August/September pictures

husband and baby enjoying Carmel sunset.

independence

independence AND dependence, respectively!

Alyza and I visited an organic winery in Carmel Valley. Due to a power outtage we got a free sandwich for two and extra (really expensive) Malbec for free! Yes! Then to top it off we napped in the sun in Heller's sculpture garden. Talk about peaceful!

"wheeeeeeeeeee!" he loves swings. and i love his crazy hair!!!

early pianist & reader thanks to Grammies help.

brothers & babies

Baby needs some A/C!

Sunset at Carmel!!!! Que beautiful!

even further south!

After we (thankfully) left LA we drove down to San Diego to visit our friends. We went to dog beach, hung out with several AWESOME people, ate at some of our favorite restaurants, strolled around Balboa park, and stayed up too late! Lincoln was relentless with the pigeons (see above)!

It says "mom and dad love lincoln" but you know who destroyed mom!

yay dirt! and tall trees!

he is a professional cart pusher. the only items he intended to purchase were two boxes of cookies!

Down South!

This past weekend we visited my brother in LA and my dad, Ashley, and Jordan who had flown in for a visit. We went out to eat several times and went to Venice beach on Sunday. (fyi...Venice beach = nasty)!

Buried alive!

The cutest man ever!

Wondering if the waves are worth it!

19 years brings a lot of change

4th of July, 1989
Lake Pomme de Terre, Hermitage, MO
I'm 8 yrs old (2nd from right next to Cory, ahhhhh)

4th of July, 2008
Lake of the Ozarks, MO
I'm 27 and have a cute nino (2nd from right, 2nd row)

pomme 2008

a couple of weeks ago, Lincoln and I flew with Cory to the great and humid state of Missouri! Josh wasn't able to go since he had to work the 4th of July event in Monterey. we visited our Meyerkord relatives in fully glory at Lake Pomme de Terre. we boated, jet-skied, wake-boarded, water skied, tubed, mega sliced, and swam. lincoln was really intrigued by all of this but couldn't help but fall asleep from the rocking boat. just below is a pic of him sleeping in his life jacket in the boat. when he was awake on the boat he wanted to watch whatever was going on but he didn't like the wind blowing in his face. i love being with family and was sad that josh wasn't there. lincoln walked down to the garage and waited at the closed door. when i caught up him he did the sign for dad and said "da" and pointed at the door. it was very adorable.

cousin tyler and lincoln with pudding lips!

uncle cory holding lincoln and watching cousins erika and tyler on the mega slice.

Vacations galore...

We just got back from several vacations. In his short 3.5 months of life, Lincoln has visited 4 states and met a significant amount of family members. In the past 2 months we have traveled to San Antonio, TX; Salinas and San Diego, CA; St. Louis, Pomme De Terre Lake, and Kansas City, MO; and Mascoutah, IL. We are exhausted from traveling and glad to be home. However, we wish we could take all the special people we visited during this trips back here to Colorado with us!

Here are some pictures of our latest trip to Missouri...

Lincoln's Great-Grandmother Lorita Middendorff (my mom's mom). It's amazing how much she reminds me of my mom. It was awesome to hang out with her for the day! She loved Lincoln.

Lincoln's Grandfather Mike Meyerkord (my dad). He's doing well. Over 4 months sober and working towards a lifetime of sobriety. He was very excited to meet "the president." haha (we didn't name him after Abraham Lincoln)

My 2nd cousin's daughter Jordyn was fascinated with Lincoln. She's a year old.

Lincoln's first Lake Pomme de Terre swim. It didn't go so well. He hates that life jacket! Understandably so!

Me and Lincoln on my Aunt and Uncle's boat. He loved it when we were going fast but fussed almost every time we stopped. The kid likes to move!