Great-Great Grandma Frannie!

Hello All...

Sorry once again for the delay in writing. We've had a very busy October and early November with visitors, a quick trip to Buffalo, a first Halloween, and an election! Whew... We saw the Carras who came up for the long Columbus Day weekend, Michelle and Christina, and Carriann with her two beautiful girls...

The Buffalo trip was a whirlwind of new people for Acer. We drove there with Suzy who was attending a workshop training all weekend. The drives were fantastic, lots of sleeping... We only stopped once each way! Acer met new aunts, uncles, cousins, and his great-great grandma Frannie. We stayed with his great grandma and had so much fun playing at her house.

So much is happening, so fast... Acer got his first tooth and then another a couple weeks later. He's just about to start crawling; he can inch himself forward if he really wants something. And, he's almost 20lbs at 8 months old. Hard to believe it's been 8 months already. We hope you enjoy the new slideshow pictures from October. We're trying to get some good pictures of his new tooth (teeth), but he won't sit still.

Take care and Happy November!
Mish, Allan, and Acer

Mish's Baby Pictures!

Allan's Baby Pictures!

Carrots!

Hello Blog Watchers!

It has been a while since we've written on here, sorry... A lot is happening here! Acer can now roll over and over and over. He rolls across the room VERY quickly. He can now sit up on his own as well! It's funny how he resisted for so long and then one day he stopped falling over. He still falls every once in a while, but his balance is impressive. He is also starting to eat some solid foods. So far he has tried avocado, squash, pumpkin, and carrots. It's great to have fresh food from the garden to start him on! As you can see, he wears more food than he eats right now! (Thanks to Gram for the bib. Go Sabres!)

Things are great here. The fall foliage is wonderful this year! We have been trying to spend as much time as possible outside before it gets too cold to be outside without a snowsuit! Acer really loves the leaves. Yesterday he spent an hour sitting and playing with them. Easy entertainment :)

Be sure to check out our latest slideshow of new pictures. Last weekend was Mish's 10 year high school reunion and Kendra came with her son Jonah! We had a really fun time and took lots of pictures!

Take care and enjoy the fall!
Mish, Allan, and Acer

It's Mish!

And you all think Acer looks like Allan... Thanks to Aunt Patti for giving us this picture from late 1980. Check out that TV!

Half Birthday!

Hooray! Today is Acer's half birthday! That's right folks... Acer is now 6 months old. Things sure are happening fast. Acer is rolling over all the time, and VERY quickly! His first teeth should be coming in soon (he's drooling like crazy and biting on everything he can get his hands on). He can almost stay sitting up without support. A couple more weeks for that one. We look forward to that day so he can play on the floor more easily.

We have been very busy here. The garden is producing more than we can keep up with. LOTS of beans, beets, carrots, and the best cherry tomatoes I've ever had (Sun Gold). We went to the Taylor camp up on the lake again for Labor Day and saw Marty and his family, Bo and Cal, Harry and Karen, Janet and her crew, Heidi and Nina, and the Lachtrupp family. What a time! Plus we went to a wedding this past weekend and had a fantastic time dancing and hanging out with new and old friends.

We hope that things are going well out there. We are looking forward to some fall visitors! Take care!

Love you,
Mish, Al, and Acer

p.s. We'll post some more baby pictures of Allan and Mish after the poll is over... Check it out.

Tammy's Visit!

Yeah! Tammy was here! We had such a fun time last week when "Aunt" Tammy came to visit for a few days. We picked blueberries and blackberries for jam, we made lots of pickles, we went shopping at Zutano (don't worry, we had a gift certificate), we went to Burlington... So much fun. Allan temporarily lost the camera, but luckily Tammy took LOTS of pictures. You can see pictures of the week on our newest slideshow.

Allan spent the first week in August at Camp Takumta (check out their website if you don't know about it). We missed him a lot here and we know he missed us. It's amazing how much Acer can grow and accomplish in a week.

We hope your summer is going well. We're having a blast here. Acer can now roll over and almost sit up on his own. He's getting closer and closer to crawling. Scary, but exciting... We'll be sure to keep you posted!

We love and miss you!

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!