Bike ride!

Abby has gotten really good at riding her tricycle lately and wants to do it all the time...especially, if she can bring her favorite passenger along. Libby totally loves it! She smiles and giggles the whole time.

Libby's first peanut butter!

Bill's family is a little crazy about their peanut butter. For the last two generations, it's been the tradition that Bill's Uncle Tim feeds all babies their first peanut butter. So, on Memorial Day weekend, it was Libby's turn. She totally loved it! No denying who her daddy is now!

Libby's 6 month check up!

Look at my baby sit up by herself! Libby had her 6 month check up on May 18th. She is now 18 lbs 15 oz and 27 inches long. She is growing so fast. In the last week, she has gotten two teeth! Both on the bottom and in front. I'll try to get a picture of them, but she's not enthusiastic about showing them off.


Abby pretending to be Dr. Wallis.

Libby loves her big sister!

Libby's first real food!

Libby has been watching everyone else eat real food and had started drooling all the way through dinner recently. We decided it was time for her to try out some real food...well, real baby food.

Libby's first bites of rice cereal.

I think more came out than went in.

She's now had rice cereal, sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, and apple sauce. Oh, and she LOVES chewing on pieces of watermelon.

Bathing Beauties!

The weather in May has been very weird for Oregon. We have had several 80+ degree days. We decided to take advantage of the weather and have a BBQ a couple of weeks ago. Out came the wading pools and the sprinkler.


Carly and Libby in the "baby" pool.
Kiera is a total water baby. She started getting excited as soon as we started filling them up!

Abby and Elisa with Emma and Kiera in the background.

Libby loves being naked!

Our House Guest!

This is Suzy. She was our house guest from the middle of April until the middle of May. Bill's dad took a month long motorcycle trip to the southwest and we dog sat. We learned a couple of things during the month...one, dogs are as much work as a baby and two, we are not ready for our own dog just yet.

Isn't she cute?!
Suzy loves to be petted.

Easter!

I am totally behind on this. We have had a very busy month! Starting with Easter...Abby and Michael loved having there own table.


Michael was great at the Easter Egg hunt.

Libby and Mama.
Abby hunting Easter eggs.


Bill's cousin Brendan and his daughter Ella. They just moved to Portland and are loving it.Brendan's wife, Jess.


Doug, Joy, Grammy Paula, and Bill's Aunt Paula enjoy the first ham I ever cooked, which turned out well. Yay!

Getting ready for Easter...and my new shade!

We were very busy today, getting ready for Easter. Abby and Emma helped Heather and me to make cupcake and cookies and frost and sprinkle them. Yummy! Here are the girls dying Easter eggs.


Carly and Libby were much more interested in watching each other.

A couple of weeks after we moved in, a neighbor informed us that the "frosted" glass window in our downstairs bathroom was not so frosted. She swore she hadn't noticed it since we moved in, but, apparently, when it's dark outside and the light is on inside it could be quite a show. Not exactly what a pregnant woman who has been showering in that bathroom for two weeks wants to hear! Anyway, since that little disclosure, there has been a bath towel hung up with thumb tacks covering that window. Martha Stewart would be appalled, but we've only been in the house 7 months, right? Well, it's not a problem anymore. Here is my wonderful husband putting up the new window shade.



Isn't it gorgeous?!

Rally Car!!!

Frank and I brought the rally car down from Eric's yesterday. It has been on the casualty list since Oregon Trail 2007. Heading out to Saturday's stages, we fatally injured the transmission. Since then we've both had kids, and Kricket and I bought a new house.

I just tracked down a new 020 4K transmission for the Rabbit. It's not as cool as the old one, but will get us back out there while we rebuild the old one.



When we got to Eric's the car was still up on jack stands. We had to put 3 of the calipers back on, including new pads for the front. Then bolt on the wheels. We used Frank's Pullzall tool to yard it up onto the trailer.





Sitting in the middle of the garage, we've go some pretty good walk around room.





-Bill

New Garage Door Opener.

A new garage door opener has been on this list of things do do for a while now, and we bit the bullet and did it this weekend. We had the springs, cables, and rollers replaced. Also a new outside keypad, and two remotes. The most important thing was the installation of an electric eye down at the bottom.

The new opener:




Frank and Kricket in our finally cleaned up garage:


-bill

Woodpeckers!!!

We are under assault by a determined woodpecker! When we moved in last summer, there were a number of holes that needed patching, but no actual birds. This spring we've got one that is back in the same location, (East side of the house.) So far he's put two new baseball sized holes in the wall, and couple smaller ones. I've patched the holes with some aluminum plate, (good luck with that Woody!) And now we have one of Abby's mylar "Princess balloons floating near the scene of the crime. It's been two days now with no activity, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

-Bill

Play Date

Heather, Emma, and Carly came over to play last weekend. It was pretty cute to watch Carly and Libby hanging out together. Carly's 3 months older, but it's hard to tell in these pictures.


Here, I'll share my fingers with you.


I want to hold your hand!

Spidergirl and Dr. Darthvader spin their webs.

Say Cheese!

Abby's first haircut.

March 28th, I took Abby in for her very first haircut. We went to Little Clippers in Lake Oswego, which I totally recommend. They were great with her. Abby was a little apprehensive, but took it like a trooper. We had just about an inch trimmed off to get rid of the dead ends. Abby loves it and it looks beautiful.

Libby's 4 month check up!

Libby and I went in for her 4 month check up on March 16th. She weighed in at 15 lbs 12 oz and 25 1/2 inches long. This puts her into the 90+ percentile for both weight and height. Yay, Libby! These are pictures taken in the exam room.

Playing in the mirror.
Look at me roll over!


Oh, no, now I'm stuck. Mommy, save me!


Oh, could I be any cuter?!