Summer Wish List

Matt and I are blessed to come from traveling families and every summer we are lucky enough to travel with them to some pretty cool destinations. Last summer, we went to Hawaii with Matt's family and road tripped through California with my family. We knew this summer would be a bit different with Austyn being in the picture, especially since we had to keep her out of the sun.

We decided to make a summer wish list of things we wanted to do around here. Matt's number one summer wish was a trip to the Redhook Brewery and mine was a day at Pike Place market. On July 14th, our 3 year anniversary, Matt and left Austyn at home with my mom and headed up north to the Ste Michelle Winery for the Steve Miller Band concert. It just so happens that the winery is right across the street from the Redhook Brewery. We were able to eat dinner and take a brewery tour before the concert. It was great fun and we are hoping to go back again soon. Excuse the blurry pics...my lens had something on it.

On the Redhook tour

I loved my little taster glass

It was a perfect night for an outdoor concert

The man in the red shirt danced the whole time...sooooo funny...I even video taped it

I finally got my summer wish Labor Day weekend. Sunday morning we headed to Seattle with Austyn and my parents. We started our day at Top Pot doughnuts (where Golden Tate of the Seahawks stole the doughnuts this spring), walked down to the market, stopped by the new Seattle Hardrock, the original Starbucks, the up to Pacific Place for a little shopping. For dinner, we drove a bit further north to the Phinney Ridge neighborhood for a stop at Red Mill Burgers. Matt and I first heard about Red Mill on Man Vs Food on the Food Network months ago. Apparently it is classified as one of the top 10 burgers you must have before you die and has been featured not only on the food network, but Oprah as well. Let me tell you...it was SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD!! I love a good burger and I was NOT disappointed! After Red Mill, we started home, but not without stopping off at the troll under the Aurora Bridge. My mom and I had never seen it...not too exciting, but now I know what people are talking about!

It's been a LOOOONG summer!!

I can't believe it has been over 3 months since I have updated our blog...I apologize to my blog fanatic friends. I actually found a post I had started when Austyn was 2 months old and I just never finished it...oops! It will never happen again!

For once, our summer didn't fly by...mainly because we spent a lot of it home with a new baby. Austyn got so big, so fast...I couldn't believe it when I started packing up her newborn clothes and she started filling out her 3 month clothes. She is still pretty small, only in the 25th percentile for height and the 50th percentile for weight. She is a VERY smiley girl who LOVES to be naked and hearing herself talk. Her little life didn't exactly start out so smoothly though. We spent much of the first half of our summer trying to figure out why she was always screaming. Finally in July, we found out she had silent reflux...basically it's really bad heartburn, which is bad enough as an adult, but horrible for a tiny baby. She is now on Prilosec and sees a wonderful GI specialist at Mary Bridge. We are so happy she is feeling better and we can enjoy our beautiful baby girl!

Back in the good old days when she used to nap...1 week old

Sleepy girl...about 1 month old

Austyn's first week of smiling....6 weeks

She mastered the art of smiling pretty quickly...8 weeks

I looooooove headbands...a girl can never have too many

At Romy and Darren's wedding at my parents house...10 weeks

This was right around the time she started screaming for fun...12 weeks

Lacey loves her baby...13 weeks

a little bit of tummy time...13 weeks

We spread disposable pads out on the ottoman for nakey time when Austyn gets fussy...she absolutely loves it!

Another day, another headband

Bathtime in Beaverton...15 weeks

Mastering the Bumbo seat...16 weeks

And yet another headband, courtesy of Tu Tu Bella by Sarah Crea Designs