The Journey

Monday, May 25, 2009

Clapping

This is a pretty cute video. May 4, 2009 Zeke was sick with a temp of 102, he was laying around all weekend and then at one point while we were all laying on the bed relaxing, he just started clapping! He was so proud of himself! I don't even think we were really trying to teach him to clap, he just started doing it. :) little smarty pants!

What a day!

I hope you all had a happy Memorial Day weekend! We had quite an eventful one!

Friday we went to Birch Bay and BBQ'd with Amit & Betsy then finished the day with Ironman.

Saturday we went to the Ski to Sea Parade with Joe, Jolene and Kaden. Sunday we went to church and then to the Fairhaven Festival and listened to the live band and had lunch. Then ice cream cones and a walk to Boulevard Park. Then today... Memorial Day Zeke decided that it was time to make some changes.

We clipped his bangs for the first time because his hair was in his eyes.
He decided to WALK!
He played pretend with me! while I was changing his diaper he pretended that he put something is his mouth and then when I played along to see what he would do, he opened his mouth to show me nothing was there and then started laughing!
We changed his car seat to be forward facing and he loves it!

He's becoming super independent. We think it's because he's walking now, but who knows, he could be walking because he wants to be independent. Whatever it is that he is doing, I think it's adorable. It's such an amazing thing, to watch your child figure out how things work or discover humor. We're so extremely proud of him, but we're also sad that he isn't totally a baby anymore... he's pretty much a toddler.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Fragrance Lake

Nathan and Ezekiel and I me up with Amy, Angie, Dobie Wan and Bob Barker (a couple of miniature pinchers) at the Fragrance Lake trail head. Unfortunately Angie accidently locked her keys in the car! We waited for an hour and twenty minutes (Thank you Amy and AAA!!) and finally the car was unlocked and we were on our way! Zeke was such a trooper! Check out his cool ride!

Yay! He fell asleep!

A cool tree that split.

A couple friendly hikers took pictures of the group.

Nathan is taking a break. 3 miles is a lot when you're packing an extra 22 pounds of baby!

A great view of my guys and the islands.

Ezekiel was such a trooper! It was at about this point that he decided he'd had enough of the pack and wanted to do some walking of his own.

This is the point when we discovered just how frozen Zeke really was.

So we bundled him in his blanket and by the time we got down, he was mostly thawed out... Poor guy! I just can't believe how much of a great sport he was being! Frozen and all!

Birch Bay with great friends

Friday we went to Birch Bay to visit some friends and we froze.

This is Zeke dancing the night away.

I'm not sure how he did it, but Amit somehow convinced Zeke that it was ok to walk away from Mom. Usually Zeke cries when Amit tries to hold him! Congrats on your success Amit!

Betsy and Zeke and I trying to stay warm. The task was impossible from the start!

Backyard BBQ

Sunday, Zeke went to bed early and it was actually warm outside! So we decided to have a backyard BBQ dinner date. It was great! We had hamburgers with the works! It was warm for quite a while so we just sat back there and enjoyed the unfinished backyard. Thanks for your great cooking Nate!