Thursday, September 9, 2010

A fun summer

Here are some pictures of some fun events we have been up to the last two months.

Joshua and I met Alla, Joyce and Tyler for brunch and then a baby "sprinkle" for the upcoming birth of Alla's baby girl.
The boys eating some grub at Stacks.

Here is the very cute prego Alla enjoying her maternity leave.


Joshua has discovered he loves going to the park. Going through the tunnel is really fun.

We love to practice the walking whenever possible.

Sliding down and jumping up with Daddy is a blast.

Here Joshua is watching the other kids in the water feature and deciding if he is going to join them.

A few weeks ago, we ventured to Redwood City to help Todd and Kevin celebrate their 40th birthdays.
The Gottshalls - Melissa, Joey, Annika and Todd

Joshua and Daddy hanging at the BBQ

One of the highlights of the day was riding around in the wagon. Here Todd's Mom is working up a sweat.

Joshua seemed perfectly happy to ride the afternoon away.

Joshua, Annika and Joey taking a turn.

Yup, still didn't want to get out.

Joshua got a little bored on the drive home, so Daddy forked over his blackberry. So crazy how this kid already knows exactly what to do with it.

He even knows how to express himself rather loudly while on the cell phone.


Joshua continues to practice using his own spoon. Believe it or not, quite a bit does actually make it into the mouth.

Besides, eating by yourself is fun.


On a nice sunny afternoon, the Caughlins and Megan came over for a BBQ. Sadly, I only got this one picture. At least I captured Baby Stella and her mom, Michaela.


Joshua's Grandma came to visit for a few weeks in early August. Joshua had a great time spending time with her.


A couple weeks ago, Dave, Joshua and myself traveled to Las Vegas to see Joshua's Tutu and G.G. I also didn't pull my camera out a lot on this trip.
It all looks perfectly innocent in this picture, but Joshua decided that Daddy needed to walk all over the restaurant with him and that climbing in empty booths was really fun.

Joshua went to go visit his Great-Grammy J.


We use this booster seat when we got out and about such as at coffee houses and places without highchairs. We had brought it in the house for some reason and Joshua decided that he really needed to sit in it and chill.


We finally had Rebecca, Kevin, Jamie and Tim over for a BBQ a couple of weeks ago. The intention had been for everyone to go in the pool. It was just a bit chilly for that. However, we all had a great time hanging out outside, eating some good food and playing some corn hole.

Dave, Joshua, Kevin, Rebecca, Tim and Jamie


Joshua is getting braver and really likes to climb up (with help) into the big chair and rock.

The little ham continues to love the camera


Last Friday, I was able to travel to Belmont to meet Alla's baby Julia. Here Julia is two days old.

She is a beautiful little angel.

Joyce and Tyler joined us at Alla's house for lunch. Mr. T is happily exhibiting his combat crawling. What a cutie.


This Labor Day weekend was a quiet one around the McEwen household. We took several trips to the park including this one on Monday.
Joshua was too busy watching other kids to even notice the camera.

The play structure is getting to be more and more fun as his walking and balance improves.


Joshua is quicking getting the whole walking thing down and proudly struts around the house, with and without his plane.