SUMMER VACATION!!!

FAMILY FUN

We all had a blast in Montana. Nick, Caitie, Inez and Nonna Nettie took Amtrak out to the Seeberger family cabin (which Grandma and Grandpa Seeberger had set-up beautifully and were waiting for us)! A few days of hanging out with family were all we had before Nick's brother Jon and Grandma and Grandpa Seeberger headed home. We all went on hikes, swam, and relaxed!

Inez is really growing. In the 10 days we were gone she; mastered crawling (and boy is watching her a challenge), developed separation anxiety, learned to clap, learned to wave, and swam without fear or shivering in a lake that was much colder than it has been the last couple of years (and in the rockies they never get that warm anyway).

Go to this link to see tons of pics from the trip! Most are of Inez!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28700156@N05/

Some pics of Nezzie

A few recent pics of the same old; eating, smiling, and charming her parents birkenstocks off! Note to the concerned, we do not own birkenstocks, we do however have a food mill! Hippy parents! If you look close you can even see her two new teeth in a couple of the photos.

Quick stats

Inez did great at her 6 month check-up (which was more like 6 1/2 months). She now weighs 17.3 pounds. Buuuut, she didn't eat very much at all the whole day and so probably weighs a little more. We like our babies fatty.

She is 26 inches long (that's like 5 inches more than 6 months ago) and her head is a whopping 4 inches larger in circumference. Big fat baby head. I think the hair must add at least an inch to that measurement.

She took her vaccines like a champ. This is a good time to point out that she loves her dad the best. Mom could not comfort her, but as soon as Nick held her after her shots she was happy as a clam. What a good dad.

First Teeth!

Inez has been keeping me up alllllll night for awhile and finally we have something to show for it- two teeth! Except we can't take pictures of them yet because they are too small still.

Her crawling is still holding steady at "up on all fours but can't move forward". She is scooting backwards and evidently scoots around daycare living room 3 or 4 times a day.

Inez LOVES to eat food. Everything so far has been great to her: bananas, oatmeal, rice cereal, avocado, green beans, apple/banana mix, prunes/oats, carrots, and watermelon. She especially loves playing with her food (she takes after mom). Here's a picture of her after she pulled her hair while her hands were covered in oatmeal (she looked like pippi longstocking!).



Here's a sideways picture of Inez and Nonni Nettie. Inez is eating her favorite royalty, prince harry. At least this is what we call the red headed finger puppet. She especially enjoys when prince harry talk to her in a brittish accent. Or maybe mom just really likes it. Sometimes it's hard to tell.

Daddy's Girl

Okay, not a video of Inez, but a great song none the less!

Baby June and Baby Inez

The Dalton gang rode into town and came over for a barby yesterday. Lloyd and his wife Yuan and baby June, along with Tom and Joe Dalton stopped by to catch up on old times and for a good old fashion baby play date!

The initial meeting went well until Inez stuck her tongue out and offended baby June!





The swimming was tear free and Inez could no longer offend June by simply sticking her tongue out!




Baby June decided to bury the hatchet and show Inez how to crawl!

Wet behind the ears

The Who Hair returned after a siesta last week and Mom wasted no time in capturing moment.




Dad blew up and filled up the backyard pool for Inez's first skinny dip. She loved the
frigid water giving Dad hope for her swimming with him at the cabin in a few weeks!

A special thanks goes out to Sven who provided Nick with the tools to actually turn the Teapot video upright!(Please note Nick has yet to actual turn the video, but it will happen, he swears it!)