More Fun with Gen & Wakely

Wakely & The Dude playing in the Playhouse

 

 

Our Yard looks eerily similar to a DayCare

 

 

Playing with their Balloon Animals at the Festival

 

 

Eating corn at the Delafield Festival

 

 

The Dude likes his new Water Table

 

 

 

 

Going to Pewaukee Beach

Aunt Gen & Cousin Wakely came up to Wisconsin to visit us and celebrate Owen's 1st birthday.  They decided to go to Pewaukee beach with Em and Owen one day (while I was working).  Here are some pics from their adventure

Driving to the Beach

 

 

Dude & Wakely having fun after a swim

 

 

These cousins are obsessed with each other

 

 

Sharing a water bottle in an unconventional way

 

 

 

More 1st Birthday Pics

The 1st Birthday Family

 

 

Mom & Dude

 

 

The Smash Cake being Delivered

 

 

Family Photo before things get really messy

 

 

Cousin Wakely helping out a tuckered out Owen with one of his presents

 

 

After his nap, we continued opening some presents (with more help from Wakely)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm 1

We celebrated Owen's 1st birthday the day before his actual birthday.  It was a baseball themed party so we had popcorn, peanuts, nachos, hotdogs, and brats along with other baseball type foods and drinks.  Emily and her sister, Gen, decorated the house and all had a good time celebrating with Owen. 

Here are some pics:

The morning of his party and he seems to know that something is going on

 

 

Em made a baseball wreath for the door

 

 

Baseball Cupcakes

 

 

Em is delivering the "smash cake" to the birthday boy

 

 

Trying a little icing first

 

 

Well that didn't take long

 

 

Good Times

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights / Lowlights

I'm not sure what "lowlights" are (as opposed to highlights) but after seeing The Dude's hair in the sun one day while we were on a walk, I was sure that he would be the envy of half the girls on the Jersey shore. 

 

 

People pay big bucks for hair like that....

 

 



The Dude has it au naturel.

Plethora of Random Pics

Waiting to go in the Pool

 

Taking a photo a little too close to The Dude's grasp

 

He barely needs 1 hand to do this anymore

 

This is what we wake up to each morning when we walk in his room

 

Loves reading books....(now we just need to work on getting them right side up)

 

Bath time with a friend after having a fun time in the pool

 

Playing in his house outside

 

Playing with his truck

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dude's 1st July 4th

A children's story "book" based on The Dude's first 4th of July:

 



 

Getting ready to walk out the door with my new hat from Grandma and Grandpa V.

 

 

Got to the park and picked out a picnic table

 

 

Getting ready to go on our 1st hike of the day before lunch

 

 

Love "hanging out" in my backpack seat

 

 

Playing football while I wait for the food to cook

 

 

Mom blowing bubbles and I'm popping them

 

 

Hike #2 - Post Lunch

 

 

All this hiking and playing wears a dude out

 

 

After we got home we decided to go swimming

 

 

There's only 1 way to get in the pool

 

 

I feel like a real swimmer in my innertube

 

 

Drying off in the sun with Dad