Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Magdelyn's Party Part 3 - The Company
The only thing that devastates me about these pictures is that somehow BOTH MY PARENTS managed to evade the camera. SO SO sad!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
A good one
I woke up with the early birds this morning. I was a bit cold, and suddenly an extra blanket was being laid over top of me. I swear he reads my mind.
He's such a good one.
Every night Tim picks his clothes out and puts them in the living room so as to disturb me as little as possible, just in case Maelyn sleeps past 6:30am. She generally doesn't, but he's ready to let me sleep just in any case.
Today it seemed especially sweet. Maelyn was talking in her crib, and I lay awake under an extra blanket and appreciated him as he quietly got ready. When I got up I melted when I saw this on the counter:
He remembered I was running a Sumas errand today and he had my passport and Maelyn's birth certificate set out for me. He knows me so well. (I have, indeed, ended up at the border without...)
He's such a good one.
Every night Tim picks his clothes out and puts them in the living room so as to disturb me as little as possible, just in case Maelyn sleeps past 6:30am. She generally doesn't, but he's ready to let me sleep just in any case.
Today it seemed especially sweet. Maelyn was talking in her crib, and I lay awake under an extra blanket and appreciated him as he quietly got ready. When I got up I melted when I saw this on the counter:
He remembered I was running a Sumas errand today and he had my passport and Maelyn's birth certificate set out for me. He knows me so well. (I have, indeed, ended up at the border without...)
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
camping
I wasn't sure if it would fly, this business of our annual camping trip plus Maelyn. I'd been tortured on a vacation once before with her. When we arrived at the site, perfectly timed just before her first nap I felt optimistic that it would go smoothly. We hurried the tent up and put her into her playpen (which we'd practiced sleeping in the week earlier). She screamed. Her lungs out. Hysterically. Despite obvious exhaustion, she was clearly communicating...this is not my room (or any of the rooms that I've agreed to sleep in). I got her up, and napless we headed for the beach. The night she did a similar thing, but eventually drifted off. I was discouraged, and not hopeful that I'd remain at the site for the duration of the booking...
That night was fine, and by the next day she had (almost) given the tent the stamp of approval. By the last day she was happy in the tent - in fact, her fussiest was when we were packing the tent back up!
Besides the first day, Maelyns biggest impact on the trip was our early mornings and thus -- earlier bedtimes. While we previously might have lazed in bed till 8 or 11 we were up with the crack of dawn and exhausted by 10pm. If it cramped our co-campers style (Chris and Shereen), they were very gracious about it.
Shereen and Maelyn
We want Maelyn to learn young that the best vacations include reading a book on the beach.
WATER BABY! This child loves the water at any temperature.
Leah and Maelyn playing her favorite "rocks in the cup" game.
Chris doubted that it would happen, but snuggles occurred between these two. Further proof:
Camping lesson #1: maintain sleep schedule as best as possible. Camping lesson #2: Bring the Jolly Jumper. Maelyn's portable highchair annoyingly didn't fit on the picnic table so she jumped through basically every meal.
I was going to label this post as "annual camping trip edition 5" or something like that but when I thought about it, I realized that Tim and Chris and I have been camping every summer since before we were married. So, since the summer of 2000. Which means we've been camping together 9 years running. That's some faithfulness. Cheers Chris! Here's to 9 more!
That night was fine, and by the next day she had (almost) given the tent the stamp of approval. By the last day she was happy in the tent - in fact, her fussiest was when we were packing the tent back up!
Besides the first day, Maelyns biggest impact on the trip was our early mornings and thus -- earlier bedtimes. While we previously might have lazed in bed till 8 or 11 we were up with the crack of dawn and exhausted by 10pm. If it cramped our co-campers style (Chris and Shereen), they were very gracious about it.
Shereen and Maelyn
We want Maelyn to learn young that the best vacations include reading a book on the beach. 
WATER BABY! This child loves the water at any temperature.
Leah and Maelyn playing her favorite "rocks in the cup" game. 
Chris doubted that it would happen, but snuggles occurred between these two. Further proof:
Camping lesson #1: maintain sleep schedule as best as possible. Camping lesson #2: Bring the Jolly Jumper. Maelyn's portable highchair annoyingly didn't fit on the picnic table so she jumped through basically every meal. I was going to label this post as "annual camping trip edition 5" or something like that but when I thought about it, I realized that Tim and Chris and I have been camping every summer since before we were married. So, since the summer of 2000. Which means we've been camping together 9 years running. That's some faithfulness. Cheers Chris! Here's to 9 more!
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