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Over a week late, but here are some photos from the July 4th weekend in Nahma. As always, we had a good time seeing everyone, and so did everyone, seeing Miles. The weather was really nice but really, really windy the entire 4 days we were there. The water was also a decent temperature, so everyone was swimming except for Miles. We dipped his hands and feet but it wasn’t quite as warm as his bath. As you can tell, we had him on the beach for awhile and he seemed to enjoy all the beach goers.

We also celebrated Dayna’s 19th birthday with a Mexican Fiesta! It originated from Dayna wanting tacos for dinner and turned into a full blown fiesta complete with burritos, fajitas, tacos, Mexican meatballs, guacamole dip, margaritas, Corona and decorations. It was “muy bien!”

Sorry for falling behind with updating, but we’ve actually been pretty busy lately. We just returned from Greg’s parent’s house. We were there almost a week visiting with his family and had a great time. We took some photos and will post them shortly. Also, today Miles is 9 months old! So hopefully we can get his measurements posted and his picture with “Percy the Penguin.”

A few weekends ago, we headed to Menominee for Leah’s cousin’s graduation party. Here’s a pic with Miles meeting his cousin Emma.

Graduation Party, June 12th

Emma, Grandpa Russ and Miles

Below are a few pics from Memorial Day weekend in Nahma (almost a month old already).

Memorial Day Weekend 2010

Touching the water for the first time

The last few weeks seem like they’ve been pretty busy but we haven’t done a whole lot, really. Last weekend we had the excitement of waking up early Saturday morning to discover our furnace wasn’t working. Luckily we had some dry wood in the garage so we used the fireplace in our living room. It doesn’t put out a ton of heat but it was better than nothing. Thankfully, the repair guys had it running again by noon. It was a bad ground wire on the auto pilot but they also discovered our circulation pump was bad, too. This explained why it took so long to heat up the house and why our bedroom was one of the colder rooms. Now that it works it’s like night and day. Plus, we should be able to save money on propane. Later that day, Leah’s mom came for an overnight visit to see Miles and we had a nice Valentine’s dinner at home that night.

Last week it snowed some more and we’re getting really close to breaking the hundred inch mark for the season here in Skandia. Miles is also continuing to grow and change before our eyes. Today, he is 5 months old! It’s hard to believe he’s already there and we comment that he seems like a little boy rather than a baby. Leah will be doing a write-up soon of his accomplishments and other details.

Below are some pics from recent days. For Valentine’s, Leah gave me these cool custom M&Ms. (Miles looks like the Gerber baby on them.) This past weekend we went to the start of the U.P. 200 dog sled race in Marquette and Miles seemed to enjoy that. Then on Saturday we drove down to Nahma for the annual church fundraiser and stayed at Leah’s grandma’s house.  Miles is strong enough now to do the famous standing on Leah’s dad’s hand trick, a tradition for all the little ones.

Custom M&Ms from Leah & Miles

Miles at his first U.P. 200 dog sled race

Watching the dogs run

Standing on grandpa Russ' hand

This past weekend we headed to Nahma so everyone could see Miles. This will be the last time there until next spring as Leah’s parents winterized the house. (Next summer, Miles will definitely be having a blast on the beach.) We will be heading down there for News Year’s but we’ll be staying at her grandma’s house.

We’ll also be heading down to Greg’s parents’ house next week for Christmas and everyone on his side of the family will finally get to see Miles. Hopefully Santa will come find him for his first Christmas!

Winter has finally hit and left a pretty good mark. We’ve received over 2 feet of snow in the last week or so. It’s been pretty cold, too, which has gotten Greg excited for ice fishing.

As for Miles, he seems to be getting bigger every day, growing out of outfits on what seems like a daily basis. Lately, he’s been making a lot of new noises and likes to stick out his tongue like a little frog. He’s also reaching for objects and seems more focused on his surroundings.

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Here’s some images from our Thanksgiving weekend in Nahma. Miles got to meet quite a few cousins and loved all the attention. We ate a lot of food, watched the Lions lose to the Packers, played cards and jammed on Guitar Hero. All in all, a great weekend!