Sunny San Diego

 

We had a great time in San Diego celebrating our 5-year-anniversary.  We arrived to the airport and headed straight to Sea World....

 

 

 

We missed Lucas the entire time we were there and wished he was with us to enjoy all the shows.  We stayed in La Jolla about a block from the beach.  Every morning we would go and get coffee and walk down to the beach to watch the surfers.

We got in plenty of beach time at Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach and Coronado Island.

We had a great trip but we were happy to arrive home to our little boy after 3 nights away!

Happy Camper! (13 Months)

 

We will start with the 12-month photo, since we got that one done a little late!

 

 

Cousin Alex, Uncle Aaron and Auntie Nicole came for a visit 2 weeks after the big birthday.  Lucas absolutely LOVES being around his big cousin!  It is so great to see them play together.  We are already looking forward to the trip to Vegas at Christmas with the whole Bisek family.

Hanging out in Boulder...

 

The handsome boys!

Camping with a one-year-old...what an adventure!  Well, we certainly "camped" in style with our rented pop-up camper.  We have never had heated mattresses, a refrigerator and running water while camping before....and I don't know if I will ever be able to go back.  We went to Estes Park with our friends, Sarah and Justin and they were certainly good sports entertaining Lucas on the car ride with the harmonica.  There is nothing that Lucas loves more than being outside so he was in heaven the entire weekend.  I see many more camping trips in our future...and if this mom gets her way, many more nights on a heated mattress too!

King of the campground!

 This is how he spent most of the time on the hikes.  The mountain air certainly tired him out!

 

Uncle Matty came to visit a week after our camping trip.  We love our visitors and sadly we don't have any more that we know of this year.  While Matt was here, we had a little get together at our house...Lucas and his little friend, Nora.

 



13-months!  This coming weekend we are going to San Diego to celebrate our 5-year wedding anniversary....we will certainly miss this smiling face....

One Year Celebration

It is unbelievable that our little baby is already one year old!  We had quite the pirate party to celebrate the big day....too bad Mother Nature had alternate plans that kept us inside most of the party.  There was a break in rain which allowed enough time for the birthday boy to enjoy his red velvet cupcake!

 

Check out the pirate ship my dad carved out of a watermelon!

 



 

 

We were so lucky to have all 4 grandparents here to share Lucas' special day.  I know it sounds unbelievable, but he got A LOT of attention that weekend....

 

 

Lucas had his last swimming lesson of the year on his birthday.  He had such a great time and we went to the pool again this weekend.  His eyes light up when we arrive and he really enjoys watching all the kids play.



Our first Rockies game as a family!

 A few images of his one year photo shoot....

Not walking quite yet but he loves to go up and down the stairs!  Bye Bye!

Happy Father's Day! (11 Months)

We had an action-packed Father's Day in the Bisek family to celebrate Zach's first big day!  We started the day by going to our neighborhood farmer's market and then jumped in the car and headed to the foothills for a hike.  What a great way to escape the heat!  We had no idea it would be 60 and raining....good thing we had a spare set of fleece jammies in Lucas's diaper bag!

After the hike, we headed back to town in time to go to Jazz in the Park.  Every Sunday evening in the summer everyone brings their picnic dinner and bottle of wine to City Park to listen to the jazz music.  It was so much fun to have Lucas with us as we used to go all the time when it was just the two of us.  The plethora of dogs and little kids kept Lucas entertained.

My attempt at a family picture...

Earlier in the week we had a play date with our neighbor, Nora (15 months) and her mom, Claire.  They had a great time playing together...

Last Saturday marked our first day of swimming lessons.  Lucas had a blast!  He absolutely loves being in the water and doesn't mind going under.  Looks like he will fit right in at the lake!

 Post-swimming lesson warm up with Nora...



And finally the 11-month photo shoot....

He is such a happy boy....and we couldn't be having more fun than we are right now.  He is cruising along furniture and loves to turn the water on and off on our bathroom tub.  He recently discovered the toilet paper roll and the fun he can have pulling the toilet paper.  Waving "bye bye" is his newest trick and it is often quite delayed in its delivery. 

We are looking forward to the big upcoming birthday party...Grandpa and Grandma AND Papa and Ya-ya are all coming for the celebration!

Keeping Busy!

Memorial Day weekend I headed to Portland with 4 of my college girlfriends - we had a great time catching up and enjoying sunny weather (in Portland?).  Just like the good 'ol days...but we got to bed much earlier!

 This past weekend we went to the Roller Derby with several of our neighbors.  Lucas had his first sleepover with his neighborhood friends at our house.  We were shocked when we returned home and all the kids were asleep.  (Our neighbors wanted to leave their kids there, but we wouldn't let them! :) ).

On Sunday, we attended our neighbor's one-year birthday party.  Lucas loved climbing through the tunnel and the weather was perfect.   

Our little boy is getting in another 4 teeth so life has been a little rough as of late.  We can't get enough of his big toothy smiles!