The Time's They are a Changin'

Annie is almost five months old and has a new baby cousin!  Otto was born on April 8th and Jeff and Allie are both enjoying parenthood so far.  Annie seemed like quite the giant baby compared to the little guy.  They have already hung out a few times and I'm sure will become quite the pair of trouble makers. 

Annie is thinking about rolling over.  But so far just thinking about it, not doing it yet.  She is chewing on EVERYTHING and drooling everywhere.  She gets more interactive and entertaining everyday.  She's laughing which is the greatest thing in the world pretty much.  She's also really starting to enjoy her baths and learning how to splash and kick her legs around in the water.  We've been going to a singing story time at the library and she's starting to squeal and enjoy all the bouncing and singing and interacting with other babies.  She likes to sit in her little bumpbo chair (don't let the picture below fool you...).  She's losing all her baby hair and has quite the bald spot going in the back.  The new hair that is growing in is much lighter, maybe even a little red!

 Hannah and Ian arrived a few weeks ago and are both enjoying Portland spring time.  The daffodils have come and gone and it's now tulip time.  The cherry trees and magnolias are also just about done and the dogwoods are taking over.  Spring in Portland is gorgeous for sure!  My peas, beets, and onions are up and strawberries are starting to flower.  Won't be long now!  Ian is deciding between Minneapolis and Portland for grad schools...I think he's sadly leaning toward the midwest.  I might have to hold them hostage.  Annie wants them to stay.

The room is almost done!  Carpet is going in next week and boy is Doug glad to be finished with that!  Now what will he do with his free weekends?

12 weeks!

Our 12 week old munchkin is becoming more and more like a person all the time. Her biggest accomplishments of late are purposefully trying to grab things, cooing and smiling at little toys with faces, holding her head up and a little bit of squealing.  She's sleeping like a champ, only getting up once in the middle of the night.  She is not the biggest fan of naps but will sleep if we go on a walk or I carry her around in a wrap in the afternoons.  She's gaining weight and has chunky thighs and a belly that hangs over her pants.  She's getting more fun everyday and we think she's pretty darn cute.

We took our first plane ride to Denver to visit with the Bowermans, Hannah and mom.  Henry was very interested in her and wanted to check out her toes and point at her nose.  It was really fun to have them together and to have all the girls in the family together for a weekend.  Hannah and Ian will be making their way out to Portland the end of March for Hannah to continue her nanny escapades.  I'm really excited for her to be here and to kidnap her so she stays in Portland forever.

We've been taking Annie out as much as we can. She's been to the mountain and the coast, cross country skied with us, been to the bar, taken lots of walks and has been going to a story time for babies at the library.  She is pretty interested in the other kids there.  By interested I mean she stares at them.  I still have a month left of my leave from work and I'm very glad about that.

Doug has been working on the nursery after taking some time off to split wood from our fallen tree.  Too bad we don't have a fireplace...  Her room looks really awesome and the end is near!  We ordered a fun bright rug that we will put over the carpeting whenever we get that installed.  The trim really gives it a nice finishing touch and the bench is looking great.  What a cool place to hang out!

It's time to start thinking about the garden again.  I have seeds for peas, spinach, lettuce, onions, beets and carrots which can all be planted soon in the cooler weather.  Time sure does fly!