Butternut Squash!!

Here are some pictures of Rowan's first eating experience with a spoon and actual food that is not milk: it's butternut squash! I like this sequence of pictures, it really shows how well she took it...I guess :) She did seem to like it though, she didn't cry, just couldn't figure out what the spoon was, and gagged when she tried to swallow the food. It was pretty darn cute!!

Go Seahawks!!

I love these pictures! It was just the three of us watching the game on Sunday, that we unfortunately lost...again...and Rowan was so funny sitting with Ryan on the couch. It looked like she was really watching the game!!

1st Day of 1st Grade

Lucy started 1st grade today, she was pretty excited, but I think coming home from Disneyland two days ago has finally set in. She was in tears tonight at bed time, and got out of bed 3...count 'em, 3 times, crying because she missed Disneyland and the Tiki Room so much. I felt so bad, because I could totally relate, you have one of the most memorable experiences of your life thus far, and then you come home and it's rules and bed times, and school...this picture kind of captures the mood she was in this morning and this afternoon.
The bus.

Ryan's cousin Danielle at their house in Bellingham. She and her fiance Rob met at our wedding two years ago, and they just got engaged!! This was their engagement party last weekend.

Rowan training for her boxing classes that we're going to get her signed up for...just as soon as she can sit up on her own. Or maybe stand, that'd probably be easier if she could stand for the boxing sport.

Four Month Old Feet

Here we are on the moment Rowan had discovered her feet...laying on my bed as the August rain poured down, she was screeching happily and then I looked over and she was trying to put her toes in her mouth, which I hadn't ever seen her attempt. She kept trying and trying and pretty soon she had both feet in her hands, and hasn't left that position since.

Trying to hold a bottle by herself...still needs a little help.

Eating her feet in the bathtub...with the soap and everything.

Pretty 4-month old girl. This dress is from Rowan's Great-Grandma Carol who lives in Ohio. We did a little photo shoot and she did awesome for it...except for when she kept falling over to the side and would just proceed to put her feet into her mouth, but it was still cute :)

Sorry, had to just post these too...they are too funny. Look how red the hair is on this baby!?
Boyfriends with an adopted baby, or brothers-in-law?

This reminds me of an album cover...like Simon and Garfunkle or something...

An Amazing Discovery

I just discovered some sweet news! A couple months ago my dear friend Nikki gave me a digital camera because ours is broken. She told me ahead of time that she had no cord for downloading pictures, but it works fine to take the memory stick to the store and print off that way. I thought, that's nice, but I'm much to lazy to take a stick to the store and do it that way, after I feel like I've been spoiled with my Snapfish discovery. The sweet news: I realized my computer has it's very own "media hole" (that's a technical term). Hence, I don't have to take the stick to the store, but rather can just stick it directly into my computer. I practically crapped my pants I was so excited, and to christen these moments, some shots from the camera, from our friends Sarah and TJ's wedding. Enjoy!


Ryan as the "ring bear" for the ceremony.

In this shot we can see Toledo on the end, Izzy next to him and Jen next to her, and that's me in the front row. *this picture added for quality comparison*

Alisa and I waiting for the ceremony to commence.

Rowan giving a wave and tasting her dress. She sat in her stroller through the whole thing, awesome because: A.) It was a scorcher and I didn't want to hold her, and her father was dressed in a bear costume and unavailable, B.) We were in DI-rect sunlight and I didn't want her little 10 week old face to burn off.

Sarah (the bride) and Alisa with their awesome necklaces that were custom made by the same lady who has an etsy shop. If you can't see it, Alisa's is a radical peacock feather, they are made of leather.

A shot of Ryan and Lucy just before they walked down together...Lucy was the flowergirl and did an awesome job! Thankfully she refrained from lying down on her back and sticking her legs straight up in the air like she did at our wedding.

Makin' Mems '08

Here's our car, packed to the brim. I can't believe we fit four people worth of stuff and food plus the four people in the car. I was impressed.

Our little Panda Camp. We had a large communal area for all of us to hang out and for the musicians to jam...it was fun, except for those sporadic drum solos at 4 in the morning.

We got a lot of rain while we were there, this particular picture was taken right before a guy called Buckethead (he wears a mask and a bucket on his head, and doesn't talk into the mic) came on, and it was raining pretty grood. Viking the sound guy let Ryan stand with the baby under his sound board hut. I'll tell you what, he's the nicest viking I've ever met.

Wierd, a stubborn 6-year-old with her father watching the old Panda drummer on stage. Lucy looks so tall in this picture. Notice the sweet-ass dancing hippy in the back ground. 10 bucks says Ryan is checking her out...NOT! Ryan is NOT checking her out! (Special thanks to Borat for that awesome joke...who knew "Not Jokes" could be funny again!?)

Alisa and Rowan cudding while Chris gets ready for a jam session. The girls were so good the whole trip! Went to bed without a peep, and Rowan slept through the night both nights. She won best camper award, and Chris Poage won best camp hair. I'm pretty sure that I probably won Best Camp Complainer. I've come to learn that camping is not my favorite past time, despite how much I love love loved it as a child. Oh well. Guess it's all about the memories. Makin' mems '08.