Memorial Weekend

Happy Memorial Day!  Well, I know I'm a day late, but being a newborn, being on time is a luxury (or rather a fairy tale...we always have dreams of being on time, but they have yet to come true!).  I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend.  We sure did.  We went to the Folk Life Festival at the Seattle Center.  The weather was gloomy, yet the crowds still showed up!  We enjoyed a few live music concerts before we caught the Monorail to head back home.  It was a great time for me to see all the new sights!

Then on Sunday I saw my Grandpa for his going away brunch at Ivar's.  Grandpa is leaving for 6 weeks to fish in Alaska.  It was great seeing him before he left!

Here are some pictures from my weekend, as well as a few other random shots that Mommy took of me over the past week.  Thanks!

These are pictures of our visit to the Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center:

Here we are at Ivar's for brunch to see Grandpa off for his trip to Alaska:

Me with Uncle Rob at Ivar's

And finally some random shots of me from this week that are just so cute I had to share:

 

Playing Time

Here are some more pictures of me from this week.  Just recently, Mommy introduced me to the "Little Kicker", a chair that slides up and down when I push against the base of it.  I was too little to use it before, but now I'm just big enough to barely touch the base pad, so I had a lot of fun playing with it.  Check out the video of me at the end of these pictures to see me in action!

Birthday Weekend

Whew.  What a busy weekend I had and I'm only 6 weeks old!  On Saturday morning, Mommy and Daddy took me on my first monorail ride.  We went to the Children's Museum for Clara's 3rd birthday party (Clara is the daughter of one of Mommy's friends from high school, Krichelle).  I am still too little to play yet, but this Museum looked really fun!  Cousin Ethan was also at the party and he had a great time running around and playing on all the different toys and activities.  Mommy and Daddy already decided that they would get me a membership here once I'm big enough to use it.  I can't wait!

Then, on Saturday afternoon, we went to Josh and Holly's house for a going away party for Ken and Ellen.  They are moving to Kentucky with their kids, Kaitlin and Henry.  We're pretty sad because Kentucky is really far away.  But we do hope to visit them soon, especially during the races.

Finally, on Sunday morning we went to Ken and Ellen's house for Kaitlin's 3rd birthday.  It was really fun, as the kids played outside even though it was really cold out.  I stayed in my Moby carrier attached to Mommy to stay warm.  It was really sad to leave on Sunday to go home, because we knew it was the last time we'd see them for a long time.  Hopefully, we'll have a trip to visit them planned soon.

Below are some pictures from Clara's birthday party this weekend.  Enjoy!

Daddy and me at Clara's birthday party

 Aunt Jenny and Krichelle with me in outfit number 2 at the birthday party 

(ummm...I had a bit of an accident....)

Clara getting ready to blow out her candles with Ethan

                   Ethan posing in the fire truck and checking out his groceries in the kiddie Grocery Store

Visit from Great Aunt Pat and Cousin Andrea

Today my great aunt Pat and my cousin Andrea paid me a visit.  This was the second time I got to visit with my Aunt Pat (she came to meet me in the hospital), but the first time I got to meet my cousin Andy.  I really liked Andy -- she didn't think so because I was so fussy early on, but everyone finally figured out it was because I was hungry.  After I fed I was much happier!  (Man...I sure can't wait until I can talk!). 

Later, Grandpa also came by to visit on his way to the Duck Club.  And today was a Nona day (she comes and takes care of me twice a week to help Mommy).  Whew...lots of visitors!  :-)

Sleeping on the job!

This week has been busy.  Mommy and I have been out of the house a lot this week.  We did a visit to the grocery store with Nona, visited Daddy at his office to meet his coworkers, met Daddy for coffee, went to the doctor's office, met cousin Ethan, Aunt Jenny, and Nona downtown for lunch, and went shopping for my friend Clara's 3rd birthday present.  Whew!  It's no wonder that I was pooped out and ended up sleeping through my tummy time.  Here are some pics Mommy took of me this week:

Hanging out on Mommy and Daddy's bed

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I love the monkey toy that Cousin Ethan gave me!

PEPS!

Mommy joined a PEPS group last week.  That's a group of moms that live in the neighborhood who all have babies born in the months of March and April.  There's 12 of us in the group and we meet together every week.  Mostly, it's just fun being around so many other babies.  Or at least that's what mommy tells me.  I usually just sleep or nurse through the meeting, but I'm told I'll outgrow that and eventually these other babies will be my friends.  Here's a picture from our first meeting:

Uncle Z!

Yesterday, I got to spend time with my Uncle Z! Uncle Zach and Danielle came over to visit with me. Danielle cooked mommy and daddy a delicious salmon dinner and then everyone got to take turns holding me. Uncle Z was a bit timid about holding me at first, but after a few minutes I could tell he relaxed a lot and wasn't so scared of me anymore. I have to work hard on not showing my scary face -- I don't want to frighten anyone! :) Here are a few pics from our evening: