The small things of life

          As is tradition, when endless shrimp at Red Lobster comes around each year, Danny and I make it a special event to go. This year we got to include Bryce in our annual outing.  Now it is known that the Westermann crew loves seafood and stories have been told of seafood they would eat.  Bryce is no different than the older Westermanns.  He too ate his fair share of 8 grilled shrimp and realistically would have eaten more if I wasn't afraid he would get sick!  :)  Good thing it was endless!
        Bryce also has a new tooth on the top left.  This tooth has been almost breaking through for months now but this weekend we were finally able to see it.  The nice thing is that it hasn't caused him too much pain (knock on wood).  He now has 3 to complete his "grill".
        We are still working on the walking thing as well.  Bryce will walk with his little cart and with a hand and will cruise all furniture but simply refuses to walk on him own.  The minute he feels you let go, to his knee he crashes.  I think he has it figured out that crawling is much faster and steadier mode of transportation and he'll stick to that for a while. He has also figured out the stairs and can swiftly crawl up them.  It was a happy day when he also learned how to crawl down them so I don't have to worry about him tumbling down them!
       As I write this, Bryce is in his wading pool splashing around on all the stolen warm days of fall.  Benton is currently at the vet today and Bryce is constantly looking around for him.  I always thought that Bryce got rather tired of Benton crashing through his pool but now that he is a little less interested in the pool if there isn't a puppy crashing about it with him! 

Hiking

Lily Pad Lake

Hiking with Dad- his face is in distress because of the hat-not the hike

We went for a hike in Silverthorne/Dillion area called Lily Pad Lake Hike.  We got a  hiking backpack carrier from a friend and figured we better use it before this nice weather ends. But who knows with Colorado...this weather could last for another month or it could snow tomorrow. The hike was about 3 miles and we had a marvelous time!  Bryce loved being on Danny's back and looking around.  At the top of the trail were 2 little lakes, one with lily pads, hence the name and one that was populated with fishermen.  He was able to "walk" around at the top and try out his new shoes....which he hates!  He was so busy looking around going up that on the way back down he fell asleep!  Too cute! 

sleepy hiker

Rockies Game

We went to the Rockies game the other night with some dear friends.  We got to meet Dinger the Dinosaur.  Bryce wasn't too sure about him but at least he didn't cry! Dinger also gave him his "autograph" and Bryce held onto it like a prized possession.  Later on during the night, the camera guy came and Bryce was on the jumbo tron.  He was super cute and several friends recognized him around the stadium.  His 1 minute of fame was fun...so fun that he decided to make it through the whole game! This was the first game that we didn't have to leave early all season. Of course, once we got in the car he was completely asleep.

Here comes fall

Even though it is just the first day of September it feels like fall.  The air is crisp and much cooler in the morning.  Leaves are starting to fall a little and it just feels fall-like.  I wanted to take a couple last pics of Bryce with the green grass before it turns brown.