OUCH!

It finally happened, Quincy got his first big boy owey! While at daycare, running after the "big kids" he fell and bumped his nose and lip. Ouch! He has to do everything the big kids do and sometimes its hard for him to keep up, but Sheila, his daycare provider, said he just got right back up and kept running. Here's to the first of many boo-boo's!

July Fourth and Quincy's Cousin Taylor Visits!

Quincy's cousin Taylor visited us this past week. We had so much fun! We took a trip to the beach and the weather was so nice. We got to play in the water and dig in the sand. Quincy ate some sand too as you will see from the pictures. (Just a reminder, click on the pictures and you can see them larger).

Quincy had fun finding seaweed and then we had to throw it back in the ocean and waving bye-bye.

Also at the coast Quincy and Mom rode a little choo-choo train and the carousel. Both firsts for Quincy!

For the Fourth of July we had a picnic with the playgroup friends and then watched the fireworks. This is Deacon and Quincy playing ball in the park.

To watch the fireworks we climbed to the top of the hill (a good workout pushing Quincy in his stroller) and hung out on the grass until the show started....10 pm....late for Quincy's mom! Pictures in the group shot is Quincy's mom and dad and his cousin Taylor and god-mom Bethany!

Quincy is 1 1/2 years old!

Quincy just had his 18 month appointment and the doctor says he is doing great! He grew 2.5 inches in 3 months! He is off the growth charts for his age....37 inches tall. Looks like we have a basketball player, we call him Shaq sometimes.

The weather is Portland is finally getting a little nicer. Quincy went "wading" with his friends in Ruby's wading pool recently. It was a hit, they had a great time. The next day Quincy and Mom started official swim lessons which was very exciting. He loved it! We go every Saturday morning. Since Quincy weighs almost 31 pounds, it is quite a workout for Mom too!

Mealtime continues to be an adventure and extremely messy. He had corn on the for the first time and he loves (!?!) black bean dip....as you can see from the picture.

Must Have Fork!

Well, it has finally happened...Quincy has to feed himself. He has obviously been doing this for a while but this is taking it to the next level, now he has to use a fork or spoon. After two days of temper tantrums (they were doozies!!), Mom finally figured this out. So far he has eaten macaroni, oatmeal and yogurt by himself. Yesterday, it was squash (very messy!) and peas (very funny, him tryng to keep them on the fork!) Here are a few pictures.....

We also had fun with Quincy's friends Kai and Kolbie, they came over to play this week and we all went for a wagon ride to the park....thank goodness for the sunny weather!

Wrestle Mania!

Quincy finally met his friend Luca from Brooklyn. Luca's mom and Quincy's mom have been friends for years and the boys were born only days apart. Luca and his family came over for dinner and it was wild! Wrestle Mania 2008! As you can see from the pictures, they had a great time!

We are also so excited to welcome Quincy's new cousin, Wyatt Dallen McFarlane into the world. Wyatt was born on June 5th. We can't wait to meet him. Here he is just a few minutes old!

Now we are just waiting for Quincy's new niece to join the family in September! That will make Quincy's mom and dad grandparents...crazy!

Here is Quincy with his brother Brandon, the soon to be dad! And then Quincy with his dad and all of his big brothers. We were celebrating Ken's birthday on May 25th.

Grandi's Visit to Portland

Quincy's Grandi came to visit him for two weeks! They bonded immediately and were inseperable for the rest of the trip! It was amazing to see how much Quincy changed in just two weeks. He is saying so many more words now and according to his Grandi he is the "smartest kid on the planet"!

We had a lot of fun while Grandi was here. We took a trip to the Oregon coast. Unfortunately, as you can see from this photo of us on the beach, it was cold, rainy and windy! Typical for a day at the Oregon beach!

Grandi got to see all of Quincy's friends when they played at the park. The sandbox was a hit!

One of the most exciting parts of the trip was seeing Barack Obama at his rally in Portland. This is a picture of us in downtown Portland with the 80,000 other supporters....wow! We saw him get out of his bus and screamed like schoolgirls.

Finally, Quincy tried a new food while Grandi was in town. Watermelon....it was a hit!

And after all of those adventures.....he is EXHAUSTED! Check out that belly!

Update from Quincy's world

Sorry to not post something for so long, I guess we have been busy!

Our trip to Utah wasn't quite what we expected, Quincy was really sick...darn! But, we did get to go to the farm and see the calves and Quincy had fun seeing his aunts, uncles, grandpa and grandma, cousins, etc. He also loved feeding KC his snacks.

Still spending time with Quincy's baby group friends which gets even more fun as they get older and actually play together. I can't believe we got them to sit still for picture on the step. And of course Quincy loved to play piano with Ryan!

And lastly, Quincy is truly his dad's son....he loves BBQ! Pictured his is one of the three (!!) ribs that he ate during his grandma's 75th birthday party.

Lots more adventures to come. Grandi is visiting for two weeks and we are going to the beach and the zoo so we'll post more pictures soon!