Auden's 2nd Birthday...

Auden fully enjoyed his 2nd birthday with friends and family...

Camping at Fillmore Glen State Park...

Auden loves to use our 'hiking sticks'!

Drew, Jenn and Ben on the trail.

Ben hanging out and looking oh so cute!

Auden sharing Mommy's 'hiking stick'.

Consulting the map.

Drew looking soft and angelic...
...and hard and manned-up!

Amy and Jenn on the trail.

Jenn and Ben hanging at the campsite.

Summer is well on its way and Auden is so excited about his new slide!

Here are some pics from his first days on the slide

with his friend, Chloe.

Mother's Day Weekend...

It was a restful Mother's Day weekend, up on Seneca Lake.

We hiked, BBQed at our camp site and even got to

hit the wineries with 'Aunt JoJo' and Aaron.

Auden finding a good spot to snuggle, after returning from our hike.

The dog's water bowl...a perfect place to wash off dirty paws! (iew)

That's Seneca Lake, just beyond the trees of our campsite.

By no encouragement from anyone, Auden kept asking to 'hug tree'.

He would run from tree to tree, giving big hugs.

Ilya said, "I didn't realize hippie was genetic!"

The littlest tree hugger!

Ilya whipping up a special Mother's Day breakfast.

It's a Big Big World...

Yeah, that's right...we let our child watch TV.

AND HE'S JUST FINE! ; )

Auden's favorite show is 'It's a Big Big World' on PBS.

At the end, the main character sings a songs...

asks the crowd to give him five...

and then waves good bye.

Auden RUSHES to the TV to give Snook five and waves goodbye

saying, "Bye Snook!"

Garage sale season begins...

We joined some other mommies and kiddies for a trek

around a local neighborhood for their annual garage sales...

Auden digging his new toy house.

He's been at it for almost three hours!

The best $3 I've spent in a long time!!

Auden sporting his like-new Columbia parka.

...and demoing all of his 'new' goods!