Tri time

Great to be back in the saddle again.  I raced the Tri at the Grove sprint triathlon this AM and it was such a blast!  Even better having Jake and Peter there to cheer me on.

Pizza and ice cream and legos, oh my!

We had such a fun night with the Tabets.  Made some great pizza, ate some incredible ice cream, played in the yard with Yippee and got crazy with some legos!  Peter got some serious attention from Shelley, Anna and Nick tonight.  Lucky boy.

"Higher daddy!"

Peter and Shelley

"Oh" (another of Peter's favorite sounds)

Such great pizza and ice cream!!  And such a beautiful backyard.  And such great friends!!

Lovin these ladies

Long Legs

Peter is pulling up to stand on everything - mama included.  He is racing up the stairs and is pseudo going down them (with a lot of coaching and manual cues to slide down backwards).  It's been fun.  It's been exhausting.  It has been so cool to watch him develop these new skills.

And he turns 1 in a week!

"ooo"  (Peter's favorite sound these days) - "look what I can do mom"

The ascent

"turn around!  on your tummy!"  (says mama)

Loving the borrowed stroller to practice standing and walking - thanks Della!

Reading at the couch

"why did you lock the cabinets mom?  I just want to play with the stereo"  What a face

11+ months

Here are some pictures from the last week.  

Crescent Lake

Swinging with my buddy Grayson

Peter and Grayson

"Hurry Grandma! I can't wait to play in my car!"

Awesome!

Playing in the drawers with the Tupperware.

4th of July

Butte to Butte 10k

We started the day off with a bang and ran the Butte to Butte.  Jake did a great job pushing Peter in the stroller the entire way (shout out and thanks to Josh for helping up that steep hill!).  He finished among the top 10 runners pushing strollers!  Peter fell asleep about 1/2 way into the 2nd mile and was out until the finish.  It was my first race back post baby and a blast.

Pre-race bear snuggle

Close to mile 3 (Josh, Jake, Peter is asleep and Amy) - all in red

Catching up with my buddy Addison!

Getting pumped for the race!

Finished!

Born to race

"Score!" - celebrating the 10k finish with grandma Pam (in Clifton fashion, with coffee of course)

Happy 4th of July!

Playing with blocks - my all time favorite

I'm sitting here writing this blog right now hoping Peter doesn't wake up with all the fireworks going on outside!  Funny how fast my enjoyment of fireworks fades when there is a sleeping babe a few feet away.

Pool time!

So what's a boy and his mama to do when the temp is above 80 and we are melting here in Eugene?  - Buy our very own pool, that's what!

We set up Peter's very own pool outside and played with his toys while we cooled off at the same time.  Such a great day!

This is awesome!!

Mesmerized by the light dancing on the water

He is pulling to stand on everything!  I think this is right before he did a header out of the pool

Playing with the screen door (in his elephant towel I might add)

This evening Jake and I cleaned out the hot tub.  We are going to fill it and heat it up to about 90 degrees (or around there) so Peter can play/swim in it (when it's not quite so hot, obviously).  Should be a  fun addition to the yard for him - more pics to come I imagine.