Alki Beach Walk

Today, Jeffrey and I met Leah, Kate and Deb at Alki for a walk. It was a beautiful day to be spending time by the water walking in the sunshine. Be careful, it won't be long before fall roles in and days like this will be hard to come by.

I can't believe this weekend is Labor Day. Most kids go back to school on Tuesday. It will be odd not teaching at all this year. I love working and the schedule it hold you to. I actually feel like I get more accomplished in a day when I'm working knowing home time isn't as easy to come by and I use that time more wisely. Now, I know there's always tomorrow to finish that one last load of laundry. :)

I think I will try to be more diligent with a workout schedule. That might be what gets Jeffrey and I more scheduled this fall. They have baby and mommy swim workouts at the pool as well as the stroller strides workouts (which are wonderful but just as expensive to attend as joining a gym). Both these are at the Issaquah Community Center. I like how they are trying to give mom's options to workout since they don't offer daycare services.

Anyways, here's some pictures of Leah, Grandma Deb, and Kate - Three generations. They look great and isn't Seattle a gorgeous city! :)

Goodbye Dr. Vidal

Jeffrey has had the most wonderful pediatrician since he was born, but unfortunetally she's moving to the east coast with her family. She was very personable, gave us great advice and treated Jeffrey wonderfully. We will trully miss her.

Our doctors appointment on Monday we weighed Jeffrey at 18 lb 2oz and 26 incches.

Good Morning

Jeffrey is such a delight in the mornings. We were just wrapping up breakfast on Sunday and John grabbed a few shots of me with my sweet little guy.

GO HAWKS

On Saturday, we received some tickets to one of the Seahawk's preseason games. It was Jeffrey and my first Seahawk's game. We sat in the bleacher seats at the end of Qwest field and the were sooo high and the climb was so steep. It was quite scary once you sat down, because it felt like if you moved a bit too far farward you would topple over hundreds of feet onto the field. I must say, the seats had an exceptional view as you can see from the pictures.

Visiting Grandpa

This last Friday, Jeffrey and I had breakfast with Amanda, Leah and Kate, saw John at work and then spent the afternoon at Papa's house where we later went out to mexican with John and Grandma Mary. Here's a picture of the boys - Papa, Dad and Jeffrey

First Food

Well Jeffrey is really getting into eating. We've had him eating a little rice cereal for the last few weeks and today we tried prunes. He ate them like a champ and I think wanted more. :) Here's a look at what I get to look forward to from here on out. FUN.

San Mateo here we come

We just returned from a short week in San Mateo, CA where John's sister, Lauri, and her family live. This was Jeffrey's first airplane ride and he did wonderfully!! On our way to SFO from Seattle our flight was delayed for two hours - recipe for disaster with an infant. To our surprise he was a seasoned traveler on his way to see his cousins Sofia and Zachary. :)

We had a great time during our visit. We left Wednesday afternoon and met everyone at their new house they just got posession of. Lauri and Renato are in the midst of planning for renovating this new house and it was fun to get the creative juices flowing. Thursday, John left for a conference in Napa so Jeffrey and I spent the day with Uncle Renato, Sofia and Zach. We walked to Peet's for coffee and breakfast and the headed over to the park where Sofia showed off her advanced climbing skills. Later, we spent some time at their current house for naps and a bit of time in the swing. :)

Boarding the plane to San Mateo

Waking up the next morning with Sofia and Jeffrey

Jeffrey after our time at the park. :)

Time in San Mateo

John returned on Friday where we spent time at the pool with all the kids - lots of fun and my favorite thing to do (especially when it's sunny!). That evening we took a picnic to a local park and listened to some live music. Saturday was our last day. We dropped Renato off to play tennis and the rest of us went out to breakfast and enjoyed some time at the park together. Again, Sofia demonstrated her climbing skills, we took a walk and before leaving, spent time at the water fountain where Sofia HAD A BLAST!! It was dancing water and I don't think I've heard a little girl laugh so hard so much. :)

After our time at the park we had lunch at a burger joint called Jeffrey's. Sofia jokes, "Jeffrey, did you have lunch at Jeffrey's today? Hehe." That evening Lauri fixed us a fabulous dinner with salmon and risotto (with help from her assistant - me). We spent more time hashing out a kitchen layout for their new home and went to sleep.

We had a wonderful time and always look forward to seeing them again.

Sofia playing with her cousin Jeffrey

Waiting for our table to eat breakfast

Jeffrey and John at the park after our picnic

Sofia at the park

Jeffrey with his Boys Club hat on. It says, "No girls allowed. Moms are okay." :)

Sofia and the Water Fountain

As I said, Sofia had a blast at the water fountain. Look at that diaper!! :)

More Kate pictures

The weekend after Kate was born we went to visit the new addition. She's doing lovely. :)

And here she is...

Here's Kate at not even a full day old. :) Leah, Anthony and Kate are doing well.

She's here!!

We got the best news tonight. Leah and Anthony had their baby girl and named her Kate Irene. She was born at 7 p.m. on August 6 and weighs 8 lb. 4 oz. We haven't seen her yet, but will be paying them a visit tomorrow!! :) Of course I'll post pictures soon.

What's funny is Becky and Kyle hosted a dinner the weekend before we had Jeffrey and now it looks like Kate was born the week after dinner at Becky and Kyle's too! They must have something in the water - or some damn fine barbequing by Kyle. :)

Mom and baby are doing well. I can't help but think if she will someday be Kate Irene Boknecht in 20 some years. :)

Happy 30th Becky!!

Here are some pictures of Becky's 30th birthday!! We had a wonderful time!! :)

Jeffrey with his peeps.

Becky and nephew Tristan

Becky with nephews Joey and Tristan

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

End to our week

To end the week, we took Jeffrey to his 4 month doctor's appointment and everything checks out wonderfully. He's a very healthy baby.

Friday, we went to another Mariner's game and the noisiest and most crowded game I've ever been to. Jeffrey was pretty good the last game we attended at the beginning of summer, but Friday night's game against Boston was crazy. The games start fairly late for him, around 7 p.m., so we just assumed he'd sleep through the second half, but because it was a sold out game the stadium was unusually loud and made it impossible for Jeffrey to stay asleep. Let's just say I did a lot of walking around with Jeffrey in the Bjorn. I don't think I watched a whole at bat attending Friday night's game. Boston apparently has a huge following, and if I didn't know any better, it felt like the Red Sox home field instead of the M's. :) It would have been a more exciting game without Jeffrey...we'll remember for next time Boston is in town. :)

Saturday was the true end to our week. John had to work and we planned to head down to Rochester to celebrate Becky's 30th birthday!! Jeffrey and I hitched a ride with Leah and Anthony and spent the day at their lake place in Olympia. Jeffrey visited with Anthony's parents Joe and Moreen, and he entertained us most of the day. He apparently recovered from the previous evening. :) Here are a few pictures with Leah and Anthony.

John later met up with us at Becky's birthday party in Rochester. We didn't get home until 1:00 in the morning - who says having a baby slows you down?!! :)

Leah's due date is quickly approaching!! There's lots of dates floating around, but we expect the baby to come next weekend! :) They will be the best parents, and we can't wait to have BG (baby girl) here to entertain us with Jeffrey.

Jeffrey with Anthony at the Lake

Jeffrey with Leah

He's not crying. It was so windy it made his eyes water. :)

Dealing with his eyes. :)

Angie and Lilly visit from Boise

The next morning, after our BBQ, I picked up Angie and Lilly at the airport visiting for a few days. We had so much fun and I know I sent Angie and Lilly home needing another vaction from this vacation!! :) I unfortunetally didn't get any pictures with Lilly or Angie, but they took one of Jeffrey and I at the Wedgewood Pool. This was Jeffrey's second time at a pool, and although you can't tell from the picture, he was having a GREAT time. Once it gets warmer, I'm going to try taking him to another pool.

Doug and Megan

So after our wonderful evening with my cousins and aunt, the next day, we had a BBQ at our house to visit with John's cousin and wife in town from North Carolina. We saw the cutest pictures of their dog, Java, and had a great time watching the Mariner's game with Russ, Mary, Vi, Frank, Wandi, Jim, Doug and Megan. Not only did we celebrate Doug and Megan's visit, but we also celebrated Frank and Jim's birthday AND, Uncle Jim's retirement. Lot's of reasons to be with family. Here are a few pictures of Doug with Jeffrey. Very cute. :) I'm really disppointed I didn't get a picture of Megan with Jeffrey too. I need to get more camera happy. :)