Cousins

I just got some pictures from John's sister Lauri. We spent 4 days visiting San Mateo and Jeffrey got a real taste of his cousins. :) Here's a quick post. I'll post more in the next few days.

And we're back

Hello everyone that's been following our story. Yes, it has been sometime. Honestly, I just got sooo far behind I didn't want to spend the time to catch up. Well I just made the decision to start with more recent news and photos, and if I get a chance I'll throw in some holiday pictures I didn't get around to posting.

It seems like Halloween came around at the end of October and we've been going ever since with one holiday or event after another. Jeffrey has gone through so many changes in the mean time. He's turning one at the beginning of April (if you can believe it) and continues to be a very happy little boy. John and I say to each other, at minimum, once a day how lucky we are to have him.

My mommy struggle with him at the moment is schedule. We just came off of a week vacation in Whistler where his sleep schedule was WAY off (he didn't want to sleep) and now with the time change. I'm trying to eliminate his morning nap since he's been waking up at 8 a.m. (his normal 7 a.m. before the time change). Since it's later in the morning I thought it might make a good transition to having one nap. The first day was fine, but I can just see him getting more tired during the day and totally zonking out at night. So now I'm second guessing myself. I think he still needs both naps. Although, I really liked having longer stretches during the day to do things - he needs to sleep. :)

BIG NEWS. The latest from our neck of the woods is we're moving in a few months to Salt Lake City!! John's company got another light rail job there and they've asked John to run the project. It's an extension to the airport from the city. People keep asking me if I'm excited for the move and quite truthfully I'm neither excited nor disapointed. It's a great opportunity for John, it gives us an excuse to sell our home and get out of the country life (I miss city life), and SLC is a great place to raise kids. On the other side, we'll be further from our family and good friends (although closer to you Angie!!). The family and friends is a good enough excuse to turn down the offer, but we're hoping and planning to come back. So this will be an experience for a few years (up to four) while Jeffrey is young. SLC is Delta airlines hub so you can usually find a direct flight from most major cities. :) Come visit us!!

As I've mentioned we've been really busy the last few months. Here's some pictures and highlights you can see (mostly of Jeffrey).

December, Jeffrey out with Grammy

January - Jeffrey's first Little Gym class

January - pre haircut

Again, pre haircut

First Haircut

What do you plan on doing with those?

All done, and LOVED the car

Many Faces of Jeffrey (post cut)

Mt Hood

Mt Hood was a blast over President's day weekend. We're always accompanied with great friends and have a wonderful time. This year we had babies to entertain us. For a very brief time, we took Kate and Jeffrey out in sleds while we were there. They looked less then amused the whole time. We'll have to see how next year goes (hopefully everyone will join us in SLC)!! :)

Not a great shot of John, but Jeffrey enjoying Winter Squash on Mt Hood

Anthony and Kate take the slopes

Jeffrey in his back pack

Again, very amused

Little Gym

We were fortunate to have my mom fly over for a visit the last week of February while John was traveling out of town for work. Jeffrey loved having her here. He always gets attention 100% of the time and has withdrawals when she leaves. She was our personal photographer during her visit. I wish we would of gotten some pictures with her. :)

Seattle Aquarium

During Mom's visit we met Kate and Leah at the Seattle Aquarium for the afternoon. Jeffrey and Kate loved the aquarium. Very interested in those water creatures. Kate kept trying to reach through the glass at the fish swimming by. Lots of things to touch and feel too!!

The scuba guy feeding in the tank swam up to Kate and Jeffrey, but I don't think they realized it was a person.

Whistler

OK, I'm up to just last week now!! We stayed for a week at Whistler with Jared, Anneliese, Cora, Mieka and Grandma Liz. We had a wonderful time and these pictures are actually what inspired me to get back on my horse with the blogging. I'd never been to Whistler before and it was sooo gorgeous there. I really liked the village. We were fortunate enough to stay in the village where there were shops, restaurants and coffee stops! The car didn't move from the moment we arrived because everything is right there including the ski lifts! Although wonderful, a lift ticket was super expensive. I wasn't inspired to ski for $80 a day but I did take a few gondola rides that made it all worth it! :) John said the snow was great boarding the first day (Tuesday) but the rest of the week it wasn't good. I'll probably post a few times to fit all the pictures in.

Cora (3) skiing for the first time!!

This picture cracks me up. They're trying to make their way to the "moving sidewalk" to go up the little hill.

More Whistler pics

Jeffrey's been waving more and more lately

Whistler

I feel like I'm usually the one taking the pictures. Here's more with me in them :) It's fun being on top of the world.

The newest member of Kiss. No, he's not related to Gene Simmons.

Self portrait!!

Last of Whistler

Jeffrey went everywhere in his back pack. Here's the boys.