Hanging out at Grandma Randi's

Odie is patient.

Ava sees an iPad for the first time, and a cute video of Katherine's adorable kitty:

Peekaboo:

Napping on Grandma:

Fashion note

It's important that one's fruit matches one's outfit:

Nectarine, generously shared with the carseat:

Watermelon:

Carmel Valley hiking

Long hike up to the fire tower in Garland Park.

Carmel Valley

Great pictures from the last few days of Ava eating and playing at Grandma Randi's house.  Pictures by Randi's husband Tod.

Playing

At Grandma Randi's house in Carmel Valley

Odie Dog

At Grandma Randi's in Carmel Valley

Cousins

Daddy's cousins and their children, at Grandma Randi's house in Carmel Valley

Drinking vessel switch

 Very pleased with his big score from a cupboard

Corn on the cob

First time.  Big hit.  She didn't eat the whole thing--there was about a quarter of the kernels left on Mommy's cob when we gave it to her.

Breakfast

At Grandma Randi's

Monterey Bay Aquarium

With Grandma Randi, Mommy, Daddy, Daddy's cousin Dara and Dara's daughter Ohana (17 months)

River Beach

With Grandma Randi, Mommy, Daddy, Daddy's cousins and their children

Sierras Hiking #3--Father's Day!

Daddy's first Father's Day as a daddy and Grandpa Lee's first Father's Day as a Grandpa spent on day 2 of our first family weekend backpacking trip (Grandpa Lee, Daddy, Mommy and Ava) in the Black Buttes/Grouse Ridge area of Tahoe National Forest.  Very successful trip on all counts.  Ava consumed rocks, dirt, wild foliage and flowers and seemed to love looking around on the hike.  Mommy was pleased that her backpacking diapering scheme was successful:  we rinsed out fleece pocket diapers in the numerous lakes and streams we passed and to dried them on clotheslines in camp and on the outside of the pack.   We couldn't have asked for a better campsite:  flat granite gravel, with boulders for storing gear, right next to a lake, with easy trees to hang food on.  Also, Daddy stored a little extra surprise cargo in Grandpa Lee's backpack on the way up.  Training for their hike on the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska in July!  Also, Ava figured out how to use the hydration pack tube.  Like a bottle, the hydration pack is both a device for transferring water into your mouth and a toy.