Happy Father's Day

What a great Father's Day! It was a chance to celebrate the amazing men in our lives. Dawson sported a shirt saying "I'm Rad Like Dad". I think we have almost this same napping picture from Mother's Day morning. Beth, Lynn and I cooked breakfast for Johnny, Shane and Chad. We had a wonderful visit and Dawson and Aiden were able to play crazy rather than being strapped in high chairs at a restaurant. I know it's very hard to believe, but I did not take any pictures of our morning. Not even one of the boys and dads-so mad about that. There may be one to come as a fill in Father's Day picture. I did manage to get a picture of Chad opening his gifts. I got him a washer & bean bag yard game (we had played washers at a friends and had a blast) and Dawson got his daddy a travel mug with a collage of cute pictures and a keychain with Dawson's big smiling face on it. Don't want to get sappy on the blog but I really am so thankful for Chad and feel pure joy when I watch him and Dawson play together. He can get the best belly laughs out of Dawson and it always melts my heart when I see how excited Dawson gets the minute Chad walks in the door after work.

We celebrated Father's Day with my dad the Sunday before by going out in the boat (pics to come) because unfortunately my dad had to work the night before and the night of so we had a small window of time to go over and visit. Ryan and Megan brought some crab and we brought strawberry shortcake for a quick snack-YUM! Together we made a canvas with a collage of pictures from our day in the boat...dad loved it! Dawson and I were supposed to take Chad to dinner for Father's Day but after all of the good food we already ate we took a rain check and went to Chihuahuas last night. Took a quick picture before we left to show my two favorite guys in their matching camo shorts.

Look Out...

...there's a new driver on the road!!!

Sweaty Hair + Nap =

Turtle Pool

Dawson got a new turtle pool, no more bringing the duck bathtub out in the yard. Aiden came over to help him try it out. Now where is our sunshine so we can go back outside to play in it?!

10 Months!!

Dawson is 10 months old today. Crazy to believe only 2 more months to go until he's a year...time to start planning the birthday party! We have been busy enjoying this beautiful weather so here is Dawson's "posed" 10 month picture along with others from our fun sunny days.

Boulevard Park

Playing in the sprinkler.

Taking a break...he's so cute!

Dawson had fun putting his hands in the sprinkler when it was going the other direction. Right when it would start to hit him he would breath really hard and crawl away as fast as he could. See the plumber's butt? :)

Baby pools were sold out at the two stores we went to, so we had to pull out his duck bath tub.

What would playing in the water be without kitchen utensils?

We took a trip out to Birch Bay. I wasn't sure what Dawson would think of the wet sand but he was anxious to get down and play.

He wanted to go for a swim...

...but settled for Daddy splashing him around instead.

We went to Lynden's celebration and watched the parade. Shane had this double chair set up for Dawson and Aiden. Cute cousins! Chad, Dawson & Aiden watching the parade go by.

After the parade, Dawson's buddy Tyler (and his parents-Jim & Tara) came over to Lynn & Shane's for a BBQ. Tyler was born the day before Dawson and we were comparing size. What a difference a day makes...Tyler is already taking steps!

So we've had a very fun and eventful week...now it's time for some relaxing!