Grandparents visit!

Ok, so I know that these are about a month old but I had to share some pics of when Danica's Grandma and Grandpa Sturm came out to visit.

This is Danica enjoying her first all-by-herself icecream cone. She liked it so much she wasn't about to let it go. And she did finish the entire cone.

Enjoying some beach time with Daddy. She definitely liked the beach alot more this year than last. She doesn't mind the wind at all!
Danica loved to walk down the beach holding Grandma and Grandpa's hands! She especially liked going down by the water's edge with Grandpa and seeing the waves come in.
One of Danica's favorite activities is reading and Grandpa was always had a willing lap for her to sit on. One thing that we had to do was ride the carousel at the Riverfront park. Danica is really starting to enjoy riding the horses. It used to take her a warmup round before she would start to like it. Danica very quickly got used to having Grandma and Grandpa around. She was very cranky for a few days after they left.

Playing with Kasen

Last week we went to dinner at Jason's cousin Randi's house. They have a little boy Kasen (I hope that I spelled that right) who is a month older than Danica. The two of them got along really well and enjoyed playing together! Kasen was really good at bouncing on his ball.
Danica sure liked trying to bounce! But she didn't quite get the hang of it. More practice is needed.

First Camping Trip

So two weeks ago, Jason and I took Danica on her first camping trip. We decided to do just one night because we didn't know how she (or us!) would do. For the most part she did really well. We went up to Mt. Hood and stayed at a nice campsite. And by nice I mean they had an outhouse and a well for water. These are two important things (at least when I camp)! Danica was having a blast runnig around the small campground. She is definitely not going through a shy faze because she would run up to the other campers and give them hugs. She also enjoyed playing "football" with the other kids. The families were all really nice and thought that she was adorable. She even slept great in the tent! (unlike her mom who got an altitude headache) Dusty came with and did better than expected. She was staked to the ground and just kept watching Dani run around with the other kids and wishing she could too. Of course Dusty did not like laying on the ground because she is a prissy dog and doesn't want to be in the dirt.

Danica would not let go of her sippy cup while we were there. And of course she has a Nalgene one!
Sitting in her backpack looking at the view of Mt Hood with Daddy!
Sitting around the campsite reading with Mommy. Next item on the list is a Danica sized camp chair! She collapsed this one trying to get out it! Bit of a scary moment for her (and Mommy too!)

Here goes nothing!

Okay everyone. I am going to actually attempt to blog. I don't know how long it will last but I gotta give it a try. Hopefully it works out well for sharing more recent pictures and stories about Danica. I guess we will see!