We've had several developments at our house over the last week.
But the most important: Louie started walking, baby steps . . . .
Dan took the kids to the Mall of America yesterday, they were playing in LegoLand. Emily was being very clingy and shy, Louie was off and running.
He is very good at standing up by himself in the middle of the floor, even with toys in hand. Yesterday, he decided to take more than his usual two step. He took seven at the Mall.
Last night when I got home from work, he took 10 steps across the living room floor. He wants so badly to walk and be up and off the floor.
To Dan and I, it just means more trouble. The little bugger is very crafty, he knows that anything that moves can be pushed up to something and make it easier to climb up it.
He climbed in the doll cradle and up on to the little kitchen cupboard last night! He also likes to stand on top of the kiddy table in Emily's room and try to look out the windows.
He really has no fear. Last week, he moved the activity table across the room and tried to climb into the curio cabinet in the living room, he wanted a closer look at Claire's fish that we were babysitting.
We'll post some new pictures shortly.
Emily discovered that she loves smores.
Enjoying the water of Lake Marian at Dad and Grandpa Don's fishing tournament. 
Lou, doing what he does best: Climbing and standing on top of whatever he can!
We went to Larsmont Cottages for summer vacation with the Jansen Family over the July 4th holiday. It was lots of fun! 
Larsmont is located just south of Two Harbors on Hwy 61. It is a beautiful place. We really enjoyed the amenities there, especially the nightly smores at the lodge and the fires down by the lake each evening. The first two nights, there were some amazing moon rises over Lake Superior. 
Dan and I took Emily on the Duluth Scenic Railway, her first train ride. It went to Two Harbors for the afternoon, we took the train back to the resort. We also went to the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth. The kids really had fun there, Emily and Louie especially liked the tank with the river otters in it. 
Drewman really enjoyed toasting his own marshmellows for the smores. Jared enjoyed eating them. 
On Friday, June 29 Dan and I put our cat, Hank to sleep.
We do have the beautiful framed photos from our wedding day hanging aroung the house, as a daily reminder though.
Louie decided he wanted to quench his thirst with a little Premium after climbing in and out of the sandbox about 10 times. Apparently, it's hard work. Emily thought she needed to try some too, she looked at Dan and said "YUCKY." Tell him that in about 16 years too! 
On Sunday, Louie and I were outside playing while Emily was napping. He figured out how to climb up the slide of the little play cube, very daring little guy. He got so close to the top and then fell over backwards, laughing. 
We went around to the front just in time for the "frozen dairy musical delivery truck", as Dan calls it. It was like watching a sea turtle crawling to the ocean, he knew which way to go. Maybe later in the summer we'll try it. It won't become a regular, expected stop like across the street. The truck slows down and backs up and stops, just waiting for the girls across the street. Everyday! It's funny to watch. . . . 
