Dirty Man

Sometimes after you get caught eating handfuls of dirt to make your sister laugh..you get banished to the house for quiet book reading with your big sister!

Just look at that dirty face!

Plums!

Every August our tree is full of small red plums. Many years they have fallen and gone to waste...but this year we were home for the ripe week and got busy to put them to good use! The kids had a blast picking plums with Daddy.

The Third Trimester...

Yep, hard to believe even for me that we have begun the final trimester with our little girl! This week we had our midwife as well as perinatal appointments, looks like all is well..though the perinatologist had to do his own ultrasound on me today as the tech was shocked at how big she seems...hard to believe that she could be big when all my others have been so tiny! Oh well, I guess she's nearly 3 lbs (though we are fully aware of the limitations of US measurements and the margin for error there), and I'm glad to know that she's growing since I have been asked more then once if I've checked into the possibility that I could be carrying twins. I have to wonder who made it socially acceptable to comment on a pregnant woman's belly when you don't even know her, because EVERYONE seems to have an opinion on how you look.

I do feel like the medication I am taking is helping with my contractions; it has been an interesting endeavor having Blake learn to administer the IM injections...he is most definitely and engineer!

We are excited for our upcoming family/Maternity portraits with Sara Parson's, but decided to mark the beginning of the 3rd trimester with some photos by Daddy.

27 Weeks

Lil Slugger!

Finn just loves to play ball...I snapped a few pics of batting practice one evening this week after Daddy got home from work! Our little man is a leftie, and is quite the sports enthusiast!

That's one high pitch Dad!

Sunny Sunday!

We have returned from our Oregon trip and spent our Sunday cleaning, stocking up on groceries and vegetables at the Farmer's market.

Finn and Mom

He is so wiggly and does make me laugh (and himself too!).

Daddy and his princess.

Enjoying the sunshine and a ripe plum off our tree in the backyard.

Cypress Family Day!

It's really nice to go to the zoo with Daddy...even nicer when it's a Friday and his work is paying for the trip and catering lunch and dinner! We had a nice family day thanks to Cypress a few Friday's back at the Woodland Park Zoo.

They had special face painting provided..

Addie got to see the giraffe's.

..and Finn chatted it up with the gorilla!

Waiting to meet the ferret.,

Fun Project!

Compliments of Kellen's 3rd birthday/train party...the kids had these fun wooden trains to put together and paint. They had a blast working on these and did a fabulous job, although it was a bit of a messy project!

Night at Bellevue!

It's been a VERY busy couple weeks around here...sold a car, bought a car, attended friend's parties, had a kids weekend at Grammy's...and had our home broken into (just to mention a few things)! Needless to say we are really looking forward to and needing some relaxation..

Last night we did just that and made a special trip to See's candy for some treats...lets just say it sounded good, and frequently does, we are only slightly worried that the little old ladies that work at See's will soon know us by name! Afterwards we decided to head to Bellevue to check out a park that I am doing photos at later this week..Luckily the girl who has recently had all her camera equipment taken, is also the one who now carries her camera everywhere so it can't be stolen while she's out..!

So we caught a few pics in the nice evening light!

Yes...these are Addie's boots (or were) but Finn has taken to wearing them and calling them his 'firefighter boots'...Addie says she's fine with it. I guess that means I now get to buy a pink pair as well!

Little Beauty!

Addie just loves being the princess! Each day she picks out something lovely to wear, brushes her hair "long like Rapunzel" and plays with Mommy's makeup brushes...

Finn is glad to help out by washing her hair!

Getting more beautiful for the day!

Help has arrived!

Blueberry Man!

I was on the phone downstairs as the kiddos played upstairs...I came up to find Finny had brought up a snack to my (yes still unmade) bed! Oh brother, at least he's not the kind of boy to let a single blueberry go to waste...so there was no mess!

Delighted to find his snack still out following his morning bath!

"Is my tongue blue Addie?"