Micah and Al

6 months, cute pics, and the park

Micah's 6 month appointment was last Friday and he looks great. He had a little cold, but he is doing a lot better. He weighed in at only 19.2 pounds thank goodness because if he continued to grow like he had been he couldn't use his car seat anymore that we have for him. He is 75% for weight and 95% for height. He got shots, yuck, but next time at 9 months no shots, yay!

These two next pictures Jeff took of Micah while I was at work. I liked both so I thought I would share.


These next pictures are of Micah and I and some of our friends at the park. This was Micah's first "big swing" experience. He liked it.

Pictures from left to right are my friends Megan and her daughter Audrey (one week older than Micah), Megan's mom (don't know her name), and Michelle and James (2 1/2 months).

Megan's two boys ages four and three I think and Maddie, age 3, Michelle's daughter are in the swings in the last picture.

Cute clothes

Mom sent these cute outfits up to us for Micah. She made the pants on the both of the outfits. How cute. Thanks Mom. : )

Things to do

Well, I am officially well on my way toward having ideas for things to do with Micah outside the house beside going to Safeway (grocery store), Target and the mall. When I think about it, having yearly passes to kid places will probably save me money in the long run because I won't spend as much as I do at Target and the mall when I go there.

I bought a pass to the Children's Museum today. It is pretty cool and I thought it had enough stuff for Micah to do at his age to make it worth buying it now. They actually were very friendly toward really little kids. I wasn't sure if they would have stuff for his age, but they did. They even had a whole section dedicated to kids under 4 years old. Some of Micah's favorites were 1. The water section - they even had things you could wear so you didn't get drenched while playing in the water. Pictured is the 0-4 year water section. I think they do this so really little kids don't get pushed out by the older kids. Probably a good idea. 2. Playing with ice 3. Playing in this sand table thing 4. Looking at himself in a multi-mirror (pictured). It seems like they change some activities regularly so that will be nice.
It is hard to get pictures with Micah because most of the time I am holding him, but I will work on it.




I have also included two pictures from the zoo when I went last time. I am going to buy a pass next time I go. I think it will be more fun when the park/ride side is open and Micah really likes animals and get so excited when he sees them. Our cat Al is like the highlight of his day. He just stares at Al like he is enthralled and gets so excited if Al gets close enough that Micah can yank on his fur, I mean pet him. : )
This first picture I had to included because if you look closely you can see a head poking out of the mom's belly. The head looks like it is almost as big as hers. : )


Micah loved the goats.

My friend Michelle gave me a great idea as well. Sometimes she said she would take her daughter Madeline to Petco and maybe pet some dogs if owners brought them in or an even better highlight would be if there were any dogs being washed in the back. Last week I went to the park to feed the ducks and there were signs all over that said "No feeding the birds". Darn it!!! Do ducks really count as birds? I really wanted to feed the ducks. As I was driving home dejected I saw Petco (2 blocks from our house) and stopped in. There were no dogs but we got to see chinchillas, mice, birds, fish. It was like a mini zoo and we didn't even have to pay to get in or for parking. Great idea! Does anyone else have fun/easy/cheap ideas to do with kids around Micah's age? Suggestions will be highly valued.

Superbowl Sunday

This Sunday we hung out with our friends Michelle and Jim and their kids Madeline (4 years) and James (2 months). Michelle's dad who was visiting from back east also came but I did not get a picture. Jeff and Michelle were the big football fans of the group. Jeff tried to get Jim excited about football, but I don't know how much luck he had. I only cared about one thing and that was if I hit my numbers. I got in on a work pool again this year but had no luck. Jeff actually won the first year we participated in the pool, but the last two years we haven't hit anything. Oh well, I still think it is fun.
Michelle and James
Madeline "reads" a book to Micah
Jeff and Jim
Me and Micah
Micah looking so darn cute. : )

A While Back

These are pictures from when we went to visit our friends Tonya and David when Micah was about 2 months old. Tonya had taken these pictures with her camera since I didn't have mine and just gave me a disk with them on it.
I thought it was so cute how Micah was lounging with the guys watching TV/sleeping. Every once in a while Micah would throw his hands up in the air while he was asleep and looked like he was on a roller coster ride. We thought it was funny.

Outside

It has been such great weather lately that Micah and I have been going outside in our backyard. Micah gets pretty excited about the grass. It was warm enough that I went inside and got a hat for Micah because his head was getting a little red. Micah also liked the huge lemons that grow on our tree out back. He tried to taste one of them but didn't care for the rind too much. : )