Spring 2007

We have had a very busy spring this year beginning with Charlie's 2nd Birthday on March 11th. We held a "choo-choo" party for him and lots of friends and family attended. I still can't believe he is already a two year old! A week later we had him in for a scheduled surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoid at OHSU in Portland. It was a routine procedure although that doesn't make it any easier on a little one. He is fully recovered and definitely better off now than before. He is talking a lot now - putting 2 and 3 word phrases together. He says "dada home" and "baby wake up" as well as many others. He loves playing with his choo choos and he is starting to really enjoy playing with Bodhi too.

On March 28th we closed on our new house! That night we moved cribs, our bed and enough clothes and diapers to spend the first night in our brand new house. The next few days we enlisted the help of many friends and family members to move the rest of our belongings and help us get settled in. I have to say it was the most painless move ever! We love the new house and the neighborhood. It is full of young families and lots of young kids! There is a wonderful new park 2 blocks away and great views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams. The neighbors are all very nice people and we look forward to watching the boys grow up here for many years to come. Easter was spent here in Hood River with numerous Easter egg hunts. Although this was Charlie's 3rd Easter it was the first that he's really participated in and kind of understood. He definitely enjoyed all the chocolate eggs!

Rex has completed working on two brewpub projects in Hood River - Double Mountain Brewery and Full Sail. He has returned to working on a house in Hood River building a custom entertainment center and library. I am back teaching yoga on a regular schedule in Hood River and will try to teach in Portland again soon. Bodhi is growing and continuing to be such a sweet baby boy. He is 9 months old now and is over 29" tall and weighs 23 lbs. In other words he is big! He says "mama" and tries to say "dada". He is standing holding onto things and is so close to crawling. He waves bye bye and smiles almost all the time.

Winter 2007 Slideshow

So far the winter of 2007 has been full of doctor visits! Both boys are doing much better now but it's been a rough cold and flu season for us. The new year came in with a bang as both boys came down with hand, foot and mouth disease as well as ear infections. Bodhi still has the ear infection and this friday will have tubes put in his ears. He continues to grow like a weed - at 6 months he weighs over 20 lbs. and is quickly catching up to Charlie. He's sitting up well and is eating solid foods in addition to nursing. Charlie will celebrate his 2nd birthday next month. He just recovered from a bout of pneumonia and will have his tonsils removed March 16th. He is talking more and more with at least one new word each day. He's very into trains and today's new phrase was "All aboard!". Check out the slideshow for some very cute pictures! Enjoy!

Holiday 2006 Slideshow

Christmas 2006

Christmas 2006 -

We had a great holiday season this year. With Charlie being old enough to open presents and sort of understand Santa Claus we had a lot of fun. It began with getting the tree in early December. I sat in the minivan nursing Bodhi while Rex and Charlie picked out a Grand Fir. We went small this year as our living room seems to have shrunk a bit due to the increasing amount of toys. Charlie helped hang the ornaments which for me is a lot of fun because I have been given an ornament every year of my life from my Mom. So looking at each year's ornament brings back memories of past Christmas's. This year we were able to attend a couple of fancy Christmas parties where the dress was semi-formal. We got babysitters, dressed up and got to enjoy ourselves without kids! What fun! Christmas Eve was fairly mellow - spent the afternoon at a friends house and later had my traditional Christmas Eve dinner of cheese fondue. That night "Santa" went to work setting up the Christmas train around the tree and setting out gifts and filling the stockings. Christmas morning Charlie woke up and was eager to see what Santa had brought. We let him open presents and his stocking until we were about halfway thru the gifts. Then it was time for a break to eat breakfast. After that we let him finish opening gifts and then it was play, play, play! Lots of new toys to check out. Later that afternoon Rex's family began to arrive for a traditional Christmas dinner - potluck style. Wrayal fried a turkey and others provided casseroles and traditional trimmings. We were so full that the apple pie was left uneaten. All in all it was a great day! Lots of fun, food and family.