Welcoming Doug into town...

Last Friday we went to Ryan and Sundi's for a dinner to welcome Grandpa Doug into town. Ryan made Doug's favorite, Stroganoff with a spinach salad. We all loved it including Justin! Doug always says he likes action shots and doesn't like poses so here are some of his photos...

My First Driving lesson (not really, don't worry Grammy)

Justin loves my parents Golf cart, we learned the other day!.... the pictures speak for themselves. Do you think my Dad is madly in love with his grandson or what????!!!!???

Here you go girls

Okay so we have been so busy lately there seems to be no time to blog. Yes, I know it's no excuse, but I am using it. Please look below, there are several posts, so this means I get a break for a few days, although we will of course post Thanksgiving pictures in the next few days. I love all of you and am so grateful to have such an incredible family. Happy Thanksgiving to you all, wish you were all here with us!

My New table!

So Colin and I really wanted to get Justin a big boy table, considering he sits at a table at daycare. We try to be as consistent as possible. My Mom bought us an early Christmas present. Justin LOVES his table. When he is hungry he goes and sits at his table and does his sign language for "more" which means a lot of things now a days. He uses the phrase when he is hungry, thirsty, wants a toy, wants us to look at something... you get the point. Well here he is at his new table! Ohh and by the way, since we have had this table he now gets up on the chairs at the shop, gets up on his chair at his own table and today learned how to climb on to the couch all by himself... daily changes - we can't keep up!!!!

Just some adorable pix of Justin

WA trip

Just a few pictures of my "Mom's night out" while I was in Seattle (plural).... Colin said I should put them on.... Thanks again so much Sandie for watching Justin, I know he loved every minute of his time with you and his BF Tucker!

Hanging out at Grammy's

These last ones are of us just hanging out with Grammy and Auntie Joc.

Miranda and the Park

My friend Miranda and I took Justin to the Bellevue Park, so pretty and such nice toys! Justin was hesitant at first but then he jumped right in and started watching all of the other kids, it was so cute! The only thing he wasn't into was the swing (I think that goes back to being restricted, maybe it reminded him of a car seat or something).

Grammy and Grandpy (I made that up - sorry Doug)

Just some cute ones with the grandparents!

The Roberts Family

I was really excited during my trip that I was able to go and see my Auties, Uncles and Cousins! I miss them sooooooo much. Well it was great, we actually got to spend about 24 hours at their house, which was so nice to just relax!

Seattle trip

As most of you know, Justin and I just went to Seattle for a week. I was really homesick and wanted to spend time with friends and family. We had so much fun, although Justin was tired of getting in and out of his car seat a million times by the time we were going to leave. These pictures aren't going to be in any order - but hopefully you will enjoy.

These ones are great, we were just hanging out in Sandie's back yard. So much fun just running around, throwing the ball for his new best friend Tucker.

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Some cute sleepy ones

Justin has been going through a little bit of rough patch where he likes to sleep with us. He will go to sleep for about an hour, then wake up. We let him cry it out - but after about 15 minutes of crying I go and get him - he will fall asleep with us right away - stinker!! We try really hard not to create any bad habits but it's been hard (I love it when he sleeps with us) but he sleeps sideways in bed so we are falling off the edges. Well the one where is a sleep on the couch was one of those nights, he woke up after an hour or so, so I brought him downstairs with me, he fell asleep on me immediately so I put him down and had a photo session...

The other picture speaks for itself. Justin will every once in while, sometimes more than others, just lay on the ground - even when he's not tired. We can't figure it out - he's just goofy!

More Yogurt and just a cute one... he looks like Doug on the left!

Eating Yogurt on my own!

I went to pick Justin up at daycare one day and they were eating yogurt. They each had their own little cup of it with a spoon. Of course more was on the table and in their hair, but it was adorable. I figured I should do some of the things that the daycare does with him, to have some consistency. I decided yogurt with a spoon was one of them! So funny! I have a video too but it won't work for some reason.

of course when I sit down to add pictures, the site is down. Well they are all ready to go so I will try to post them today.

Okay here is a better one... won't hurt the neck!

My first Video - yes it is sideways

Okay, I did my first video, and yes it is sideways! I cannot figure out how to rotate it, that is what i get for turning the camera sideways to tape him! Sorry you have to break your necks to look at it. This one isn't very exciting but it's cute. Justin doesn't really watch very much TV but every once in a while I will put on a Baby Einstein tape and he loves them. He dances to the music and talks to the TV, it's so sweet. So again, this one isn't that excited but it gives you a sneak peak of his funny little personality and dancing moves...

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Our First time "out" at the Park

Colin and I took Justin to the park to get some fresh air this morning. It was beautiful weather and I have been wanting to take him to the park ever since our Gymboree event because I thought he would enjoy it. It was so funny. We walked him through the "course" and down the slide, he could have cared less. So he started to push the stroller because he likes to bang on and push things a lot lately. He pushed the stroller all the way down the (small) hill into the grass. I brought bubbles because he seems to love bubbles and we had fun with that as well for a few minutes.

Of course when we got back he got a bath, and no Sandie, I didn't bring disinfectant wipes to the park (some of you may not know, but in the beginning I was a bit of a germ freak!) =). The pictures can do much better than my words.

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