Walking to church from our house. 8:00 AM

A few straggling pears.
Apples waiting to be picked.

Apple boxes for transporting to the packing houses.


Adventures in Grapes, at home after Oskar's bedtime.
Homemade grape juice. Yum.
45 pounds of grapes.
Prepping grapes for raisins and grape juice.


At the park- because a post just isn't complete without Oskar.

More of Oskar James, Summer 2009.
In reverse chronological order.

Daddy home for lunch with us today.

Oskar sportin' some new pants I sewed for him today out of an old sweater of Mark's.
Cozy for fall!

Oskar and Grandpa Nystrom in Yakima just a couple weeks ago.

Oskar and Mormor.


Thanks for the overalls Heidi! I love them!!


This tummy time stuff is hard work, and not much fun!


Sitting all by myself, on the otherhand, is GREAT fun.
Future Viking?


Cleaning up the cob after daddy ate most of it.


No words needed.


So precious.


Grandma and Grandpa Swanson at the Minneapolis Airport.


Oskar sitting in daddy's old rocking chair.


Mormor, Grandpa, and Oskar in Decorah.

Here is Oskar after enjoying a midafternoon snack. 

He's in a pretty good mood, but just about ready for a nap. 

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Summer 2009
Oskar will be 6 months old tomorrow and we haven't shared any pics on here since his 4 month shot. So, here are a bunch of pics from our summer so far.
Oskar is growing like a weed. Full of smiles (for anyone but the camera) and laughing more and more. Prefers to suck his big toes to his thumb. Getting the hang of sitting all by himself. LOVES to stand with your support (truly LOVES it and doesn't seem to ever get tired). So interested in the world the he really doesn't like to go to sleep. And just sprouted his first two teeth this weekend.

"Whoa. This is me at 4 months, but tomorrow I'll be 5 months old! 

Can you believe it?"

[Belated] official 4 month stats update

Oskar James Swanson
18.1 ounces heavy
26 3/4 inches long
Oskar is holding his ground on the upper end of the growth charts- 93 and 94% for height and weight, 99% for head circumference. Unfortunately we left the camera in Yakima and the computer still won't let us download pics so there are no new photo updates here. However, elsewhere on the web Oskar and Mark made the slideshow on the Covenant Annual Meeting webpage.

These three pics are me trying to figure out how to download pics from Shutterfly for a blog entry without including the entire album as a slideshow. Not quite there, but he's still cute!

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