I'm a Real Mom Now!

I guess we've hit another milestone. Sam woke up Thursday night/Friday morning sick and throwing up all over. Besides baby spit-up, he has never thrown up before. So he and I were up for a few hours cleaning up vomit, cuddling, and watching Bravo. He was cute and sad. He said that he burped and it got messy. Somehow I managed to clean it all up without throwing up myself! I don't know which I'd rather do--clean up vomit or kill spiders--but I guess both are a part of motherhood.

I was pretty tired the next day at work. It always seems to happen that the nights I decide to stay up a little later than usual, Sam decides to wake up at odd hours of the night. And now his hours are a little messed up, and this morning we've been up since 3:30am. After Christopher left for work, he walked into our room wide awake and wanting to play. I don't know how Christopher gets up that early every morning because it makes me so tired! At least work starts two hours later on Saturdays, so maybe I can take a quick snooze before I have to go.

I'm so Glad When Grandpa Comes Home (to our house to visit)

Grandpa Brett came to visit last weekend, and it was so much fun to have him here!

We visited Snoqualmie Falls. Dad, you guys will have to take the same drive we took to get there. We went on all the small highways through lots of small towns. Very scenic.We visited Pike Market Place. I don't know if you can see the fish hanging down very well, but it was a Monkfish...google it to see better pictures. It was being held by a string, and the people behind the counter pull on it to make it move to scare people. Sam and I basically jumped out of our skins! Ewww...I really don't know how people eat seafood!

We got a year pass to the Seattle Aquarium. Sam liked the jellyfish and the otters best. Some of the fish made him nervous.


Grandpa brought a few presents for Sam...

and he brought a couple Wii games for us.

By the end of the visit, we had all played hard, and crashed hard.

We love visitors! And we've been exploring more so we actually know more cool things to see and do! Come anytime!

P.S. We just cut Sam's hair after this visit. It looks so much better now! And he actually sat still for almost the whole thing!

Happy Mother's Day

This song is dedicated to Grandma Claudia and Grandma Valerie!

We love you a bushel and a peck!

Blog Designs by Dani

My friend Danielle is amazing and talented in so many areas. She has started a new blog with background designs, and I wanted to share it with everyone. Go here to check out her cute backgrounds and easy instructions!

Sunday Drive

Sunday we went for a little drive to explore the area. We drove out to Deception Pass, had a picnic, played by the ocean, and then took the ferry home from Whidby island back to Everett.



Sam's favorite parts were throwing rocks into the water, finding the bunny, and the ride home on the big boat. It was a fun afternoon!