Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Seattle Trip: 11 hours in the car and everyone is OKAY!!!


We just returned from a quick trip to Seattle...we had a work related excuse to drive to this lovely city and made the most of it. We stopped at Multnomah Falls, a beautiful place. The crowded tourist atmosphere just added to my enjoyment because all the other tourists were so thoroughly enjoying themselves.
We stayed a night in Olympia with our friends Heather, David and their family. It is a wonderful thing to catch up with old friends. I really can't explain the comfort of seeing a familiar face. It's refreshing to see how we all keep changing. Through moves, marriages, children, new jobs, losses, all the things that life brings us...it's amazing to be constantly surprised by what God is doing in our lives! We went on to Seattle and spent some time with the Mazzarello's. Esly became enamoured with Steph one afternoon and had quite a little conversation going. She ran through her repertoire of sounds a few times with heartfelt vocal intonation.Esly is now 2 months old and we've discovered that she is an excellent traveler. (Thank goodness.) She seems to like change and loved walking around the city. We are so glad she finally decided to like the Baby Bjorn. Andrew does great with it though it hurts my back. I'm going to a babywearing class this friday and hoping to find something that will work for both Esly and I.

So it seems many of us are reluctant to blog about our "real" lives. Quite a few friends have called, emailed, etc. that they are also uncomfortable or unsure about sharing their significant musings in an open forum. I'm going to get more information about password protected blogs...

Oh, and on the way home we passed through some of the places they filmed Twin Peaks. Oooohhh....creepy.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

to blog or not to blog...

So, hello all, I have this quandry. For many reasons I like the idea of blogging about any and everything that comes into my mind...ethical, religious, artistic, and purely random thoughts on my small life. However, I feel very wary of this given my job (which feels public). So, for now, you'll have to subsist on more photos of the lovely Esly if you want to grace this blog with your presence.


I'll keep mulling this blog thing over.
Love, A

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Coming to LA...

...yep, that's us. We'll be in town and hoping to see friends on June 18th and 19th. I've got a date with the Hammer, MOCA and the Getty (to see Zoopsia)...but other than that we're all yours!

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Another May 10th...unlike last May 10th

So...I decided to photograph the same views of our house from last May 10th. We worked on the house a lot last summer and now we reap the benefits! (If you scoll down to last May 10th you can see our progress.)
It looks much better and just as I offered last year: Come over, we still know how to cook and now we have a great place to entertain as well. It's so mild in the evenings here. Lovely.

This is a Bleeding Heart...I don't think we had them in CA but they are charming and have little hearts dropping from the leaves. They also come in pink. (hence the bleeding heart title...)

And here is a picture of Esly and I. She is so strong she can hold up her head pretty consistently. She actually rolled herself over a few days ago. We're afraid she'll be walking very early at this rate.

P.S. Congratulations to Myste and Phil on their coming wedding. (Cute announcement!)

Friday, May 04, 2007

SAD BABY

Lately Esly has had bad gas. It amazes me that this has become my major concern...gas and poo. Even though the gas makes her (and sometimes me- on her behalf) cry, she is still too cute.
She has this particular "sad baby" face she makes and it's pretty cute- square lower lip, dramatic pout. It was nagging at me that I had seen this before and yesterday it hit me: Alice in Wonderland and the pig-baby illustration! I think it's pretty funny.