{an oldie, but goodie. 2 months old.}
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Too Cute Thursday
December 15, 2011 by Katie
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Success
December 14, 2011 by Katie
Since I don’t have any pictures of our early family Christmas—yes, I’m still sad about the whole thing—here are some pictures from when grandpa & grandma came to visit last month.
Do you know how difficult it is to get Elise and my parents to both look & smile at the camera?!
Very.
And usually Elise is the one who is better at it.
{she’s thinking: who’s that crazy lady?}
. . . . .
Ah, and remember when I challenged myself to take a picture of just Todd & I when we were out with friends?
{success.}
That was like an entire month ago! We got a babysitter and enjoyed an evening out at Black Raven, our local microbrewery. Todd and the guys go there frequently (or they used to before Elise was born), but this was my first time there. Naturally, they suggested I order a sampler.
{this momma needs to get out more.}
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Christmas on Hold
December 12, 2011 by Katie
We should’ve spent this past weekend back in Kansas City, celebrating an early Christmas with my family. Instead, we spent it snuggled up at home doing much less cool things like coughing, sneezing, aching, and getting insufficient sleep.
Ah, the joys of having a sick baby.
Poor thing had a temperature as high as 101.4, so we cancelled our flights and booked the first available appointment with our pediatrician. We were reassured it is just a virus, and while we’re thankful that it’s nothing worse, it sure isn’t fun dealing with a sick baby when both mom & dad eventually get sick too.
Boo hiss.
On the plus side—if you want to call it that—we’re pretty good at taking her rectal temperature now, which I feel gives us the right to put a gold star next to our ‘becoming a legit parent’ chart.
Just kidding. I don’t really have a chart like that.
I keep a checklist in my head.
And, in case you’re about to suggest that we go get one of those wonderful fancy dancy head scanning thermometers that work much more quickly and painlessly for all involved—we have one and we used it too. But as a concerned first time mom with a baby whose fever was escalating, I just wanted the most accurate reading possible and that’s what the rectal one was good for.
Now, time for me to take off my sad face and put on my happy face.
Elise (and Guster the cat) helped us put up our Christmas tree recently.
I think that having cats has helped prep us for next year when we’ll have a mobile child <—-ohmygosh, I don’t want to think about that yet. The cats automatically assume that any dangly thing is their toy, so we already keep the bottom of the tree sparsely decorated with non-breakable ornaments. I’m pretty sure that only the top half of our tree will be decorated next year.
{wild cat.}
{Wildcat.}
{it’s amazing how much things change in a year.}
All I want for Christmas is to have my happy, healthy baby back.
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Too Cute Thursday
December 8, 2011 by Todd
k + e
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Mountain Climbing
December 6, 2011 by Katie
Almost forgot to tell you all about the best day we had up on Orcas Island. In case you think that all we did was laze around in our stretchy pants, watch FRIENDS, drink wine, eat a lot & play games—although, that would not be a false assessment—we also climbed a mountain.
Kind of.
Our last full day there, we drove to the far southeast edge of the island and started off with a scrumptious breakfast at Doe Bay cafe, which uses organic ingredients from local farms and area waters.
(awww, our only group photo–sans baby & dog)
I had the yummiest scrambled eggs with salmon & goat cheese. I’ll eat anything with goat cheese in it (seriously), but throw some salmon from a neighboring island in the mix and….taste explosion! Oh man, that was so good.
Elise enjoyed her breakfast while I enjoyed a lovely view.
After a hearty meal & plenty of coffee, we drove up to the top of Mount Constitution, which is the highest point in the San Juan Islands—about 2500 ft. up. There was an old observation tower, and thanks to the sunny day, we could see all the way to Canada. Can you believe that’s still the closest I’ve been to Canada?! Ridiculous, I know.
Elise was snuggled up all warm in the Ergo carrier, and Molly the Dog enjoyed sniffing around on the snow.
Christmas card family photo….oh wait, Elise isn’t actually visible. Scratch that idea.
Shauna pointing out the island named after her family (or so we tell ourselves).
I told you we climbed a mountain, and I did not lie—we just climbed it in our cars, ha! But we did actually do some exercise to burn off the thousands of calories consumed the previous day. All six of us adults, the dog, and the baby sleeping in the carrier took off on a hike to Summit Lake—which ended up being about 2 miles roundtrip. Or was it 2 miles each way? I don’t know. I was distracted by the scenery and concentrating on not falling off the cliffs.
It wasn’t too strenuous of a hike, but it was plenty cold & kinda slippery. And despite none of us really being dressed for a hike like that, it was a success. Nobody fell off the mountain or lost their limbs due to frostbite. After all, I was wearing knee high boots, a thin sweater & a puffer vest that didn’t fully keep me warm from the chilly temps—but I was also wearing a mini space heater who was completely bundled up, so that helped.
But who really cares what you’re wearing when the views are phenomenal…
my hottie toddy.
And other than the fact that the guys’ car got held back by the ferry crew to wait 5 hours for the next one, it was a fantastic trip.
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