mikko - 9 months

happy guy

sooooo cute

silly

foxy loves mikko and vice versa

lots of licks - sometimes I give up caring that she licks him

And he crashes.

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Mikko, aka Mikkster, Mikko Man, and WWF Wrestler (as daddy calls him) is 9 months old.

He has 4 new teeth in the last month and didn't comlain at all about them.

We thought for sure he'd be crawling, but not yet. He just kinda rolls and somehow scoots everywhere he wants to go.

I have to be done with the infant carrier this week because it is way too heavy. I'm guessing he is 20 pounds.

He still has a great appetite but hasn't mastered sleeping through the night - yet.

He is starting to grow lots of very blond hair.

He is a delightful little charmer!

Jimmy is on Vacation

Jimmy stayed with Grandpa Huntz and Grandma Marlene. He is up there until my parents come back down for bobby's Birthday Party on the 19th. He is meeting all the neighbor dogs and getting lots of bonding time with Grandpa. Grandpa LOVES Jimmy and just thinks he is the best dog. He likes Foxy too of course, but only wants to have one dog at a time.

We have to give Foxy lots of attention these two weeks! Last night I took her for a good walk and David is giving her one treat every night!

Fun in Sleds at the Shack

II was pulling both David and Mikko in their sleds...until....

David wanted to pull Mikko


Mikko just loved it and was so relaxed.

Feeding the birds

David fell asleep with his snow pants on. A day in the fresh air tuckers a guy out!
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We had another fun trip to the Shack.

I got 3 good walks in and Damon and I went snowshoeing one day.

Mikko was just perfect. We were SURE he would start to crawl this weekend but instead he rolled everywhere he wanted to go.

David went on the Potty a few times and was just so much fun. He makes us laugh so much.

Can't wait for another trip North.

Walks and Snowshoeing at the Shack - I definitely got my work-outs in!

We stopped for a self-portrait on our long Snowshoe walk.


It was a BEAUTIFUL day for a hike in the woods.



We snowshoed to Damon's new deerstand, he shot his first deer from it.

We took a short cut from the Sugarbush. Here I am emerging from the woods!

One morning we went for a 4 mile walk down the road. It was so peaceful, no noise whatsoever. The only fear was for wolves so the dogs didn't come along. There have been a lot of wolf sightings lately so we were really careful with the dogs.

The "S" Curve

"Huntz Haven". I think that the deer hunters stop to nap here.

The Peterson Shack in winter.

Tracks of a mystery animal across the "80 Line"

More tracks. It was fun to see all the animal tracks through the undisturbed snow. There were even wolf tracks across a field.

Stacking wood at the Shack

Mikko and Mommy watched the guys pile wood.


Damon was very impressed with my photo of Foxy.



David helped carry wood



Helping Daddy


Splitting wood

Daddy and Papa were working so hard we decided to bring them a beer. Mikko delivered them by sled.

Beer Delivery by Mikko

The wood all chopped and stacked.

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A neighbor (and logger) down the road gave us all this wood, all for one case of Budweiser! It just needs to dry through the summer and then we'll have lots of fires next Winter!

Inside the cozy Shack - We didn't want to leave : (

Warming up his hands at the woodstove after spending lots of time outside.



All bundled up and ready to go outside.



Mikko is ready to go outside too!

Tickles from Grandma Marlene

Grandma and Mikkers

Sooo Content

We had a snow melting contest. I filled up this old Christian Guzman Twins cup with snow and we guessed how much water it would be when it melted. Me and Mom tied. It was a lot more fun than it sounds : )

Grandpa Huntz entertained David. He would have him stop in front of him by putting his arm out and make him do a task, like counting to 10, and then Grandpa would tell him to run. David LOVED it and wore us out just watching him.

Damon reading the boys a book.

Dharma Beer, LOST fans will enjoy!

Damon enjoying a nice cold Dharma Initiative Beer before the show begins!

Damon was greeted to this in the fridge!

Sawyer and Jin tipped a few back.

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The long awaited season of LOST has finally arrived. I created Dharma Beer for the occasion. I surprised Damon and stocked the fridge with Dharma Beer labeled beer cans.

Thanks Bobby!

Since Bobby has moved onto bigger and better (Wii), he gave David his old Thomas the Train video game! David loves it! The video game era in the Lee Household has officially begun!

Almost Crawling and Fun with Cousins

Picture of Mikko Ready to Take Off

He has the Eye of the Tiger in this picture.

We went to Bobby's Hockey Spaghetti Feed! That is one BIG MEATBALL (of which he didn't have a single bite, of course)

Playing Mario Kart on Gretzky's Princess Chair


All 3 of them playing Mario Kart

Here is a video of Mikko rocking back and forth trying SO hard to crawl. Sorry it is so dark.