10 months: Teeth and Grins

Well, it has been a great month.  I have been really enjoying hikes in the boreal forest, days at the park with papa and play group.  Summer is great here in central AK, there is plenty of sunshine to go around and it is finally warm enough to kick off the socks and go barefoot.  I got a bunch of teeth, kind of a pain coming in, but I can gnaw on just about anything and make some real progress.  I have been standing a lot and walking may not be too far off, we'll see, crawling if so fast!

Helping on laundry day.

Peasant child.

Gardening in Fairbanks, AK 

Okay you two, it's about to hale!

My sporty look.

Good mama.

Whoa, horsey!

Not sure if I care what it is mama, can I eat it? 

Lumberjack better hang on to me!

Playing with my neighbor Sofia.

This was a really fun face for about two weeks.

I'll eat you up I love you so!

Day at the park.

Swinging!

9 months

Mom gave me the box of Cheerios, what did you expect?

Monkeying around.

Books are my favorite, especially to chew on!

MMM!  Sweet Potato.

Nana taught me how to clap via Skype.

Papa brought home a Caribou antler for me to chew on!

Sporting skinny jeans thanks to our Minturn neighbor, Judy.

I can point now.  This is also my rockstar pose.

When gardening, I don't need to hold on.  The dirt in my hands is awesome.

8 months

Cross country skiing on the Tanana river

First time in the pool.

The girls love Chena Hot Springs!

Working on my doggy paddle.

Stretching.

Aina had a two week phase of always getting another angle.

More skiing!

Our neighbors Sofia and her mom come over for play time.

Lots of squeezing around here.

Watermelon: so, so.  Rind: Love it.

Sweet as pie.

Getting our vitamin D in the sun room.

7 months and almost running!

Here are some pics from our first few weeks in Fairbanks.  It was really cold out, so we had a lot of bundling to do to go out.  Aina has been a real champ about the bundling!

Too bad I could not crawl at this point, I would have been running this place!

Mudd is keeping watch.

Sleeping in a motel bed for the first time, pretty comfy!!!!

Ready to go!

Taking a snooze in the car.  I have been loving my blue camo one piece, thanks Aunt Quincy!

Our first sleddog race, pretty exciting!

Also pretty cold.

We went 10km this day with our buddies Casey and Andy.  I was a real champ in the negative temps.  My ninja mask does the trick.

This thing is way more fun to stand in!

Thanks to all of the wonderful folks who made me birds (putni) for my mobile and to Auntie Weezer for putting it together for us.

All clean.

Who would have guessed that mama would let me wear so much pink!

Peeka boo.

It is better when you make a mess.

Surprisingly, I did not dress myself, this is all papa!

Going to visit mama at work.  Love you!

Finally, mama made me a hat!