A Tale of Three Messes

Mitch is "all boy" as they say, though I think "all kid" is probably more accurate. Here's a normal day's work for his alter ego, Captain Destructo: However, he really outdid himself the other day.

I am home alone and had just given Mitch his bath in the morning (didn't happen the night before). He likes to be naked for a bit post-bath so I left him to play with the bathroom door and went to change his sheets. When I returned, there was an unmistakable odor. Sure enough, he had pooped and then crawled through it. All over the bathroom, the rug, the towel, the door, and the kid. Back into the bath with the baby. Then I diapered him and returned to scrub the bathroom. Meanwhile . . .
He went into our bedroom, dumped over a glass of water on the nightstand, pulled out both drawers, and emptied the contents before taking a seat in the midst of the mayhem. Lovely! So, I remove the mini-terrorist and begin to clean up again. Meanwhile . . .

He's back in the bathroom unrolling the TP!

You might ask why I didn't just shut doors and corral the kid. Let me just say that I am not cut out to be a single parent and this child needs a leash!

Father's Day

Bryan's in Alaska for his first Father's Day,

but we did get to talk with him tonight.

Here he is when we first brought Mitchie home.

He's been in love from the very beginning.

Finished Patio!

After months of work, help from both dads, and lots of lifting (each stone weighs 25 lbs!), Bryan finished the patio last night and put the finishing touches on this morning.

We are so excited! Summer can now begin.

Here are the before photos:

Here we are after the hard work!

WOU Graduation

Russ graduated from Western Oregon University and we attended his ceremony this weekend. I am so proud of him, as are dozens of other folks. We watched him walk, then had a nice reception at Laci's parents' house. Laci's mom received her Master's in the same ceremony, which was extra special.

Russ and Laci - both WOU grads!

Very proud parents.

Pleased grandparents!

Back at Russ and Laci's, Mitch got some flying lessons.

Here's Mr. Chipmunk Cheeks himself!

You wouldn't believe the amount of food he stuffed into his mouth!

Daddy's Little Helper

The patio project is nearing completion - one more week!

Mitch helped his dad assemble a gliding bench this evening.

Getting the tools

Supervising

And a solid team effort.

10 Months Old!

Mitch and I went to the Seattle area this weekend and

saw some friends.

At Brooke & BJ's place, Mitch saw and mastered his first set of stairs.

You can see he's one happy climber!

He had no trouble going up, and was a champ coming down, too!

I'm glad we don't have this temptation in our house!

Brooke had the magic touch getting the little man to sleep.


It's blurry, but here's Mitch soaking up testosterone from BJ.
After leaving here, we went to a lovely baby shower and sadly I didn't get any photos.
However, a good time was had and we made
it home in one piece.

Cruisin' . . . or Going Bananas?

Summer vacation is here!

Mitchie is always on the go, especially now that he has his own walker.

A very earnest little man pushing his cart.

You can't see it, but there's a tooth in there!

Tonight he had 1/2 a banana for some dinner.

He found the peel most interesting, though somewhat foul tasting.

Who knew this goat had preferences?