An afternoon snack

Monte & I ventured into Cafe Geneve. We feasted on warm focaccia; his first taste of real bread & he loved *gum-ing* the pieces by the mouthful.



Unfortunately the rest of the afternoon has been bumpy, his sore gums are making him kind of cranky while he is cutting his fourth tooth (poor fella). Hard not to laugh at his outbursts, but when I do, he seems to brighten up & get over it quickly.

Fall moments in Fremont

Surprise Lief, I had this garage installed while you have been out of town. I spared us the Bavarian themed architectural elements however; I hope you don't mind. I also had the house popped up, remodeled the icky little bathroom but had to use all your newspaper piles during construction :-)

Just kidding, no surprises at all. Here little Lacy's fall color is ON-FIRE! Moe, however was a casualty of last night's freakish wind/rain storm & her leaves are gone. But at least we have an artsy impression of the leaves on our sidewalk for the winter.

Fremont Peak Park grand opening

Our new neighborhood park finally opens up! The panorama to the West is impressive; a view of the cut leading out past the Locks, the Olympics in the background. I imagine this could become our regular sunset spot.







It was quite an event. Luckily no rain & lots of sunshine for the big event. Lots of folks from Parks & Rec, locals who had been the pioneers to establish the park & a band too!! We had been there a couple of weeks ago to help out with the installation of the native plants. In fact Lief planted two huge Vine Maples (that still look alive today, dormant but alive). Here is Monte parked between the two Maples on the path that leads to the upper terrace.



It was especially nice to see so many young families, babies & of course... the cake in the shape of the park was an unusual bonus. Here too is some walk-by art work painted by some of the first visitors to the park.

day 9 dadda...

watch me go up & down, up & down!

outdoor project updates

Luckily today is sunny so things will dry out & they can crank out some more work! You've been gone a week, does it look like things are progressing (yes, yes)?

day 7....we miss you

dadda...i am 8 months

check me out on the swing at the playground with momma. my latest action shots. we are at the new wallingford playground area, very neat spot.

java trekking

a 7am backpack ride in the morning fog.

highchair moments

nanu cass & grammie lee lee sent along these pictures of us as babies. thank you :-)

hey dadda...day 6

so momma has me playing with this sad invention of toy...but it makes me smile & wave for the camera. today has been a short nap day at daycare, less than one hour. can you tell?

monte & boogaboo

monte was quite entertained with his new book, a gift from Rollie/Teri Jo...friends from baby class.

day 5...dear dadda

this daylight savings has me all confused; getting up at 4am is tough on me I tell ya! momma fell asleep in the rocking chair again, hehehe. me, just catching up on some sleep with my third nap of the day totaling FIVE big hours. this teething thing, being in baby class, rocking back & forth on my knees... very busy, busy day indeed.

Music Class

Monte loves class, his teacher Ted & the big pumpkins to lick. We (I) am learning loads about music & how much fun singing to babies can be!!

day 4... dadda rescue me

momma was cooking up something weird in the kitchen tonight...yukko!

playdate with Zach

hanging over at zach's crib & playing with their choc lab Molly. boy does she lick babies a lot but that's ok...monte screeched a lot & it ended up being zach's nap time.