VERY busy week...

Starting on June 20th up until a few days ago Terrace and I were very busy and it has been very nice to lay low the last 4 days. It started off with a photo shoot at Amazon in Seattle. We spent the day driving down, spending 4 hrs taking pictures and playing with other babies and driving home. The photo shoot was so much more fun than I could have imagined. Not only did Terrace do wonderful, she was having a great time. The photo shoot was a first birthday theme so Terrace wore a birthday hat, ate two different cupcakes (her favorite part, mostly frosting), and played with ribbon and party blowers.

Then again on Friday we headed down south spending Friday night with Terrace's godparents and great friends of our Amanda and Nick (though Nick and the boys were in leavenworth). Terrace did great and we spent the next morning running errands for the upcoming wedding shower for Kelly. We then went down to Spanaway to see Jenni and Mike's new house, a good friend since high school....Terrace had a great time crawling in the grass. That night we headed to my parents house where she stayed the night and had a great time on Sunday showing off for my parents. I spent Saturday night with Maria and Adam's at their new house and spent Sundayat Kelly's wedding shower which was soooo much fun.

We had a great visit from good friend Jill Tuesday morning and we went out to breakfast, then to library time, and then to Cornwall Park where they have a fun sprinkler system set up. Terrace was not so sure about the cold water and prefered to crawl in the grass and try to go and meet new people. She was able to show what a "piggy" she is lately as well. Then, to end our busy week we headed down south on Wednesday, one more time to meet Jill at the Mariner's game. Terrace stayed with Maria while I had a great time at the game. We had a fun dinner at Maria's with Erika and Marc and then hit the road late Wed evening. Terrace was such a trooper in the car and besides sleeping in the pack and play she much enjoys exploring new environments.

I did re-injure my back Wed. morning but have been improving everyday. Thursday and Friday were pretty bad but Brad was not working so that worked out great. He did get worn out with how busy TJ is now. My parents came up this weekend to help us out and enjoyed more time with Terrace. My dad was such a help around the house with hanging some hooks, adjusting the crib, fixing out fence, setting up a sprinkler timer, and fixing some baby locks.....all projects we could have done but have been putting off (plus he can do it so quick). We also got a visit from Shanna, her daughter Sam and mom Barb on Sunday. Terrace wanted to play with Sam and 2 year old Sam did not want TJ to touch her or the toys she had......it was to cute. I think the last couple days of taking it easy have helped in my recovery and I need to continue laying low for awhile.

Brad and I have quickly filled our summer up with plans. We our camping in Winthrop in a few weeks. Then he has time off in early Aug for TJ's bday, Ray and Kelly's wedding, and then we will be heading to ID for a few days to visit with Jill and her family on the farm. Then, in late August we will be going to Vegas with friends and my parents will be coming up to watch TJ at the house......we are very excited for this trip! Then a few days after we get back TJ and I will be heading to CO to visit Julie and Lance!

First Father's Day :)

We had a nice Father's Day. Brad worked nights that weekend so we spent a little time together on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday we had a nice lunch with Brodie, Crystal, and baby Jayden and then went to see the sand castles on the beach.
Sunday, Dottie came up and surprised Brad and we enjoyed a nice brunch at Bob's - again with Crystal, Brodie and Jayden. Terrace had a very cute onsie on that says I love daddy and then on the back it says....and he loves me too.

Katie and Saga visit

Terrace and I had a wonderful few days with Katie and Saga visiting. We mostly hung around at the house but we did have Tricia and the girls over, went to library time and went shopping another day. Saga had a great time playing with TJ's toys and learned how to jump in the jump-a-roo in less than 10 minutes. We did a short photo session which was not easy to keep them still and looking the right way. I have been having fun putting pictures together in a collage format....enjoy! miss you already kt and saga

save the date

Terrace is almost 1 and we are ready to celebrate!!! As most of you know I am very excited for her first birthday party. We will be having 2 parties; one up in Bellingham and the other somewhere around Seattle.

Thursday Aug 2 - late afternoon for friends (bellingham)
Sunday Aug 5 - early afternoon for family and friends (Seattle)

More info to come soon, hope you can make it!
Can you tell I am excited?

Enjoy a brief progression of pictures over the last 10 months (the size will increase if you click on the picture)

WOW 10 months old

So, once again Brad and I can not believe that 10 months has passed since we first met this little joy. She currently has an ear infection and had a high fever yesterday even with Tylenol but is feeling much better today. As I write every month she is becoming more and more of a little person. She is pulling herself up on everything and has taken a few steps pushing her walker. Everyday she is showing me more of her likes and dislikes of food. She used to eat anything but now she knows what she wants......usually what is on our plates. At home she pretty much eats what we eat, but I usually bring something along when we are out and about. She likes to say uh-oh and finally has her FIRST TOOTH!!!

Sign language is going great and she continues to sign: more, all done, and milk/baba....though she does the sign for milk/baba alot so we are now learning binki (which I made up so if anyone knows it please let me know). We are also working on water, mom, dad, eat and drink. I rented a few sign language dvd's from the library but they were way to slow for her to sit through.

Below you will see pictures of her in her great new pool that Brad picked out. She also had her first pony-tail this weekend which was very exciting, it took Brad singing to distract her as it took awhile.

can she get any cuter?

We went to take 10 month pictures today and they turned out so great! TJ did so well even though she wanted to crawl around everywhere.....sorry they are so small and all over the place. Enjoy and I hope they make you smile when you look at them as much as Brad and I do!