Saturday, September 4, 2010

Regular people stuff

Rich just recently had 10 days off in a row, something never before seen in this family. And not only did he have time off but he wasn't required to fill it with studying, presentation preparing or any other professional duties. Instead he did regular people stuff. He cleaned the car.















He took a road trip with the family to visit his friend from medical school, Tracy and her family. Here Rich and Mitch pose with Brendan and Declan. You will notice that most of the pictures of Mitchell these days show him with his hand in his mouth. We're working on that albeit slowly.















We visited the Sacramento Train Museum as part of our road trip.















We took time to play in the park on the one and only rainy day we have seen since moving to Redding. Here is a game that we play over and over, and over and over.
















And here is another game we play over and over, and over and over. sometimes I think he laughs so hard that he wets his pants. Oh well, we've got that covered.


We also took a walk down by the Sacramento River that runs right through the middle of Redding. It made for some great family shots.


































As promised we captured pictures of Mitchell's second hair cut. Here Mitchell is in the chair of Miss Whitney at Attractions Uptown. Mitchell knew Whitney very well before our visit to the salon. She is one of the child care providers at the gym we go to and practically everyday Mitchell hangs out and plays with her for about an hour. He was a little surprised to see her in a different element but seemed very comfortable. Mitchell was a fidget midget for most of it with some sprinklings of crankapatamus.
Before.














Almost done.



















And afterwords he wanted to help clean.














We are gearing up for a trip to Palm Springs to meet cousin Brodie for the first time and we just can't wait.

Much love.