Micah Paul Rhoten
9/20/06, 2:03pm
8lb, 4oz
20 inches

Now that Micah is 3 1/2, we've added a new picture to his Growing Page.  You can also see his pictures next to Miles's picture on the comparison page.

New!  Lots of swimming, new gerbils, play dates.

New!  We went for a bike ride and ate cake for Molly's birthday.

New!  We had a great trip to Sycamore, IL.

We took a hike with Nana to Denny Creek.

Micah swimming, playing with friends, at the beach, and on a bike ride.

Micah swimming, ice skating, playing the piano, playing with friends, and helping clean for Miles's party.

Micah enjoyed the 4th of July parade a lot.

We had a backyard birthday party for Miles.

Lots of videos and pictures of Micah being silly (and naked).

Micah cuts, goes to a bunch of parks, meets a fire fighter, and has his school picture taken.

Easter baskets, egg hunt, and coloring eggs.

We spent spring break in Maui.

Micah sings his springfest pirate song, does some gardening, and rides a scooter at school.

Lots of pictures of Micah during his 3 1/2 photo shoot.

Micah plays keep away, goes to the Children's Musem, plays soccer, and helps plant a garden.

Micah does his gymnastics routines.

Micah plays with a friend, goes to a painting party, and makes a skeleton.

We went to the waterslides with some friends.

Micah signs his name, cooks and plays with the doll house.

More present opening than you can imagine.

Our Christmas Card photo, Christmas crafts, and cooking.

We took some pictures of Micah for his Growing page.

Alexandra, Mike, and Jeff came over to exchange gifts and make cookies.

We set up bunk beds for the kids.

Micah plays computer games and ping pong.

Micah helps put up the Christmas tree.

Micah helps set up the outdoor Christmas lights.

We had a great Thanksgiving with family.

Micah plays with friends and goes to the dentist for the first time.

Micah participates in a Trip Clip photo shoot.

Micah dressed up as a clown for Halloween this year.

Micah finally touched pumpkin guts!

Micah goes to Bellevue on the bus, has a bonfire on the beach, plays at the park, and does dishes.

We went to the Pumpkin patch with Nana, Grandad, and Etienne.

Our attempts to get a picture for the Growing Page.

Micah helps make his birthday cake, has a party at the park, and opens lots of presents.

Micah tries peanut butter and plays with cars.

Micah plays with friends and snuggles with Miles.

Grandma visited for her 75th birthday.

We took the kids camping at Baker Lake.

See some videos of Micah playing soccer.

Micah loved having guests (he called them "friends") in town.

We had a great time on this year's trip to Lake Chelan.

Micah rides his big boy bike and has a playdate with Sammy.

Micah watches a construction truck, fishes on the deck, and discovers the inside of the piano.

We went to the zoo with Nana, Miles, and a friend of Miles's. 

Micah handed out candy in the kids parade, watched the "real" parade, went to a rooftop bbq, and watched his first fireworks show.

Micah is naked a lot, plays games and the piano, airs up the tires, plays frisbee, gets a big boy bed, sings a song, and reads a book.

Micah was so busy being silly during his photo shoot that we had a hard time getting a good picture of him!

Micah enjoyed playing with Mike and Alexandra at our joint Father's Day and Birthday celebrations.

Micah had fun at Miles's 6th Birthday Party.

We met our friends the Bedwells at a park in Seattle for a fun morning playing and chatting.

Micah visited Miles at school and helped celebrate his 6th birthday.

See the world from Micah's point of view.

Micah plays with the rocket stomper, rides a big boy bike (with training wheels), plays in the fountain, and snuggles with Miles.

Micah goes to the museum, helps with some gardening, plays naked in the backyard, and uses the new pulley.

Micah helps celebrate Mother's Day

Micah cleans the deck and goes on a bus ride.

Micah was pretty happy about all the candy he got to eat before breakfast on Easter Sunday.

Micah had a grand time swimming and enjoying the sun on our trip to Mexico.

Micah uses scissors, plays with trains, and goes on a jammies walk.

Micah was a ham during his photo shoot for the growing page.

Micah performed on stage at this year's Springfest.

Micah plays outside, watches Wall-E, and goes to Starbucks.

Micah helped us celebrate Matt's 38th birthday.

Micah rides his tricycle to the park, plays in peanuts, does some recycling, and shows off at the little gym.

Micah played with Tor and went to the waterslide.

See our attempts to get a good picture of Micah for his growing page.

Micah bakes cookies and pets the cat.

We opened presents with Nana and Grandad on New Year's Day, after they very kindly babysat overnight so we could celebrate on our own!

We went to Sycamore to spend Christmas with the Scovilles this year.

Micah really enjoyed our snowball fight.

Micah plays in the snow and reads a book with Molly.

Micah plays a game with Miles, plays with glue, and visits with his friend Emmett.

Our family photo shoot.

Micah helps us decorate for Christmas.

Micah helps us cook and clean for our Thanksgiving Feast.

Micah eats popcorn, paints, and sings some songs with Miles.

Heather and her family came over for a bbq.

The kids dress up in their costumes and go trick-or-treating.

We went to the pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins and then carved them into jack-o-lanterns.

Micah gets messy eating, makes mashed potatoes, washes the bathroom wall, checks out the moving van, and reads with Nana.

Videos and pictures of Micah riding his tricycle, playing with Mike, checking out Miles's rocket, and playing in some fall leaves.

Tons of pictures of Micah's year in Homebase B at the daycare.

See all the smiles (and tears) from this month's photo shoot.

Micah wears goggles in the tub, and wears a cowboy hat on his scooter.

We went to Sycamore and celebrated Micah's 2nd birthday while we were there.

We had a small party for Micah with the Showmans, painting, and balloon cake.

We made a balloon cake for Micah's birthday.

Micah tries on costumes and has fun at Harrison's birthday party.

Micah makes a movie, jumps in the pool, reads a book with Nana, and sits on his tricycle.

School pictures and a trip to North Star Offices and the Sammamish Trail.

We had a great time on our 6th annual trip to Lake Chelan with the Showmans.

We had a great time seeing Sarah, Michel, Etienne and Gaby.

Micah tries to ride Miles's bike.

Micah watches half of the parade, and then sleeps through the rest.

Micah paints on the patio and plays with the hose.

Micah goes on a field trip with Miles's preschool class.

Micah has a blast playing with the big kids at Miles's birthday party.

Micah plays outside in the pool with Harrison, Isabella, and Miles, and goes to Ashton's 5th birthday party.

We had some trouble getting a good picture of Micah for his photo shoot!

We went overboard taking videos on our trip to Texas, we had to make a separate page for them.

We flew to Texas to visit Johnnie, Bill, and Janine.  Nana and Grandad met us there.

Micah loved the slide at Pump It Up.

Micah stomps on bubble wrap, plays with play-doh, and takes a jammies walk.

Micah plays baseball, eats toast and jam, and tries on an earring.

We had a great time on our train trip to Portland with the Bedwells.

Micah dresses up as a superhero, plays the key and ball game, and plays outside.

Micah plays in the hail, draws with dot markers, takes a bath, and drinks from a cup.

We traveled to Cabo San Lucas with Matt's company.

Micah helps around the house and eats a chocolate chip cookie.

Micah really enjoyed coloring Easter eggs and eating chocolate and a jelly bean.

Micah has lots of smiles for his 18 months photo shoot.

Micah reads books and dresses up some more.

Micah got to play in the snow while Miles took a ski lesson from Mike and Alexandra.

Micah throws sand in the water and wears sunglasses for the first time.

Micah had a ton of fun playing with his cousins, going bowling, and checking out the snow.

Micah dresses up, plays with a glow stick, and goes to the park.

Micah hangs out with Miles, and plays with Kix.

Sylvan, Sacha, and Jenny came for a visit.

Micah reads a book, plays with blocks, uses the computer, and has a tantrum.

Nana and Grandad came to help us celebrate Christmas.

Micah hams it up for his 15 Months picture.

Micah shows off his cooking skills, and tries on Miles's helmet.

Micah tries to pick up a bowling ball./

Micah sweeps the garage, plays the harmonica, decorates his crib, and enjoys the snow.

Putting lights up outside and decoration our Christmas tree.

Micah helps cook Thanksgiving dinner.

Micah cooks, wears Miles's hat, and plays in the shower.

Samantha and Natalie came over for a playdate.

On Halloween night we did some trick or treating around the neighborhood.

We made pumpkin soup.

Valve had a Halloween Party w/ trick or treating and crafts.

We went to a pumpkin patch and then made jack-o-lanterns.

Micah walks around carrying things, plays outside in the leaves.

Micah eats with a spoon, rides lots of vehicles, and demonstrates his new climbing skills.

A trip to the park.

Micah takes his first trip to Hawaii.

Micah's 1st year (9/20/06 - 9/20/07)