Coast Camping

On August 18-20 we went camping with Josh's side of the family at Tillicum Beach on the Oregon Coast. We arrived in the afternoon to beautiful weather--sunny & not windy! 

Ronan, Griffin, Josh, and I braved the cold water (with wet suits on) and did some boogie boarding.  It was a lot of fun and I'm glad we did it then, because the weather the next day was much colder.

 

 We finished setting up camp and made dinner.  Emma helped keep Tate entertained (:

Griffin, too. (:

Josh took on most of the cooking for our family during the weekend.

We had our own campsite and the Greens shared a site with Josh's parents who had been camping all week in their trailer with the Creager kids.

Hungry boys!

Sooo happy to be camping!

Go Beavs!

Emma took the next two pictures of Tate (;

Ronan & Dylan

After dinner everyone went back down to the beach to watch the sunset...

R&G

We finished off the first night with s'mores and hanging out by the campfire.

Griffin & Aunt Amy

Tate- 9 months!

Tate turned nine months old on August 12th, and he started to crawl right around that time!

He is still such a little guy. (:  At his check-up he weighed only 17#3oz (8th %ile) and was 29"long (65th %ile)

 He looks around for Ronan and Griffin when I bring him out of his room in the morning, and gets SO excited when he sees them!  It has been so fun watching Tate interact more & become a little playmate for his big brothers (: 

Looking for Griffin in the firetruck:

Tate likes all kinds of food, especially big boy food that he can pick up & feed to himself. (:

One day he noticed the stairs...

...but only got this far.

He wasn't quite sure what to do with the stairs yet. (;

Here is Tate's newest trick:
How big is Tate? "So Big!"

He got his 2nd tooth...along with a runny nose ):

I knew it would happen any day, but I was hoping he would hold off a little while longer.  Tate figured out how to climb the stairs:

I know when he's doing it because he starts crawling really fast & giggling as if to say, "Look at me, Mom!" This boy is officially on the move! (:

Backyard Baby Shower

Amy and I hosted a baby shower for Katie Heidrick at my house on August 8th.  Katie just had her fourth baby, a sweet boy named Kash!  It was a fun evening--and a great chance for some of the ladies from church to get to know Katie better!

 Such a precious baby boy!

Patty, Sydney, & Mary

Sooo sweet & tiny!

As it got dark that night I took some pictures of our new lights in the backyard: (:

New Ikea lanterns:

New fountain lights: