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JT has conquered walking and is now very pleased to climb on things. Lately he loves getting on any of his ride-on toys. He is starting to be able to push himself backward with his toes, which he thinks is pretty cool. Here he is all geared up to ride his Harley with a newContinue reading “Growing”

For the past few days, the forecast has had rain on our agenda. But each day, it seems to be sunny and warm. Today Jen and I took the boys to Downtown Bellevue to the park to play. The forecast was wrong (again), and the weather was beautiful. But as I write this, the rainContinue reading “Before the Rain”

I think I forgot to mention on the blog that Jim and I celebrated our eighth anniversary in August. We had a nice dinner at home and, even though we had decided not to exchange presents this year, I got a surprise delivered to my doorstep first thing in the morning: a Kindle 2! IContinue reading “Around the House”

Last weekend when we got home from church, we decided to take a quick trip to Lake Wilderness to play and have a snack before JT’s afternoon nap. “Where’s Dad?” Watching the ducks JT showing us his cracker at snack time. My favorite from the day – what a big guy he is!

JT decided to start trying to walk on his own yesterday, and it’s been walk, walk, walk ever since. How fun! Still wobbly, he is making a big effort to conquer his feet. Here is a compilation of the last 24 hours. I think he is officially a toddler!

While we were camping, JT started asking for bites of sandwiches. (Actually, he started asking for bites of everything. Hungry man.) When we got home, I used a sandwich thin to make him his very own PBJ. Yep, loved it. Next we’ll try turkey and cheese. Yummmmm!

We spent a whole nine days at Steamboat Rock State Park on Banks Lake. This was my 26th year in a row to spend time there over the summer (and Jim’s 11th, and JT’s 2nd). The Cole kids came with us, and so did Grandpa and Grandma Cole. It was great to see the cousinsContinue reading “Banks Lake”

Hooray! The Cole Kids (aka our nephew and nieces) are visiting Washington for three whole weeks. We took some cousin pictures to commemorate the occasion. Thanks to Jim’s crazy antics, everyone was laughing! We have been pretty busy with our hosting activities. The guests stayed with us for a few nights and have been withContinue reading “The Cole Kids and More”

Last Sunday, we left church in the sunshine. JT got a shoulder ride since we parked so far away. We decided to swing into Whole Foods and pick up JT’s meals for our camping trip. (No, I’m not packing homemade baby food for a week long camping trip!) Jim suggested we get lunch there sinceContinue reading “Shopping and Lunch”

It’s true: when JT is sad or hungry, he wants his Mom. When he wants to play, however, there is one person he heads to first: DAD. Jim and JT have so much fun together. Here they are enjoying lying on the floor on one of our hot days. Jim is teaching JT how toContinue reading “Fun with Dad”