Happy Early Birthday

Saturday afternoon Tom and I took Micah in to JCPenney for his one year portraits. When we went in we were only hoping that Micah would behave and get a few shots of him smiling and digging into a cake, but never imagined we might have started Micah's modeling career.

When we come in the door, they all know our names and the photographers love getting to work with Micah. I suppose that means we frequent there a little too much, but I love the work they produce (most of the time). He's a big flirt too which probably adds to his popularity.

When the shoot was over, the photographer asked if we would be interested in signing a waiver for Micah's photos to be displayed in the JCPenney Portrait Studio in the Park Meadows Mall and also to be entered to the national ad campaign. Of course I said yes. So, if your going to be in the area pop your head into 'Penney's to see Micah displayed on the wall in a few weeks and I'll keep you posted if he makes any ad campaigns.

I'm posting a few of the proof shots, but you can see all of them at www.smilesbywire.com. Use the customer name: natalie deen and the Access code: LTPP0725119460JCP.



I'm pretty sure the above image will be the one on display.











And finally, my favorite...

Into the Wild

For those of you not from the Rocky Mountains, this is an elk. This is a common occurance around these parts. Well, not so much in the city, but more anywhere west of C470. We spotted this one along with a couple of his friends as we were coming home from our visit to Evergreen to see Grandma Mavis.


It felt great to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life with Mavis in her cabin in the woods.


Micah really enjoyed eating Mavis' wonderfu cooking. Our picky eater actually ate lasagna, garlic bread, and strawberry jello. He liked playing with it too.



This morning we enjoyed the fresh air while we walked around Three Sisters.




Thanks for having us, Mavis! We enjoyed our visit.

Patio Party

It's been two years in the making. When we started working on our backyard a couple years ago, we decided we wanted a paver patio right off of our deck. It's been nothing more than a weed garden in the mean time, but today that all started to change. Check it out below.





It should be finished up tomorrow. I can't wait. I believe we will have to wait until next year to get any new patio furniture since all of the stores have already had their summer clearance sales. Oh well. We can still enjoy our old furniture on the new patio.

Left Right Left Right

Oh, yeah. Did I mention Micah can walk?





Micah took his first step about a week ago in the dugout before our last softball game. I didn't have my camera, but we had several witnesses. The next evening after we got home from work and daycare, I sat Micah down in the floor while I changed out of my work clothes. All of a sudden, he called out, "Da Da." (He calls everyone Da Da.) When I looked up, he was grinning the biggest smile and he took 5 steps towards me. It was the greatest moment! Now he's all over the place.

Chow Time

Some of you may know about our picky eater. Well, I guess "lazy" is a better word to describe Micah. He'll eat anything pureed, but solids are extremely limited. He'll do everything to avoid chewing including gagging and vomiting. We've slowly worked with crackers, bread and french fries. Well, I'm proud to say that over the weekend I got him to eat pancakes and green beans. Not together, of course. I should mention that I can't take all of the credit for the pancakes. Miss Danielle, his daycare teacher, has been very patient with him and got him to eat the initial pancakes, but this was the first time at home.

For your viewing enjoyment, Micah Eats Table Food!

EnCannons 2009

Despite our loss to Smack my Pitch Up, the opposing team, we played a really great game to end our 2009 season. Cheers to all of my fellow teammates!

Here's a portion of the video I tried to post last night...



BTW, Micah took his frist step tonight right before our softball game while we were in the dugout. I'm so proud!