Happy 4th of July (and Ike's 9 Months Old)!

Ike celebrated his monthly birthday in style this month...lots of family and some fireworks!  I got his photo session in early before he got all tuckered out.

Big boy in the rocking chair.

He promptly fell on his tush just after this picture.















Ike hasn't started much new in the past month, but he sure has gotten faster at a lot of things. He climbs around on things more and is pulling himself up more often, along with crawling all over the place.  He has started nursing less, probably gearing up to wean here in the next couple of months.  Ike just began throwing things (balls for the most part) in the past week, and I think he may understand who Josh and I are (he definitely recognizes all of his grandparents but doesn't associate any names yet).  I can't believe he is 3/4 done with his first year!  My baby is growing up too fast!!






I find him like this after most of his naps.













Well that's it for Ike's update, on to 4th of July fun!  My mom is in town visiting with my step-brother Justin for the past week.  They decided to go out to a movie (what's more American than zombies?) while we went to hang out with the Bowyer-Sievers clan at Josh's parents house. 






Dave teaching Barry how to golf.  He's an excellent coach...

He picked up blades of grass to make himself like Wolverine.

Ike with grandpa Dave and Natalya.













Dave isn't old enough yet to stay up as late as the fireworks (they don't start until 10 around here!), so we had a little sparkler fun before bedtime.

Mesmerized.

He really got into it!