We went and hung out with the Scharfs and Dainton gave Leila some lip service. He sure loves babies! Here is the little smiley man, he sure is a happy baby now that we have made it past the first 2 months. He is growing and changing so much these days. He is recognising us and laughing and he is holding his head up great. Coltin sure isn't wasting any time trying to catch up to Dainton. We went to Hood Canal for the 4th of July. We had a blast. We spent some time at our friends cabin playing in the sand and ocean. We shucked oysters and collected yummy clams. This was Dain's 3rd visit to the ocean but his first exploring and it took him a bit to warm up. He eventually did though. I took this one from our friends cabin. They have a big oyster bed right in front of their house. In the morning the tide goes out and this just happened to be the lowest tide of the year so we had plenty of space to explore. We had to take our clams down to get fresh water once or twice a day so they would stay fresh. We collected so many that we ate them for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 2 days and we still had 1/4 of the bucket left at the end so we gave them to the neighbor.

We finally bought him a helmet for his birthday so he can ride his 4-wheeler. To funny! Here was his makeshift birthday cake since the previous 2 I made has either been eaten by the dog or re baked and burned by Kristopher. Who knew baking a cake would be such a catastrophe.
Playdoh!
Maybe we should tell him he has it on backwards? Nah.

Ok so sorry it has been a bit since I have posted pictures up here life has just been busy. So here we go. This was Dainton's 2nd birthday. Daddy went and picked up Dain's first tool bench. Then they had to put it together. It is pretty funny you actually have to use the tools it comes with to put it together! That fuzzy thing is a hammer.
And away he goes building. With his Dale Jr. race car of coarse! Here is his favorite book at the moment, "Curious George". We read at least one story from it each night before bed. I enjoy it too. Ooooooooo!

Here is more wonderful smiley face pics of Coltin. He sure is a happy baby most of the time now!

My side and Kristopher's side of the family met for a day at the horse track. We all had a blast! Here are the Neff men.
Here is grandpa and Auntie Heather with Dainton. So cute!
Auntie Heather and Coltin
Dainton got to go pet the guide horse. As you can see he was a bit apprehensive. I suppose I would be too if I was the size of the horses head.
Here is smiley face. He was in a great mood that day.

We decided to take Dainton and Coltin to the park on father's day to blow off some steam. Halfway there we realized it was Maple Valley Days so we played and walked around and had some fun!
Dainton road a horse for the first time. He actually did great. We were placing bets as to how fast he would freak out. He made it 2 laps!
There was a firetruck and a ambulance there for the little ones to get in and check out. Dainton was in heaven! He is now a "Junior fireman and a Junior policeman"!
This is the ambulance, he was very interested in all the stuff in the back.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dylan! Your 2

We went to the Seattle Center for Dylan's birthday this last thursday. We had so much fun! They had this big water area with bubbles and water toys, Dainton of coarse had a blast. The water vest didn't really help him though he was soaked. Here are the two boys just playing away!
Here we are in the dinosaur room. Both of the boys were mesmerized. Dainton didn't say a word the whole time we were in there.

Yesterday Kristopher decided to clean the garage and Dainton had to help. Here he is transferring dirt from one area to another. Good job Dain!
So cute I hope he remembers when he gets older that he likes to help clean. I am sure this is just wishful thinking but one can dream right?

Happy Swanson family and the look on Dylan's face says it all "let me at that cake"! Oh how Dainton loves cake. Can you tell?
Then there is Dylan who is the opposite of Dain. He doesn't like to wear his food.
Oh boy, and then it was pinata time. Hit it Dylan
Then it was Dain's turn. He was in love with the little bat.

I had to snap this picture. First he is standing second look at that hair, it is almost as tall as he is! Here is what we call a mullet hawk with a comb over
This was Cole at Dyaln's 2nd birthday. He slept the whole time. This is not normal but I was thankful since I was on my own with Dain and Col.
Look at those funny boys especially the 3rd one from the left. LOL!
Happy 2nd Birthday Dylan!!!

Since I am always the picture taker here is a rare photo of me and the boys. They look so much alike in this photo. A Neff is a Neff! Maybe as they get older some of me will come through. Dainton and Dylan decided Coltin needed a sandwich kiss. Man that little guy is loved. You can only imagine what his expression was once they were done!
PJs and a REDSOX hat what a outfit
Dain decided to dump the bubble machine full of bubbles over his head. Needless to say Kristopher wouldn't let him in until he snapped a couple photos.
LOL!

We had fun at Lake Wilderness park with Amber and Dylan after us mommies did our workout! I actually made it out of the house. Yah!

Dain was having fun walking up the slide.