Dad's Birthday: Mountain Bike Madness

5.23.14 (10 months 3 weeks)

To round off the trip to Grammy's and Grandpa Jer Bear's Gus and I went mountain biking for 3.5 hours while Auntie Lyn and the fam babysat Sierra. Gus was thrilled to get out and ride! There were beautiful purple and red wildflowers blossoming everywhere. We even got to jump in the river to cool off. We were so tired from the ride that we drove home on Monday morning (Gus' actual birthday).

As for the week, we invited Marleene and her two kiddos over for brunch before we went into work. It was nice to have them over and meet our animals, and hang out. Wednesday morning I brought Sierra to library reading group, and the main book was all about dogs. She was squealing with delight. At one point she wandered to the other side of the circle and was positioned next to people she didn't know. She lifted her arms up and started calling out "Mah Mah" very loudly. Everyone thought it was pretty cute (even though it "interrupted" story time). Wednesday afternoon we took off from our work, and were able to go mountain biking again at Sly Park (hitting up the awesome new trail that had recently been built). Marleene gave Gus a bike gear and chain bottle opener key ring which he was able to use after our ride!

We picked Sierra up early from daycare on Wednesday and were all able to hang out as a family together. Something interesting that Sierra is doing now is fake laughing. She knows when situations are "funny" but she fake laughs at them, if they aren't hilarious. She is testing out her personality all the time these days. Sierra has also been in a hugging stage for the past 2 weeks and it has been sooo endearing. Here she is hugging Mr. Oso.What a gentle boy Oso is. He is truly a perfect family dog.

  That is until she spots Dad taking her picture.

 And makes a direct line over to him!

We took out the bike trailer again today and made a quick loop around Davis stopping at a wonderful little bakery downtown. Sierra is definitely enjoying her rides much more now, and I can't help but enjoy them more too.