Thursday, May 22, 2008
My baby is walking!!
She is officially walking now! We went to Quin's last day of school picnic today, and Gretchen kept walking away from me....
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Spring update
Wow, it's been a while since I've updated (as friends and family keep reminding me...). My only excuse is that it's been busy around here: E's been traveling a lot recently and we're getting ready to move to a larger house here in town. The pictures are in chronological order.
Our favorite dive shop is Diva Alaska; I'm hoping to get dry suit certified this summer and do a refresher course so that I can join the rest of the group for diving! I think E and I will swap who has the kids when, so that we each can start taking "diving breaks." Jolene was very kind to offer to take the kids for a weekend so that we can both go diving at least once together.
She really does slurp it up!!
All dressed up and nowhere to go. Well, not quite; we were ready to walk out the door, when "Mama, I have to go potty!" rang out from Quin.
I want to go outside too! (I keep telling her that as soon as she's walking, we can start doing more stuff outside - without the play pen!)
A little bedroom surprise one night - Quin wanted to make sure the elephant was tucked in for bed.
Dada's home!! E came home from Deadhorse when I was watching Leila and Ethan; all the kids were thrilled that he was home and I was beside myself with joy!!
25 April, 2008. We got almost two feet of snow.
Bunny watching. We have two adult gray bunnies, one juvenille black bunny, and three gray baby bunnies in our yard. I don't think the babies have left our back yard yet, but I know the older ones are out and about from talking with neighbors. (Carey - are you coming by to "rescue" these creatures soon??)
Gretchen is almost walking now. She can take about 5 steps before falling down. She's cruising everywhere, and enjoys the challenge of walking between things. This shot was taken before she was cruising a lot, but she was enjoying the vertical aspect of life!
Today we took a bike ride - the first "real" bike ride for two years. When E asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day, I asked for a bike ride. However, due to scheduling conflicts, I didn't get my bike ride last weekend (E was diving - at my insistence), so we went this weekend. We biked down to Zorba's for a gyro lunch (chicken gyros were VERY popular with the kids - next time we'll need two!), then stopped at a park to let some energy loose.
Getting ready to go - the excitement is mounting!
A quick snack while the gyros were cooling.
At the park.
Gretchen fell asleep on Quin's shoulder on the way home, and he was very disturbed by this. The kids had a quick snack before heading off for a good nap.
Our favorite dive shop is Diva Alaska; I'm hoping to get dry suit certified this summer and do a refresher course so that I can join the rest of the group for diving! I think E and I will swap who has the kids when, so that we each can start taking "diving breaks." Jolene was very kind to offer to take the kids for a weekend so that we can both go diving at least once together.
She really does slurp it up!!
All dressed up and nowhere to go. Well, not quite; we were ready to walk out the door, when "Mama, I have to go potty!" rang out from Quin.
I want to go outside too! (I keep telling her that as soon as she's walking, we can start doing more stuff outside - without the play pen!)
A little bedroom surprise one night - Quin wanted to make sure the elephant was tucked in for bed.
Dada's home!! E came home from Deadhorse when I was watching Leila and Ethan; all the kids were thrilled that he was home and I was beside myself with joy!!
25 April, 2008. We got almost two feet of snow.
Bunny watching. We have two adult gray bunnies, one juvenille black bunny, and three gray baby bunnies in our yard. I don't think the babies have left our back yard yet, but I know the older ones are out and about from talking with neighbors. (Carey - are you coming by to "rescue" these creatures soon??)
Gretchen is almost walking now. She can take about 5 steps before falling down. She's cruising everywhere, and enjoys the challenge of walking between things. This shot was taken before she was cruising a lot, but she was enjoying the vertical aspect of life!
Today we took a bike ride - the first "real" bike ride for two years. When E asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day, I asked for a bike ride. However, due to scheduling conflicts, I didn't get my bike ride last weekend (E was diving - at my insistence), so we went this weekend. We biked down to Zorba's for a gyro lunch (chicken gyros were VERY popular with the kids - next time we'll need two!), then stopped at a park to let some energy loose.
Getting ready to go - the excitement is mounting!
A quick snack while the gyros were cooling.
At the park.
Gretchen fell asleep on Quin's shoulder on the way home, and he was very disturbed by this. The kids had a quick snack before heading off for a good nap.
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