-
First Fly-In
It has been on our list and we are starting our year off right by marking something off on day 1. The Flights Above the Pacific Northwest local flying group hosts a number of fly-ins throughout the year. This year the New Years event was to The Hub at the Tacoma Narrows Airport. The timing didn’t seem right…
-
Dumplings
Today was the third time I have taken both boys out for lunch by myself. We met a few other PEPS friends at Din Tai Fung for dumplings. I was nervous with an unfamiliar food for Cooper and being outnumbered with both boys. This lunch was a huge success. Cooper loved every food put in front…
-
10 months
Development: Nicholas can now move from laying down to sitting up on his own. He chose to first do this in his crib just a few days after we lowered the mattress. He loves to stand holding on to things, especially his brother’s crib. He is getting closer to crawling by getting up on all…
-
Bouncing at Home Depot
Home Depot is our go to store when we are looking to get out of the house for a quick errand. Today we opted for two carts with the boys. Cooper is currently in a phase of wanting to look away or give stinky faces when asked to take a picture, but Nicholas was happy…
-
Day After Christmas
We are now on day 3 of opening presents and loving all of this family time together. We have agreed that we want to continue this extended Christmas tradition as long as the kids will let us spread it out across so many days. Today the boys opened their presents from us. Daddy was especially…
-
Christmas Day
Christmas morning was so much fun with our boys. Cooper woke up talking about wanting to eat the cookie he left for Santa. Fortunately, Santa left a little cookie behind and Cooper was very quick to ask if he could eat it, not even noticing the new balance bike just inches from the cookie. Nicholas enjoying reading…
-
Christmas Eve
It is tradition with my side of the family to open presents on Christmas Eve. We Skyped with my sister and opened up our gifts so it could be as close to opening presents together as possible. Cooper is starting to get more into Christmas so this year we decorated a cookie for Santa and left out a carrot…
-
Clapping
http://youtu.be/H7h7ncj6osY Our cutie pie added another trick to his list. We have a clapper on our hands. Nicholas will even do it on command like a seasoned pro.
-
Tooth fairy
On the evening of Christmas Eve Eve Cooper mentioned his tooth hurt. When we took a look we saw the abscess on the gum above the tooth he broke 14 months ago. We were aware this could happen, but thought we were in the clear by now. We were very fortunate that the Children’s dentistry we…
-
Zoo Lights
After a fun day of spinning around with Nene at a park we headed to Seattle to check out the Christmas lights at Woodland Park Zoo. We kicked off our evening in Seattle with some very delicious Thai food with Shannon and Brian and their niece Lily. The kids loved the lights and we think…