We’ve been meaning to get some of the great pictures posted from our recent trip with Del’s Grandma and Grandpa to Golden Garden in Seattle, during their October visit. Del had a blast playing on the beach and exploring the sand.

Less than a week later, and Del’s nasty looking cut above his eye has almost completely healed up!

Del and Brian, working together to figure out the new Star Wars Lego video game at the Apple Store in Bellevue Square. They didn’t have much luck with it…

After the Fremont Solstice Parade, we headed out to Mercer Island to help Kevin and Jenn’s son Sam celebrate his first birthday! Lots of toys, ice cream cake and pictures taken, and a fun afternoon was had by all. Del and Sam got some quality “hanging out” time as well, and it’s always a blast to see the second generation of Sutton and Carmony kids becoming friends!

We had an eventful Saturday, starting off with a trek to Fremont with Del’s Aunt Becky and friends to see the one-and-only Fremont Soltice Parade, complete with home-made float, clowns, naked bicyclists and more. Del had a front row seat for the action, but didn’t see all that interested.

» Click here to view a slideshow of pics from the parade (only a few are Del photos)

Del’s pediatrician, Dr. Madwed, is going on a six-month sabbatical at the end of this month, so we got Del in a couple weeks early for his nine-month check-up.

As expected, everything’s looking great and The Boy is growing as much as ever. 22 lbs, 14 ounces and 28.75″ in length – a gain of almost 2 1/2 lbs and nearly 2″ since his last check-up.

Another weekend, another round of croquet playing on a dreary Saturday afternoon here in Seattle. Some of the locals have begun referring to this as “June-uary”, and the weather has certainly felt more like fall than spring. Nonetheless, Del had a good time out and about yesterday, getting in some quality play time with Sam and just lounging around in general at Coleman Park in Seattle’s Mt. Baker.

Croquet season officially kicked off this Memorial Day weekend with a Saturday afternoon get-together at Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island. This was one of the first times Del and Sam (Kevin and Jenn’s little boy) have had a chance to get together since they’re both big enough to really start interacting.

The two seemed to have a good time together, hanging out, playing with each other’s toys and sampling nibbles of food off the barbecue.

Find more pictures on Flickr…