Sunday, August 19, 2012

Installing a Patio: Digging the Hole

Sam is installing a brick patio by hand. He is on the digging phase. (I do help a little, too. Mostly by doing other chores while he digs.) To be able to dig a hole by hand in August you have to soften the ground by running the hose. Well, this tends to create a bit of a mud pit. Inga found the mud the other and thought it was the best thing ever!



She had to be stripped down and hosed off after this. She also thought that was awesome mostly because she was naked outside.

11 Months

It's almost her first birthday and I am just getting around to posting the 11 month pictures. We have been doing too many home projects in the evenings for me to have time to post. Anyway, little Inga is turning into the busy one year old. 

She is a total chatter box. I wake up to her talking to her two best friends, Fox Mulder and Ornery the Otter. She tells you all about her night at breakfast and tells you all about her day at dinner. This girl has a lot to say! She regularly says "Nigh, Nigh" to mean she wants to go to sleep (including naps). She can say "wa" for water, "mo" for more, "ra" for rain, "yes", "hi", and probably a few other things I am forgetting. She also nods her head "yes". Her appetite for language means she's also our bookworm. I read Where's Baby's Belly Button? to her 4 or 5 times today. (That's her new favorite.) She will just bring you books to read and say "Mom, dis" or "Daddy, dis". I can hardly complain about that. She even spelled a real word with her bathtub letters the other day (the letters that stick to the side of the tub when wet). You may be wondering the word and I am slightly embarrassed to say, but she spelled "gin". Now "g", "n", and "i" were the only letters in the tub at the time so don't go thinking something you shouldn't. We continue to be amazed at her language development. Her motor skills are more normal; crawling, pulling herself to standing, etc. Enough yakking, here are the pictures. 
 The best photo and I cut off her head!
 Sharing a joke with pink bear
 "Why am I still on the couch and not playing on the floor? I can see all my toys."
"Dis?"


Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Outer Banks Vacation: Ocracoke Island

Our last full day, everyone except James drove down to Ocracoke island for the morning. We mostly saw the sights and searched for a BBQ grill for lunch. Unfortunately, all the grills at picnic areas have been removed from the island over fire concerns. We also did the only souvenir shopping of the trip. We bought Inga a national parks passport and got the stamp for Cape Hatteras National Seashore. I also purchased a pretty dress. :)
Pony pens for the wild ponies on the island
Inga was squeaking the whole way down the boardwalk.
 My two favorite people
 The mermaid at the ice cream shop
 There's my two favorite people, again.
 Ocracoke lighthouse
 Inga had a great time crawling around the boardwalk at the lighthouse.
 You have to take a ferry to get to Ocracoke. It was Inga's first boat ride. She LOVED it.
Happy ferry riders