Our Weekend of Bluegrass

So... I started this post last week after we got back from Grey Fox, but saved it and forgot about it. Sorry. Anyway, we had a fantastic long weekend at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in Oak Hill, NY in the Catskills. Keith, Allan, Suzy, Acer, and I arrived Wednesday evening to set up camp. Thanks to yet another "Grey Fox Miracle" Suzy found us a perfect place to call home when another group decided to move to another spot! We had several pop-up tents to set up a "kitchen" and "living room" to hang out in. Allan and I brought a giant tent and a futon in order to be as comfy as possible. No music Wednesday, but Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were filled with amazing bluegrass! For those of you who know bluegrass we saw: Abagail Washburn and Sparrow Quartet, Infamous Stringdusters, Del McCoury, David Grisman, Sam Bush, Hot Rize, Jerry Douglas, Tim O'Brien, Uncle Earl, and more! It was definitely one of the best years yet! (Although I think I say that every year) The only problem was that it was sooooo hot... We chose not to go see much daytime music, which we have done a lot of in the past. Acer did incredibly well in the heat, but he was more interested in staying under the pop up tent or in the water, so we mostly saw late afternoon and evening music. This picture is from a really great swimming hole that our friend Jon brought us to (he's from the area). Acer had his first swimming hole experience. This picture is the "baby train" we made to send him back up the hill after swimming. (Don't worry, he went down that way too. No jumping for Acer quite yet...) We were with such great friends and family, all who clearly love Acer :) All in all, a wonderful weekend!

Now we're back home and hoping for some more nice weather to enjoy summer. We are a little sick of the rain. Even our garden is getting a little fed up. We harvested our garlic and onions and are still eating greens, zucchini and yellow squash, our second round of peas, beets, carrots, and a few jalapeno peppers. Tomatoes look great! Just a few more weeks until we can start making sauce and salsa!

Hope you are all enjoying your summers! We love and miss you!

New Friend!

Acer made MANY new friends this 4th of July holiday. This is Mojo, Bo's new puppy. As you can see, they really hit it off! Acer had many other "firsts"... He went to camp for the first time, he took his first swim (not too interested), he got his first mosquito bite... Lots of fun! Thanks to the Taylors for hosting a wonderful holiday, once again! We always love spending time with the Taylor, Boreanaz, and Slavin crew (among many other friends...) Thanks to all for a fantastic birthday!

We hope you are all well and staying cool in this hot, sticky weather.

Love you,
Mish, Allan, and Acer

Naked Time!

We hope you enjoy this picture of Allan and Acer's "post-bath naked time". He really enjoys his baths. The best baths are the ones he takes with one of us... Those are so much fun! Summer is going well here! The garden is thriving... We've eaten all kinds of greens, strawberries, and our first peas came a few days ago. Tasty. We've visited friends, gone for walks, played lots of volleyball, gone swimming in the pond, and we even went to our first concert at Shelburne Farms. It was Michael Franti and Spearhead. Acer had a great time dancing with us and friends... We hope that all of you are enjoying the summer as well. We will be leaving for the lake to spend a little 4th of July vacation time with friends and family.

A little update. Acer is now laughing! He likes bouncing on the bed, tickling, funny noises, and other people laughing with him. He's currently enjoying chewing on his hands, toys, our fingers, clothes, really anything he can get in his mouth (we think he's started teething) He's growing pretty fast. He's probably about 15lbs by now... Wow!

Take care,
Mish, Allan, and Acer

Stuck in Kansas City!

48 hours after being stuck in Kansas City, we are home and happy, but not without feeling a little angry about what we had to go through. For those of you who didn't know, we went to Missouri for a Thompson family reunion! The reunion was so much fun. We were at the family farm in Marshall, Missouri and spent the day and evening with family, fried food, and fireworks! It was fun to meet all the Thompson clan and take our first airplane trip with Acer. He was fantastic! He kept all our spirits up when we got stuck in Kansas City for 2 days due to weather, mechanical issues, and down-right rediculousness of the KCI airport and United Airlines. This picture wasn't taken this weekend (our camera batteries died), but I think it speaks for how we (Mish, Allan, Keith, Suzy, Loren, Kristen, Otho, and Louis) feel about Kansas City International Airport and United Airlines.

Happy Summer,
Mish

Lazy Day

Just thought we'd share a recent picture of Acer hanging out
with his dad last week. We're really starting to get the hang of things here (although just when we think we have some kind of pattern, he changes it...) He slept for almost 7 hours last night. He woke up once and cried for a few seconds and fell back asleep until 5 am! He sleeps and eats very well. We know, we're lucky... Not all nights are like that though. Most nights we get a 4-5 hours stretch. It's going to be a rainy week here, so we'll be trying to find things to do around the house. That shouldn't be too much of a problem, laundry and dishes are never ending :) We hope you are enjoying May! Take care.

Happy Baby!

It's finally spring and boy are we all happy. May arrived with some rain and colder weather, but today is sunny and warm. It's funny that I'm inside writing this post on a beautiful day and I didn't do anything when it was cold and rainy. I can only say that it's hard to type with one hand when I'm holding Acer (Allan's with him now). But... He's waking up, so I will report that Acer is now over 11 pounds. He sleeps and eats very well. And as you can see, he's smiling a lot! He really likes to sit and play with us, smiling and "talking". We are having so much fun! He really is a great baby. Take care and Happy Cinco De Mayo!

-Mish

A Grandmother's Visit

We had a couple of nice warm sunny days when Mish's mom came to visit. Great for hanging out on the porch and enjoying the afternoon with Grandpa Otho too. We had a wonderful time... (I wrote this weeks ago, but forgot to post it. Sorry)

He may be a thumb sucker...

This picture was taken a few days ago when Acer was feeling like he needed some more comfort. We haven't seen him do it since then, but now we know he can!

For the past week Acer's great-grandmother was visiting and helping out. She left yesterday and we miss her already. His grandmother comes this Saturday for 4 days! Then we will start enjoying our spring! Acer and I hope to get up to the sugaring site this week. Plus we are starting seeds! Spring is on it's way, slowly...

We love and miss you all!
Mish, Allan, and Acer

p.s. Acer weighed 7lbs 15 oz on Monday, March 31st!