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Sorry, but I'm pulling this trick again. These are beach pictures from last weekend....we were able to use a friends beach house last Friday night in Florence. It was a lot of fun and soooo nice to get away! Zach was sick (seems like someone in our family is always sick!) so he wasn't quite his perky self, but he still had a good time and was happy to have a change of scenery.

Anyway, hope you like. :)

A funny Zach...

So we got a dot-to-dot book for Zach, and we showed him how to do it and asked if he wanted to try. He says, no he doesn't and closes the book. I say, "Gee Zach, you sure don't like to try very hard at things, do you?" (this is an on-going thing with him....doesn't want to try if he doesn't think he can do it perfectly right away).

To which he replies, "No. That's why I'm not a genius!"

I had to laugh! I didn't even know he knew the word genius. Where do they come up with this stuff?!? Funny guy!

Abby's Two!

Our little girl turned 2 last Saturday, Jan. 31st. Where have the last two years gone? Amazing how fast it goes... Anyway, here are some pictures from her party. We just invited over family that was in town, and still had a household of about 20 people! It was cozy but fun and I think everyone had a good time. Andy and Uncle Mike even braved the cold weather to do some BBQ'ing. Nothing like a BBQ in January, right? Anyway, hope you enjoy the pics. This first one is of her birthday cupcakes. Cute, huh? Ok I have to fess up....I made the cupcakes and frosting, and my sister actually did the decorating. She has some talent there I'd say! :)

Grandma was the firt to arrive and entertained the kids with some books while we waited for other guests. I think that woman needs to volunteer at the public library to read to kids....she has a gift for just getting them completely enthralled with the books! It's really fun to watch.

Mmmm, she likes chips. It was great until she spilled salsa all down the front of her pretty party dress. Oh well...

Cousins Austin, Alex and Andy.

Chow-time.

The "kids" table. I get a kick out of the fact that Abby is the only girl granchild in town (on Andy's side at least) so she is always surrounded by older boys. I don't think she minds though....they take very good care of their little cousin. :)

My dad and his girlfriend, Rita.

Auntie Colleen and Abby.

Presents!!

Her first Oregon Duck sweatshirt. (above her head) Probably the first of many if her daddy has any say in the matter.

A new doll that she absolutely loves. She feeds her, gives her lots of hugs and kisses, and puts her to bed everyday. So stinkin' cute!

A CUTE new outfit from Aunt Karen that she sent down. I love it!

Now we're into the dress-up, princess garb. She got her own little purse, complete with shades, cell-phone, lipstick, car keys, etc. It's been so cute to see her role playing with it all.

And a feather boa of course!

Ok, and a crown. Can you tell I like girly things?

Fancy lady!

Finally a little smile as she sees her cupcake tower. (She had been a bit sick so was kind-of subdued for most of the party)

Digging in!

I think the cupcake eating was her favorite part.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY!! We really couldn't love you more!

The Childrens Museum in Portland

We went to the Childrens Museum in Portland the other day. What a great place! The kids had a ball and I'm pretty sure could have spent the whole day there and been happy as a clam. Wish it was closer to home.

Here is Zach in the pretend Ambulance. He was quite busy playing "Emergency!" and doing all sorts of dispatching. It was his favorite part he said.

Flower-girl. This kept her busy for quite awhile. Planting, planting, planting...

In the digging/dumping pit. Zach liked the conveyor belt.

Woops!

She got tired of brushing the alligator's teeth and decided to take a little rest in his mouth instead.

In the clay area.

This was like a pretend hospital or something like that. Not exactly sure. Anyway, there were lots of baby dolls that Abby took very good care of.

In the tunnel and probably wanting that cool phone that Zach was playing with and left in there...

Ahh, got it back.

The water room. They both really liked this part.

Yep, looking wet all right!

Happy boy having fun!

More brushing...

and brushing.

Fun day!

The Dentist

Zach had his first official dental appointment last week. He was having some serious anxiety about the whole thing (such a worrier) but it went really well and he did great! It probably helped that the dentist is his Uncle Matt. Nice to have a familiar face doing the work, you know? :) I didn't get a picture of Zach and his uncle, (darn it!) just the hygenist. She was wonderful though - great with kids! They said his teeth looked great, he's brushing well, and no cavities or anything else worrisome going on in his little mouth. Whew!

Amazing, wonderful, awesome, historic, and NEEDED!

I'm so happy.

Pictures

Ok ok, apparently I don't keep my promises very well. Sorry. So, I'm still totally uninspired to do my big Christmas post, so I'm going to cheat and include the link on here for all of our Christmas pictures that I posted on Facebook. You don't have to have an account to access them. Hope you enjoy and I'll include "doing more frequent blog posts" on my list of New Years resolutions. :)


Here you go:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7049&l=27b4d&id=1649302924

Disclaimer...

Ok, I know I'm a bum about posting lately, but I blame it on Facebook. I've been doing that for the last month or so and I love it! So, yes, my blog has suffered from it, but I promise to get some pictures up of our Christmas before the weekend is over. Promise!