7 months old!

Hard to believe that the man is already seven months old! Cheesy as it sounds, it gets better every day and there is even more love floating around. The big guy weighs in, on the home scale, at 19#4. Definetly getting to be a heavy guy to lug around. He is now 19 1/8 inches. Needless to say, Abraham is big. He eats tons of real food. If he could talk, I'm sure he would tell us that baby food is for the birds. He'll eat just about anything we let him, as long as it is the same thing as what the big people are eating.

Now, for the long awaited other accomplishments. I know, only a mama can be truly excited about most of this stuff. Oh well. He has 6 teeth, four on top, 2 on the bottom. There are 2 more that are super close to in on the bottom. His other big feat of the month was learning to crawl. He's been trying for weeks and finally figured it out for Grandpa's birthday present. Here's a little video of the "crawl" or more of a belly drag.







I'll try to post of video of his giggle. He loves, loves, loves to laugh and it is the great sound ever!! It makes an entire room of grown-ups laugh right there with him. Can't wait for Grandpa Al and Grandma Lynn to get out here! Abraham, as well as mom and dad, are looking forward to having more family around to be a part of raising Mr. Mandela.



'Til the next round...

Pictures to go with our trip

Waiting to catch the clipper over to the island. Dad holding on tight as the catamaran cruises along at 30 knots.

Getting blown away on the observation deck. Hanging out with second cousins Evie (curly hair) and Elise (short hair.)


Big old bear in downtown Victoria. Crazy Dr. Suess tree in front of the Empress Hotel.

First backpacking trip!!

Cool suspension bridge on the Juan de Fuca. Cousin Drew and Anna...

Lunch time break...stick for Aber's! At our campsite!

Hanging out at the beach, eating gourmet dinner!

Lunch break on the hike out!

BC's youngest driver. He laughed for 15 minutes! His belly kept getting in the way and honking the horn. It was very cute! Next to cousin Evie who is four days older.

In Strathcona Provincial park.

Vacation in Victoria, BC

Here's the first international vacation update, with lots of pictures, as soon as we find the camera cable. Mom, Dad, and Abraham packed up after a week at home in Colorado to head to Vancouver Island. We were there for about 2 weeks and had a great time. Thanks to the Beiderwieden's for hosting us at the best unofficial b & b around!

While in Victoria, we got some rest, but toured the island as well. Abraham went on his first backpacking trip. It was 18 km round trip, with an overnight camped out on the pacific ocean at Bear Beach. We were on the Juan de Fuca trail. Much as you would expect with the name, we did encounter Aber's first bear on the trek. Coming around a corner, cousin Drew started talking to what we thought was a person. In fact, it ended up being a big, black bear. She was none to scared of us. Even with all of us making noise and clanking metal poles, she thought she would take a few steps closer. Dad just missed a picture of her. We had an amazing meal with Abraham camped out in his tent on the beach with us while we ate. On our hike out, there was a pod of whales just off the coast. Again, no pictures, but we were able to hear them surfacing/blowing for a while.

We did lots of site seeing in town, visiting museums and playing tourist. There was some quality time with cousins, including the newest set of twins in the family, Evie and Elise. Abraham is 4 days younger than the girls, but a bit bigger. It was great to have the all together and watch them interact. After our relaxing 10 days, it was back on the ferry to Seattle. Abraham had a great time playing and charming everyone around. Poor mom got a little green in the gills though.

In Seattle, we were joined by Uncle Ryan and his family. Mom and cousin Ava got to spend their birthday together. Free grand slam at Denny's! Thanks to those guys for driving up and hanging around Seattle with us. We went to the famous Pikes Place market, but didn't rsee them tossing any fish around. Unfortunately, we didn't hit the first starbuck's but thought about it.

More to come when we upload pictures!!

Love,
jess, david and abraham!