Dan's kayaking adventure

I keep forgetting to post pictures from Dan's kayaking adventure for his birthday. He went with two friends and fell in twice (his friends did not fall in). Luckily, one of his friends had his camera with him and captured the whole adventure!

Dan with his friend Mike

A nest and its owner

I think this picture speaks for itself

His other friend Tony

Garage sale season has begun!

I'm in garage sale heaven. We've made some great purchases and my mom even found a couple things while visiting last weekend! Tyler is SO close to crawling. He can really twist his body around and is very mobile. I know that he is just going to take off soon. His two teeth are very easy to see now. He has also gained quite a bit of weight and is almost 20 lbs! Now instead of getting comments about how small he is we're getting comments about how big he is! You can see in the pictures how his face has really filled out.

My mom came to visit a week ago and spoiled Tyler! She got him a baby pool and Tyler enjoyed splashing around in it. We also went to visit the Des Moines Botanical Center. We had a nice Mother's Day, Dan grilled some steaks for us and Tyler gave me a gift certificate for a massage at a place downtown. He is such a generous kid!

This weekend Dan and I celebrated our four year anniversary. Dan's parents came to watch Tyler on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday we went to the Des Moines zoo which was really nice, we had a good time. Then we went out for a very nice Italian dinner. We stayed at a relaxing hotel in Des Moines Saturday night. We had breakfast delivered to our room this morning! We were determined to be lazy. =) It was nice to get home and cuddle with Tyler though.

We've had some really nice weather so Tyler and I played in the backyard. He was fascinated by the grass. I figure he's thinking, "what's under here??"

I wanted to include this picture so you don't think he's always happy.

His Eight Month picture. Notice how he ate a piece of the sign in the upper right corner.

A rare family photo

Playing in the pool

Hanging out with Grandma at the Botanical Center

And now we're back to blogger

Sorry to keep switching it up on everyone. I think we'll probably stick with blogger for now. Even though the other site was easier to add pictures to, the site was often down or wouldn't load for me. I don't have too much to add right now. I still need to get Tyler's 8 month picture. I can't believe he's 8 months already! I need to start planning his first birthday party! He is getting his first tooth in which is exciting. He can grow teeth all by himself! He is quite smart. So the real reason I'm posting is so you can see my new haircut. I cut off 10 inches and donated it to Locks of Love. So far I am really liking my new style. I timed myself and now it only takes 8 minutes to dry and style it. My long hair took 10 minutes just to dry! Oh, and I also threw in a picture of Tyler so I wouldn't upset the grandparents.

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After:

And of course, Tyler: