Burke Turns One!

Happy First Birthday, Burke!

We celebrated Burke's birthday on Saturday, October 2nd. My mom flew in right before the party and Justin flew out the next day for Sri Lanka and The Maldives.

Burke quadrupled his toy stash and didn't really care for his birthday cake. He had a blast following all the big kids around.

On Burke's actual birthday we were sick as dogs. Thank goodness my mother was here to care of us. Burke and I took a three hour nap and we woke up to some homemade chicken noodle soup...definite goodness.

Burke's one-year stats:

20 lbs 7 ozs --10-25%tile
30 inches -- 50%tile
Head: 45.7 cm --75%tile

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Lake Eklutna & Thunderbird Falls

On a rare sunny day I begged Justin to go on a drive. He's not that big on drives because it uses gas, which is understandable, especially when gas is $3.30/gallon. I also wanted to go on a drive to give Burke a nap who was refusing to sleep at home.

We drove to Lake Eklutna, not far from home. Burke got about a 20 minute nap, not as long as I had hoped for. It was packed with people who had the same idea we had. Also, Lake Eklutna had a write up in the paper about being a fabulous day trip and that brought out the crowds too.

It is a beautiful lake (not as gorgeous as Lake Coeur d'Alene in my opinion, but still picturesque). As usual our favorite subject to photograph was with us so we plopped him down and got a few sweet pictures.

mmmmm....OFF Repellent Fan

(It seems to work!)

Afterwards we drove to Thunderbird Falls and hiked the 1 mile trail to the overlook. Burke wasn't too thrilled with the Ergo carrier so we made it a speedy trip.

Thunderbird Falls

Thank goodness we got out because the rain rolled in and it's been raining ever since. When they say July is the rainy month in Alaska, they mean it. We were spoiled last July when we got here. Another thank goodness for our trip to SoCal in August. We need some summer, or at least I do.

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3rd Times a Charm?

Mr. Burke's ears are not treating him well. Since May he's been diagnosed with three ear infections and has tried out three different antibiotics. It seems every time we are on the road to a good sleep schedule his ears derail our efforts. We have a checkup on August 3rd and I hope to hear his ears are all cleared up, however last night was not one of his better nights and I fear the pain is still in his ears. Poor kid has scratches in them.

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