Yay for Auntie Kristin!

We were all very excited to have our first visit from Auntie Kristin since we've been back in Denver.  So, Max was sure to take her to all of his favorite places.  First stop - the pool (of course)!

Next stop - the park.  Kristin has been to Wash Park lots of times before, but never to the playground :)

And of course, Max insisted that Kristin give him his baths...

And give him her constant, full attention :)

We had only 3 days together, but we packed in enough fun to last us until August when we see her again.  We can't wait!!!

Six Flags Elitsch Gardens!

We took Max to Six Flags for the first time 2 weekends ago.  Since he "oohs," "aahs" and "whoas," every time we drive past it, we thought he would love it, but he didn't like it much at all :(  There was one thing he did love, and that was the ball room...

We spent most of our time in there, Max and Colin throwing and shooting balls, and me dodging them :)

We did convince Max to go on one ride without completely freaking out...

But, the rest of the rides didn't even get a chance - as soon as we tried to take him on he cried :(   We'll have to give it another try nex year :)

Max's First "Real" 4th of July :)

This was the first year we have been in the US for the 4th of July since Max was born, so we had to make sure he experienced all of the traditions :)  And since we haven't been here for 3 years, we had to actually start some traditions.  So, we found a local festival, where Max was most impressed by the rides :)

We also had brunch at Carrie and Elliott's house and Max and Elliott had fun picking raspberries.

And then we made sure he had all of the traditional 4th of July food...WATERMELON!!!

And of course, hotdogs (although, I'm not sure vegetarian hotdogs really count, but he's still too young to notice :)  and baked beans...

We didn't let him stay up for fireworks, which actually turned out in our favor since they were all cancelled due to rain, but next year we'll have to give the fireworks a try.  Hopefully he'll like them as much as he loved Christmas lights for the first time! :)

Grandma!

Last month, we were lucky to have a visit from Grandma.  Although we didn't take a lot of pictures, we had TONS of fun :)

Grandma loved giving Max his bath and getting him ready for bed...

Don't mind the scabs and scars on Max's face - he decided to show Grandma what a little bruiser he is, and fall down the stairs the day before she arrived. 

We all had fun at a trip to the zoo!

And everyone was sad to say goodbye at the airport...
We can't wait for Grandma's next visit!!!