another milestone

as of today, sullivan is weaned! i've been gradually working in some formula feedings for a few weeks, in preparation for a trip we are taking (we are leaving sullivan with the grandparents) to the central california coast later this month, and i had just, within the last few days, gotten down to one feeding a day. then today, when we were getting ready for his nap, i thought i might as well just make a sippy cup and see if he'll take it. i thought that he might be attached to that feeding because he almost always falls asleep while he is eating, but he happily took the sippy cup and drank it right down. then he sat quietly on my lap (a rarity) while i read him the poem the cremation of sam mcgee. before i finished, i looked down and he was fast asleep.

i am a little sad, and i do feel a twinge of guilt, but i am definitely happy to have a little more freedom, and i am elated to pack my pump away for a while! i am also pretty proud of myself; after all my trials and tribulations, i made it (almost) a year! not many people can say that, and i am so happy to have given that gift to sullivan.

and since i feel a post is incomplete without some photos, here are a few i took on the last day of july. those pajamas are for you, pappy!

mammoth 2009

last week was the annual woodward family vacation to mammoth. usually we are only able to make it for the tail end of the week, but this year we drove up on tuesday night. It was awesome to have the extra few days up there, but packing was crazy! and now that we have sullivan...well, it was ridiculous the amount of crap we brought.

Here is ryan getting ready to pack the cooler:

the first day we were there the boys went hiking and i took a nap. sullivan loves the backpack! also a fan of drinking out of a water bottle.

i had to get a shot of the insane amount of camo going on here. oh wait, you can't see who is in the photo, right? because of all the camo. well, that is sully, uncle brett, and aidan.

grandma ginni got the boys matching outfits that they wore most of the day until, amazingly, sullivan and not aidan had a diaper explosion that necessitated an entire outfit change. we got some great photos though. :)

next year, mammoth will be CRAZINESS. a two-year-old and a one-year-old will be tearing out the place. i can't wait!