other crafting projects

1st birthday

birthday girl and brother

with mamaD and papaD

Happy 1st Birthday Willow!

happy birthday dinner

the prop makes it official, right?

SOCCER!

in the beginning, things were slow

thumbs up!

action shot

Nate (with a chance shot of Papa in the background)

cheering section

10 months

9 months

driving in my car

new dolly

girly-girl with her dolly

Nate likes it, too

Keith Gardner Fan Club

january brought us back to the Roundhouse trying to get the MISSing Angels Bill passed for our babies again. once again it did not get through for petty political reasons. we will try again. we will keep trying until it does get passed. this year we had a picture taken.

Halo and Willow

Carin and Camar

the girls were real troupers this year. camar is old enough to know that she didn't want to be contained. to willow it was just another floor, but it meant a distracted mama, trips in the car, and difficulty napping. the girls got lots of attention, though!

could this be a glimpse of the future? he could certainly do no worse than the people who currently occupy this chair.

the boys were troupers, too. they were without their moms far too much. i know nate kept asking if he could come with me. i could not think of anything more taxing for either of us than to have him with me waiting around in the hallway for hours and hours on end. so the compromise was that we took the boys to see the roundhouse after the session had ended. (nate actually went with me during the 2007 session, but he doesn't remember that at this point.)

this is also my chance to say a very big thank you to my friends in los alamos and my husband. without ann and amy being so willing to watch nate at a moment's notice (and even take him to school one morning), the scary idea of taking him with me would have become a tortured reality. so, thank you! i hope with every fiber of my being that the 3rd time is the charm on this.

more mobility

she is on the move!

pulling up

standing

cruising

walking with help

getting better

thwarted!

on the move so much we had to block her access to the laundry and kitchen

bath time!!

there are things that nate has been dying to do with willow. he has been very patiently waiting for her to get big enough. this is one of them. he waited more than 6 months to be able to take a bath with her. i love that he gets so much joy from the simple things in life.

8 months