The long awaited....

....walking Alistair!

Walkin' Bear

Yep! Better late than never. 

Alistair strides out at 15 1/2 months!

He's still a little unsteady but VERY proud of himself...

as are we!

Mini-hike at Chester Woods park

Lookin' around near a Mayo sculpture

Picnic!

ANOTHER haircut! This one in preparation

for a big wedding next weekend!

With Sharon and Shyvonne, 

our new heros! 

They taught Al to walk in 2 hours. Seriously.

More to follow...including a walking video!

15 Months

Our big bear was 15 months last week!

That came along with an exam and 2 vaccinations, which went just fine.

Al is now 22 lbs, 6 oz (21st percentile)

and 78 cm long (38th percentile).

He continues to be a calm, easy baby, knock on wood.

It's been hot so we've been out side a lot

"THAT" refers to this delicious raspberry popsicle 

By FAR our favorite summer activity is Artic Splash Table.

We'd also like to give a shout-out to Grampy and ESPECIALLY

 Granny who has been helping us out a ton while we're 

both working a bit extra this summer. 

AND who kept Alligator overnight so we could go see these 

(league-leading, as of tonight!) guys...

Who should clean up in Chicago this week.

That makes 3 Target Field trips for Al's Mommy and 2 for Al's Daddy.

Al and Mommy dans la Metrodome last year.

Marley and Foal

Lucky us!

Granny's long time friend Mary Sue lives just outside of Rochester.

She raises ponies and horses, and has a new foal!

Marley, the mare, is a granddaughter of Seattle Slew.

Alistair was interested and not afraid at all.

One month old foal

The horses were sweet, but his favorite part of the farm visit 

was the barn cat. His grandfather is horrified.

Krueger Cousins

Last week we had a get-together with the Kruegers, 

since Uncle Ben is in town from South Korea.

For a long time, it was just 8 of us, but now there are several extras.

All the newest....

Grace (21 months), Alistair (15 months), Charley (14 months), Annie (21 months)

Original cousins.