Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Seriously? Seriously.
Aug 27th - Roland: 3m 2wks;
Turns out this was not a fluke. He sits. I have many many witnesses to this fact. What is his rush to grow up?
Monday, September 1st, 2008
Home again, home again
jiggity-jig.
Great trip. Beautiful weather. Not enough time with some members of the family, but thankful that we got the time we did have with them. Definitely not enough time with friends, but that is all on me and my phone-phobia that keeps me from calling people/leaving messages. Many many wonderful moments; very very little photo documentation.
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
One thing taken care of.
We now own a [new] car. The visit to Santa Rosa and driving back home next week are back on. Now I just need to let my family know that we want to crash at their house.
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Trip: pt 1
Left home a little before 1pm on Wed (the 13th). Went blueberry picking in Vancouver and in 30-45min ended up with 19lbs of blueberries! Yummmm. We were the only people there for most of the time. The girls both picked a lot of berries and Roland hung out on a blanket on the grass for most of the time.
We then continued on to Portland, where we spent some time with a friend from Brett’s past and then went to a park to try and find a letterbox. Roland tanked himself up at the stop and fell asleep just as we hit the on ramp. He then slept for 10 HRS STRAIGHT. No nursing, no anything. He didn’t wake up until we were in Truckee, CA. He didn’t even ask to eat for a bit after he woke up.
All 3 of the kids were phenomenal travelers. Seriously amazing. Now if only our car behaved as nicely. It acted badly enough that Brett does not feel comfortable using it to get back to Washington. So we sold it last night (for about 40% of what we payed for it 15 months ago), and now have to find a car before we can head home. Not really my idea of fun on vacation. On the upside, at least Brett has time to seriously car shop. Oh how I wish we lived in an area where we could get to places without a car.
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
For the California Peeps…
The Plan.
We start driving tomorrow. We’ll be in Tahoe for a few days, and then in the south bay on the 18th through the 28th or so….Then hopefully up to the north bay for a bit (though I still haven’t informed my aunt and uncle of those plans) and back up to WA on or before the 1st. I know there are people that I need & want to see and I haven’t given anyone the heads up on this trip. Yup, I suck.
Oooo, Roland is now 3 months. Where did the time go? I’m going to try and remember to weigh and measure him tomorrow amidst the madness that is the last minute packing up and cleaning up. I mean, really? Who is this huge baby that tries to scoot across my floor? Certainly not my itty-bitty Roland Boy. *sigh*
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
“stisters”
I’m not sure why it is so hard for me to keep up with my blogging habit. I finally felt like I was doing really well, and then circumstances change for a week and then I struggle to try and get into the habit again. This time things were interrupted by a visit from my brother in law, Ryan. He stayed with us for just over a week and it was really nice to have him here. The girls love him so much. Unfortunately I always seem to forget to take photo’s when he is around. It just feels comfortable and natural when he is around so I never think about it until right before he is supposed to leave. The day before he left we all went out exploring to find some wild berries. We finally remembered the camera, but the battery ended up dying on Brett soon after he pulled it out.
8/2
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Milestones
He rolled over from front to back yesterday. It was the first time I’ve caught him doing that on a hard (not bed/couch) surface. He’s laughed a couple times, but he is more of a constant smiler than giggler. He usually gives me a solid 5hr stretch at night, but he has gone as long as 8hr and then there have been the few Growth-Spurt-I’m-Starving-Mama nights where he can only make it 3 hours. But really? Him only going 3 hours is much more rare than him going for 6-7 hours. I’m spoiled by him. I love his personality and he melts my heart multiple times a day. Words fail me when I try to express how much I love my little Roland Boy.
8/1
