Thanks Melissa Griffin photography! 

July 4th

Well, winchester had its celebration on the 3rd so we went downtown to check out the festivities. During the renovation, they added a splash pad and I've been wanting to take Micah and let him explore. Yesterday he had a good time. 

Also, at 15 months Micah loves to walk and explore. He's busy and we find our stuff in random places as he's carried it into another room. We just finished up a swim class too. Micah loves being in the water!  

Little climber

So Micah had been taking just a couple steps before he'd drop to his knees to crawl.  The week before last, he walked across the living room to me and although he still chooses to crawl, he does get where he wants to go.  Then Thursday, he was standing at the table and then quickly got on top of the chair then the table.  He also likes to crawl up onto the arm chair that's in the background in order to reach the buttons on the radio or up the back of the sofa in order to try to get to the light switches.  He does love the light switches!

Micah continues to be quite chatty yet unintelligible.  We've gotten mom and dada and nana (for banana) but not regularly. He's busy! 

Fixing the chairs

Micah had a really good time moving the kitchen chairs around at my mom and dad's house. He played with them for probably 15 minutes just pushing, pulling, and turning them this way and that.

An outing

So, with the warm weather, we took a bike ride over to the park. We had packed some dinner and let Micah swing too. He still has to get used to the helmet.

Baby Micah is 1!

Wow, a year has gone by quickly! Micah isn't walking yet but he sure can get places fast by crawling. And he's very good at climbing the steps and tries to climb up on other things too. We'll have to watch out when he gets taller and can get his leg up higher.
Micah loves to open up the cabinet doors and also likes to take the tops off of things and try to put them back on. He chatters but we can't pick out any distinguishable words just yet.
Last week when we were on vacation with the Van Drunens, we spent time in the pool and Micah is definitely a fan of the water. We want to find some baby swim lessons for him.
As a result of being a busy little boy, the photo attempt didn't pan out yet. We'll try again when John and I can work together to keep his attention and take a picture.

11 mo cntd.

Wow, it's gotten progressively harder to take a photo of Micah with the bear and the block!  Let's just say he's a lot bigger than the bear now.  Time has gone by fast.