Friends

We are trying really hard to make these two BFF's!  Michelle's daughter, Ilo, was *almost* born on Roc's 6 month birthday (she missed it by 8 minutes).  We love playdates with these two!

Grandad Time

His visit was short but sweet.  Can't wait to see you at Christmas!

Roc LOVES walking around, especially in the park!

8 months!

We are only 9 days late in posting this!

Roc is crawling, pulling to stand, drooling (almost as much as his Saint), and eating a ton of solid foods (carbs are his fav).  He has his lower 2 front teeth and a sweet reverse mullet.  We are hoping the hair on the back of his head starts to re-grow soon.

Grandad visits!

We just love him so much!  More photos (from our 'good' camera) to come!

Adrien and Rafa get married!

Last weekend we flew back to Charlottesville, VA to celebrate Adrien and Rafa's wedding.  It was an AMAZING weekend filled with good friends, laughter, sunshine and celebrations!

Roc keeping a close eye on the snack lady.

Bring on the party!

EARLY (aka 5 am) smiles.

Abby and I were bridesmaids, so we spent the morning of the wedding getting beautiful and spending time with the bride.  

Roc was allowed into the ladies party for meals.

Roc spent the rest of his morning/ early afternoon of the wedding day with the boys.  His day consisted of........

........mohawks..........

.......Beer tasting......

.....and swimming.

Adrien was the most beautiful bride!  (And Rafa was mighty handsome....)

There were many photos taken.

My boys were SUPER handsome!

The Rideouts cleaned up nicely.

The food was unbelievably good!

(2 lobster tails for the non-meat eaters...)

I went into a sugar coma from all the desserts.

We reunited with childhood friends.

There was lots of crazy dancing......or dancing with crazies....

And Roc slept through it all.  (Thanks for providing babysitting during your reception Adrien and Rafa!)

Staycation

A few weeks ago we dog & house-sat for some dear friends who live up in a remote canyon about 20 minutes from our house.  They have a beautiful house with an amazing view.  Our week was very relaxing (even though we still had to go to work!), I even picked up a book for the first time in about 8 months!   It was a wonderful escape from the heat and busyness of the city.  Their dog, Aven, was great with Roc.  Roc loved hanging out with her almost as much as she loved cleaning up scraps from Roc's super messy meals!

Roc and Aven sharing toys.

Aven patiently waiting for clean-up duty.

Roc enjoying some sunshine on the porch.

Beautiful view!

Roc gets very tired climbing peaks all day.

It was a treat to break out some fall/ winter gear for the cooler nights up in the canyon.

Dinner with friends.