Sleeping beauty (and puppy) and sleeping bruiser

I checked on Ava tonight and found her curled up with the puppy a friend gave her. She's named him Balito for some reason. Had to share. :-)

And the Sleeping Bruiser: Dylan, age seven months this week and a bicep-busting 19.5 lbs. He's wearing 9-12 month clothes.

We've carried him around in an Ergo since birth so he's snug as a bug whenever we put him in, but he's getting to be a bit much. The Ergo's good to 40lbs. but I'm not so sure my back is good to that weight.

We'll figure it out and in the meantime continue to enjoy this period where his favorite place to be is in our arms.

Wooden boat festival!

We headed down to Lake Union for the Wooden Boat Festival to meet up with some parents from our PEPS group and their kids.

Jason and Ava built a little boat using materials the festival provided and we helped Ava push model sail boats around a small pond/water enclosure alongside the dock.

Final product ready to set sail for the 4th of July holiday

We also got a close-up view of all the cool watercraft, although we skipped the big boat tours because the kids were reaching their limit.

The food booths looked pretty tasty but we'll have to try them next year. All in all, lovely family outing and finally, some sun.

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First Light Rail ride

1st Light Rail ride for me & Dylan. Train vet Ava took pic.

Makings of a fashionista?

This morning I found this on Ava's bed.

She laid out her own clothes to wear today!

I asked if this was what she wanted today and she said, "Yes! A dress. A pink dress!" Of course. If her dad had laid it out, it would be jeans and a t-shirt. Yesterday she asked to wear one of my necklaces with her dress. A different pink one. I think we officially have a future fashionista on our hands.

Raised bed class

Used part of my lunch to attend a class on building raised beds. Now to scout clean, free wood.