And Then the Rest of the Summer!

Okay, now I have MAJOR catch up to do. Oy.

I have a couple excuses. Really.

1) My computer crashed a while back. So that was scary. Luckily, Brian is a computer genius and saved the computer. And I had the wherewithal to back up my photos on an external hard drive, so I didn't lose any pictures. Thank goodness!

2) I am pregnant! We are due in May, and it's a girl. This pregnancy has been very different from George. I've been either sick or feeling off from the very beginning. Health wise, everything is fine and baby girl is looking good. So I'll roll with that.

So, here's the rest of the summer. I think we're going to have to go by season till I catch up.

The Rest of June

Petting zoo in Forest Park up in Mukilteo.


Conversations with goats.

Trampoline with Daddy!


With Grandpa Gary and cousin Leanna.

Raspberry picking (mostly eating).

Future marathoner.

Wheelbarrow rides with Gigi.

Ack! It's Mid June. Let's Back Up To April?

Ugh.

Catch up posts again. The last few months have been hectic. I traveled to Texas in April to meet up with some girlfriend, our family suffered the loss of Brian's mom, Karen, in May, which was heartbreaking, and then two weeks ago I flew to San Diego and participated in the Rock and Roll 1/2 Marathon (yes, I finished, and yes, I ran the whole thing). So, there's been lots of sad and some happy too. We're looking forward to summer around here. Whenever that happens.

So, I'm going to backpedal a bit.

George. George, George, George. The child, he a precocious one. He's talking up a storm. Some of the things he comes up with? Wow. His favorite sayings right now are 'I rest my case,' 'That's ENOUGH!', 'Ayudame!', which is 'help me' in Spanish.

He's very into music and dancing right now. If a commercial comes on tv with music, he say's 'Mommy, let's dance!' He especially likes dancing to his Yo Gabba Gabba cd.

What else...he's counting to 20, knows all his ABC's (we're learning lower case right now), and all his shapes. Even octagon. He knows a stop sign is an octagon and refers to his favorite cereal as 'stop sign' cereal, as it is octagon shaped. We're working on colors.

George is OBSESSED with Thomas the Tank Engine (and trains in general), and pretty much everything car/truck (especially garbage trucks for some reason) ...okay, anything with wheels. I picked up Cars and Trucks and Things that Go a couple weeks back and it is definitely his favorite book of the moment.

He loves to go to the park and the beach and just be outside in general. Which is hard when the weather is uncooperative, but we're hoping for some better days ahead!

And here are some shots from the last four months. Enjoy!

Bad Mommy: Post for March

And here we go with a bunch of March photos:

George's first snapshot. Sure, I look horrid, but I'm so proud of him!

Chocolate ice cream. He has decided he likes it.


I mean he REALLY likes it!


With Braeden, my brother's girlfriend's son. They were zombied out after a busy day in Seattle.


Showing the WRONG way to go down a slide.


Mr. Crazy Hair.


New cousin Leanna Lynn, born on March 8.


And here's the correct way to go down the slide.


Exploring.

And rocking some shades.

All caught up for March! I hope I don't fall this behind again!

Bad Mommy: Post for February

Ok. I haven't posted in OVER 2 months. Awful, awful. I've been trying to train for a 1/2 marathon and all the running has caused my brain to malfunction.

But, I will try to make it up to you. I am going to post a ton of pictures! Yay! Here we go:


At one of our local parks - Mommy helped him spell out one of her favorite words from the 80's!

Classic 'I'm not being naughty' pose. One of his favorite shows has a plant called 'Arthur' and he loves to say 'Mommy, Arthur's not growing!'

I would love to say that his hair is on purpose or from static, but not, that's just plain old hat head. This is at another local park we love.

Brian's friend Tom got George boxing gloves for his birthday. Super cute? Yes. Asking for trouble? Absolutely!

In the bath. George has decided that he will avoid eye contact with the camera whenever possible.
Cheesin'. George has decided to adopt a fake smile AND laugh. Which is pretty funny, really.


In the shed Brian built. We get to move all Brian's tools out of the garage, and hopefully, we will be turning the garage into a desperately needed family room.

Brian and my Dad working on the shed.


Reading the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I can't speak for George, but I really enjoyed it.

One of George's favorite pastimes is jumping on our bed. I probably shouldn't let him, but he has so much fun!


One reason why a nap wasn't in the cards...it's hard to fall asleep with your shirt stuck over your head.

Another park shot - this one has a fun skateboarding area that George likes to run around.


Hi, Shadow!


Catching his shadow.

After one of my training runs where I was able to wear a tank top in February! Where did that weather go? I miss it!


That's February, folks! Whew!