Ice cream

Man, is it hard to feed kids well.

First snow!

Halloween

This is the same costume andy wore when he was one. His mom made it from a neighbors old bathrobe.

Boo with books

Moses lake

I had a lovely time. It was great to see so many friends!

miss you patsy

Rest in peace friend.

Boo at the park

so cute

This is Andy's brother, Joey, with June. They have the same smile, how cute is that?

dude

Great way to use up that corn you're going to start getting sick of come august.
spicy corn fritters
Thank me later.

I've never been a fan of gazpacho. Had it at the Copper Onion, didn't care for it, had many different home made versions and never liked it. I have given it plenty of chances to catch me and I've never been impressed. Then, Andy brought home Pago's version and holy crap!
The thing that I've been looking for in this lite, chilled soup is complexity. If it tastes the same on the front of your tongue as it does on the back, I'm not interested. But, if a cook can give you more then sweet and sour, like maybe bitter in the case of Ryan's dish, the kind that hits you as it's going down, well, bravo.
Good food is addictive and rare indeed.

Yes.

Yes, I did. Twice.
Thanks Celeste for the stroller, and I took your advise.
Both had a blast, and I finally got a good run in.
The next morning I wrapped them both in blankets. Should have got a picture of that cause it was kind of creepy to see patsy's head poking out. She even slept most of the way.
What's happening to me? I'm so weird.

Ate ten dollars worth of organic chocolate covered almonds. In one sitting. Just felt the need to get that out in the open.

mango

Don't know why I was so intimidated by mangoes. They are delicious. I guess I just thought they would be hard to eat like a coconut or something. Turns out they are no biggie.

On another note, the weather has be in the 50's and 60's the last few days and spring is definitely in the air. Boo Bear and I have been enjoying our daily constitutional, which actually has been a cathartic experience for me. As many of you know, my mother is weird about staying warm in the elements.( We were required to "wear your hoods" till the day we left for college. My mother is nothing if not worried about sickness.) So, I have doubts that I know what is appropriate outer wear for the weather and my first instinct is always to over dress her. Mom would be proud to know that yesterday, my baby wore two hoods. Today she only wore one so....progress?

family pictures!

Got about a zillion more to post but for now here's a taste.

play time!

This girl loves to play with toys. The second she sits on her potty she grabs for the wipe cause she loves to have her little hands busy. These are just a few of her favorites. Patsy(the dog) should get an honorable mention here as well. June can't resist those long furry ears. Patsy acts like it's no big deal but June can really pull hard.

We added a room to our basement for the baby. It's almost done. Just gotta add door knobs and light fixtures and stuff. Thanks to Todd for saving the day and getting the carpet in. I was about to go crazy having the baby in my room.

new baby room

new door we put in to the baby's room

bummer

We've been weening June off her brace for the last month. Thursday we had another ultrasound to see if everything stayed in place and it wasn't the best news. Her right side is still okay, but it got worst since the last ultrasound. So, now we have to keep her in her brace for twenty hours a day to make sure her bones stay in place. BUMMER!! I am so sick of that brace. It was heaven to just have a baby with no harness for a couple of days. I know it's not really that big a deal in the grand scheme, but it is such a hassle. I'm totally disappointed cause I was so so so excited to be done with this.

Oh, well.

Guess I better put away all her three month clothes that won't fit over the brace. At least she got to wear them for a week. Now, I have to find the bigger stuff out of my crazy bin of clothes. That could be fun. New wardrobe for June is almost as fun as new wardrobe for me.

my dream for next spring

Anyone got any good rabbit recipes?

duh

potty time

Not to brag, but....
My daughter doesn't poop in a diaper. We're a very civilized family.
June's been pooping in a potty sense she was two weeks old. I don't change poopy diapers.

This week I started using my cloth diapers and wipes. Not at all as bad as I thought it would be. Of coarse, we got really great diapers and June, for the most part, only pees in them. They are all in one insert kind, if that makes sense to any of you. It barely does to me. There are a lot of different kinds of diapers out there.

My good friend told me what kind to get and gave me all her old ones, along with all her cloth wipes and stuff. They are so cute on her.

This is the only picture I have of her going on her potty and she's two weeks there. I need to get some of her in her cloth diapers and of her going with her brace on. It's so funny her little braced legs poking out.