A fond farewell...

to summer.

Jon, Ollie and I had such a wonderful, fun summer this year. It felt so carefree. I felt like I had everything in the world. I really could not have been happier. Where as the past few summers prior, though fun, were always missing something very important.
Oliver.

Oh how I loved sharing a fun summer with my husband and my baby boy. Watching Ollie do the fun summer activities that I have always enjoyed so much, brought even more joy and more fun to everything. I loved every minute of it.

There are exactly 105 summer pictures (that is after I narrowed it WAY down) that I have on my computer. I will not force you to look at that many. But here are a few.

Here is Ollie, VERY excited to see grandma and grandpa great.

And some from Lake Powell.

I know it looks like he doesn't like me slobbering all over him but I assure you, he does.

Daddy and Ollie's footprints

Daddy. Aka my hot husband.

Ollie is SO his Daddy's boy. I love that they are both pulling the same half-smile face.

First ride on a jet ski. He was a little unsure but I think enjoyed it in the end because he fell asleep.

Now, for the first 2 days at lake powell, Oliver was SICK as can be. He has never been sick before so this was a very unwelcome surprise at a very inopportune time. He was cutting his first tooth and he had a terrible cold so he was completely miserable for those 2 days. This is what his face looked like all the time. So sad, so tired, so sick. No fun. Even when we tried to take him out to play in the water he just felt so lousy. Totally broke my heart. Luckily he made a full recovery and had fun the rest of the trip.

Big air for Jon

Not so much for me.

What a little stud in his little life jacket. He wasn't a fan.

There was SO much more, but I am way too tired to post it all. So this will have to do.
Thanks for all our friends and family that made this summer totally rock.

Thank you Ollie, for being here, and making this summer so much more fun and for making Mommy and Daddy so happy.