Walking!

Some of you have had the great pleasure of witnessing our little athlete in action, but for those of you who haven't, or for anybody that just wants to watch how adorable North is over and over, here is a video of his newest skill! He's been walking for a week now, and getting faster every day! He's even getting so good now he can eat and walk at the same time...an invaluable skill if he wants to hang on to all those precious rolls!

Enjoy!

Learning To Drive

Feel Better Soon!

We were supposed to go visit Grandma Jean, Uncle Kyle and Taylor this morning but it turns out that Uncle and Taylor are both feeling under the weather...so...we are sending them a video to say hi instead! We're sorry we couldn't visit, but we hope you feel better soon.

Love Ya,
Baby North, Jen & Kev

Camping in Breckenridge last weekend

Taking a Stroll...

Summer Fun!

North is fast approaching his first birthday! These past few days have been a little rough for the family as we've been trying to help North Star learn to 'self sooth'...that's the gentle way of saying we've been letting him cry it out! He's figuring it out though, and I finally believe there might be light at the end of the tunnel.

He is growing so fast, he's already nearly 20 lbs and is a very active dude, although his cousins Malcolm & Gabby put him to shame in the 'active' department! He LOVES swimming, swinging, bike rides and the dogs. It won't be long before he's running around with them in the yard!

In June we traveled to Seattle to congratulate Aunt Traci for completing her ND program at Bastyr University. WooHoo Aunt Traci!!!! Malcolm showed both North and Gabby all his newest and coolest toys and they all played together...that is to say they all played together in the same area, sometimes agreeing and who got certain toys, and sometimes not... It's safe to say that Christmas this year is going to be complete chaos!

In July we were able to visit all the family in Minnesota. He met his Great Grandpa Larry, his second cousin Lillian Keuttel whose three months old, and everyone in between! He even had his first boat ride at Island Lake and smiled ear to ear.

Hope everyone is having a fun summer!

8 months!

North and Malcolm Bathing Together
An AWESOME hair day!

North has been with us for 8 months now! We can't believe how fast he is growing and changing. He has so much personality and loves to smile and laugh! He has not started crawling yet (thank goodness!) but does cruise around in circles on the floor. Just this past week he has started on solid foods and so far he's not terribly impressed, I guess we just need to get more creative. He's weighing in somewhere around 18lbs and is now down to 2 1/2 fat rolls on his cute legs! He is also working on a few top teeth, which haven't quite broken through yet but are close. These will be aligning quite well with his bottom 2 that are already in!

I think that covers most of the major North changes....

Kevin and I are doing really well. We are having fun as new parents and we are working well together. We wouldn't want to be anywhere else in our lives right now and are so happy that we have a beautiful home and family!

North talking...sorry the picture is a little dark