixings along with chips, salads, fruit and veggies. For dessert we had cupcakes! Alistair did great and had a good time. We loved seeing everyone who came and missed who couldn't come.

Alistair's first taste of sugar, YUM!

Trying out his new lawnmower with the help of Uncle Jeff

Alistair and Cousin Natalie posing in the grass
Hanging out with Papa, eating a pepper
Food friends and family, what a great combination!