I thought you would all like to see some pictures from our trip. I didn't take that many (I never do) and when others had their cameras I simply asked that they forward theirs on to me so we don't have a dozen pics of the same thing.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Look how much Jacob has changed
January 2008 (14 months)
June 2008 (19 months)
December 2008 (25 months)
I was thinking about how much Jacob has grown up this year so I decided to go through some pictures and compare them. He has gone from just being able to say "daddy" and "bye bye" in January to a vocabulary of over 100 words today. He has grown into a little boy and I just love watching him play and explore. I look forward to him interacting with Daniel more as Daniel gets older, I think they will be good buds and have loads of fun.
June 2008 (19 months)
December 2008 (25 months)
I was thinking about how much Jacob has grown up this year so I decided to go through some pictures and compare them. He has gone from just being able to say "daddy" and "bye bye" in January to a vocabulary of over 100 words today. He has grown into a little boy and I just love watching him play and explore. I look forward to him interacting with Daniel more as Daniel gets older, I think they will be good buds and have loads of fun.
Reflections
Looking back on 2008 has been interesting. So much has happened. I'll bullet some highlights for y'all:
- In February we drove to Utah for vacation time and also found out Daniel was going to have clubfeet
- Survived Jacob getting very sick with the RSV virus
- In March we moved from Portland to Tigard
- I participated in a musical/play
- I tried acupuncture for the first time
- Daniel was born
- We started the process of getting Daniel's feet corrected
- Had a bad car accident which hurt my back pretty bad
- My brother came home from Iraq
- My grandpa Eddington passed away
- We enjoyed Thanksgiving with John and his family
- We were snowed in and had our Christmas flights canceled
- I started making lots of birthday cakes for the kids
- Watched Jacob turn from a baby into a toddler and now a little boy.. all in one year!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Again
We had an enormous storm yesterday which dumped more than 6" of snow on Portland in less than 12 hours. As a result church was again canceled today. I'm getting worried that maybe our flight to CA tomorrow will be canceled, I'm praying it doesn't. We are starting to get tired of being cooped up in the house. We are now getting what they call freezing rain.. it sounds kind of like hail with little tiny taps on the window. The freezing rain has put a layer of ice 1/4" thick on top of the snow.
That's all I wanted to say. Pray for us friends.. we don't want to spend Christmas up here alone.
That's all I wanted to say. Pray for us friends.. we don't want to spend Christmas up here alone.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
SNOW!!
Today was an absolute first for me.. church was ::gasp:: canceled!
Overnight it started snowing and this morning there was already 2" and by the end of the day we had almost 4". Schools are closed tomorrow and so is half the town. The reason they cancel events is because they have no snow removal equipment so the roads are too dangerous to travel on. We have to wait until the sun melts the snow away. We are expecting more snow tonight and tomorrow and then Wed/TH and then even then another snow storm next Sun. I wonder if they will cancel church again.
We stayed inside all day long and played with the kids and watched Lion King and a children's Christmas movie called "Alabaster's Song" and then some bible stuff on the discovery channel. I, unfortunately, am sick with a cold so I rested this afternoon. I kinda hope things are shut down tomorrow also so Brent can stay home and help with the kids while I try to rest and get better.
I love the snow, it is just so beautiful. It was falling much of the day, these big soft snowflakes and I loved watching it fall. I taught Jacob to say, "snow, pretty!" it was great. Snow is the one thing I really missed while I lived in California and then last year when we got only light snow that melted off by noon I was sad.. so I was very excited to wake up to a white winter wonderland this morning. Here are some pictures;
- These first three pictures are of our front porch (which is under an overhang and we still had this much snow) -
- We left Jacob in his pj's all day to fully enjoy a real snow day -
- This is what I saw this morning when I opened the curtain of our sliding door -
Overnight it started snowing and this morning there was already 2" and by the end of the day we had almost 4". Schools are closed tomorrow and so is half the town. The reason they cancel events is because they have no snow removal equipment so the roads are too dangerous to travel on. We have to wait until the sun melts the snow away. We are expecting more snow tonight and tomorrow and then Wed/TH and then even then another snow storm next Sun. I wonder if they will cancel church again.
We stayed inside all day long and played with the kids and watched Lion King and a children's Christmas movie called "Alabaster's Song" and then some bible stuff on the discovery channel. I, unfortunately, am sick with a cold so I rested this afternoon. I kinda hope things are shut down tomorrow also so Brent can stay home and help with the kids while I try to rest and get better.
I love the snow, it is just so beautiful. It was falling much of the day, these big soft snowflakes and I loved watching it fall. I taught Jacob to say, "snow, pretty!" it was great. Snow is the one thing I really missed while I lived in California and then last year when we got only light snow that melted off by noon I was sad.. so I was very excited to wake up to a white winter wonderland this morning. Here are some pictures;
- These first three pictures are of our front porch (which is under an overhang and we still had this much snow) -
- We left Jacob in his pj's all day to fully enjoy a real snow day -
- This is what I saw this morning when I opened the curtain of our sliding door -
Monday, December 8, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Daniel and other updates
I took Daniel in for his 4 month check up. Here are his stats:
Weight - 18 lbs. 10 oz. (96%)
Height - 27" long (also 96%)
Head circumference - 43 cm (75%)
He got 5 immunizations today, poor boy. He is healthy and happy and doing well. He is babbling all the time, laughing, smiling, blowing bubbles, raising his head (like the sphinx), eating well, sleeping well, grabbing toys and playing with them.. in other words, he is on target for every milestone. I love my boy!
In other areas...
We had a very nice Thanksgiving. I'm very glad we went up to Oak Harbor, WA to be with my brother John and his family. The kids did ok in the car and were well behaved while there. On Thursday Jacob lost my cell phone. We never did find it and it still hasn't shown up.. so I got a new one yesterday with a new number. I was kind of bummed because I have had my 408-421.. number for so long! Now I have a local 503 number ::sigh:: I can feel California slowly slipping away. :o(
I made a goal to exercise 5 days a week this month (well, with the exception of Christmas). So far I have! I know, I know.. it's only the 3rd, but I'm still happy about it. :o) It feel nice to be sore from exercising, my dormant muscles are thanking me. I noticed that every time I laughed my abs slightly hurt and because of that I was conscious of how often I laughed.. I was pleasantly surprised to notice I laugh often during my days. Jacob can be such a ham!
Weight - 18 lbs. 10 oz. (96%)
Height - 27" long (also 96%)
Head circumference - 43 cm (75%)
He got 5 immunizations today, poor boy. He is healthy and happy and doing well. He is babbling all the time, laughing, smiling, blowing bubbles, raising his head (like the sphinx), eating well, sleeping well, grabbing toys and playing with them.. in other words, he is on target for every milestone. I love my boy!
In other areas...
We had a very nice Thanksgiving. I'm very glad we went up to Oak Harbor, WA to be with my brother John and his family. The kids did ok in the car and were well behaved while there. On Thursday Jacob lost my cell phone. We never did find it and it still hasn't shown up.. so I got a new one yesterday with a new number. I was kind of bummed because I have had my 408-421.. number for so long! Now I have a local 503 number ::sigh:: I can feel California slowly slipping away. :o(
I made a goal to exercise 5 days a week this month (well, with the exception of Christmas). So far I have! I know, I know.. it's only the 3rd, but I'm still happy about it. :o) It feel nice to be sore from exercising, my dormant muscles are thanking me. I noticed that every time I laughed my abs slightly hurt and because of that I was conscious of how often I laughed.. I was pleasantly surprised to notice I laugh often during my days. Jacob can be such a ham!
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