Firsts...

Well, seems like a ton has happened since we last posted...of course, a lot can happen in 3 weeks!

The last couple of weeks have seen a lot of "firsts" in our little family.
1st.  Aislyn slept in her own room all by herself, mostly all night!  She had been sleeping in her bassinet through the night, but we made the tranisition to the nursery.  She is mostly sleeping a solid 7-8 hours.  She's starting to teeth, so that is making sleeping not so much fun!
2nd. Aislyn went on her first hike!  Several of Jocelyn's co-workers at SEL of kids and so we enjoy getting together for fun and kid-time.  We went hiking at Kamiak Butte.  Aislyn rode in the front-pack with Geoff, and enjoyed the scenery so much, and the constant jostling, that she fell asleep for 1/2 the hike!
3rd. Aislyn had her first taste of solid food - Applesauce - on the way to Lake Chelan so we didn't have to stop.  She mostly enjoyed it, until she got a little bit of the skin and that brought on the pucker face!  She enjoys anything we've put in front of her - peas, squash, beans, cereal, fingers, you name it, she's eating it!  Hopefully it continues!
4th. Aislyn enjoyed her first camping trip to Lake Chelan!  We went with Geoff's Parents and his sister Laurie's family.  We had a lot of fun and enjoyed the relaxing of sleeping on the boat.  We don't think you're ever too old to be rocked to sleep!
5th. The same weekend, Aislyn enjoyed her first (this is really hard to believe) trip to Grampa & Grammy Pearson's house.  We enjoyed meeting with all the Omak folk and lunch with Geoff & Dee Thornton's family.
6th.  This past weekend, Aislyn enjoyed her first trip to the Freeman Crk Campground at Dworshack Reservoir in Orofino, ID.  We went with several friends and enjoyed having Dave & Cinda Taylor from Denver share in our trip as well.  Bart & Diana Wilkinson from Kooskia, ID came with their boat on Saturday, and all of us enjoyed the warm water and sun!
7th. We enjoyed our first trip to out to Kooskia to stay with Bart & Diana in their lovely little farmstead.  It really made us appreciate their willingness to travel 70 miles one-way to Sunday meeting every week.  A beautiful drive, but a long one.  Thankfully, Aislyn slept the entire trip, only to want to talk & wiggle all meeting!

We're sure we're missing more firsts and that they'll come to us after we post this, but we've enjoyed a busy late July/Early August of family time.  Geoff is surely not looking forward to ending his days with Aislyn as school starts in a week and a half, but that's life, right?

Here are some recent pictures of our family adventures (a lot of Aislyn!).  Hope all is well with y'all and come visit us!

Our Happy Little Family!!  Aislyn @ 5 months

The crew...Left to right...Stephanie & Aaron Fosback (Riah is on Aaron's back), Gerry (w/ Gabby on his back) & Sheila Eichkoff, Geoff w/ Aislyn...

A view of our house from Kamiak Butte.  See it out there in the distance to the right of Bald Butte!?!  We didn't either, but it was a pretty view.

Geoff, Aaron & the girls on the home stretch!!!!!

At the end - Geoff realized that not only were his legs & lungs out of shape, so was his back!!  Jocelyn said, try carrying that for 7 months!!!!!!

Remember that thing about Aislyn eating anything?  Yeah, she thought the Root Beer looked good after the hike as well!

Aislyn @ 5 months, 1 week.

Aislyn getting her 1st piggy-back ride (Aislyn is 5 months, 1 week)

  

Aislyn was learning how to give kisses - by this picture, I think you could guess the first  few were slightly wet...

The boats @ Mitchell Creek, Lake Chelan.  Ted & Barb's on the right, Geoff's sister Laurie & Lance's on the left.  We slept in Ted & Barb's.

Aislyn after she decided 62 degree water was a little tooooo coooolllllldddddd for her wittle toes!  She sure wanted to join her cousins though!

Kort Mitchell

Sydney Anne

Waist deep was good, anything else, well refreshing is a little to easy.  More like the diamond shop slogan, "Take your breath away!" 

Jake & Sydney got into a friendly sibling water fight...everyone else did their best to not be collateral damage!

Aislyn wanted to go with cousin Sydney!

The base camp...Needless to say, noone went away hungry!

Grammy Barb got some good one-on-one time with Aislyn...We weren't sure who was enjoying it more, but it sure is fun to watch your daughter laugh!

Grandpa & Grammy Pearson doing what camping is for - relaxing, book reading, and family time!

Cousin Kort holding Aislyn...

Again, you tell us...which one is having more fun!

Jocelyn did a great job of capturing what sustained 20-30 mph winds can do to water!  It was windy, but still was great fun.

Cousins Jake, Maddy & Sydney playing with Aislyn.  Aislyn enjoyed the attention and we enjoyed the break in action!  It was fun to see Laurie & Lance's kids playing with our daughter.

Sydney did a wonderful job of entertaining Aislyn.

Kort did a great job of playing with and keeping Aislyn entertained, even on Sunday morning.

Thankfully, cousin Jake came prepared for play-time with a tie!