On our Mac, we have a fun feature called Photo Booth, which is basically a built-in web cam. The girls love to sit in front of the computer and take pictures of themselves with all sorts of cool and interesting effects. Here's a sampling.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Getting so Big!
Paisley is growing up so fast! She climbs on everything and anything, and can open drawers and doors now, too, thanks to lever door handles. This morning she climbed/fell out of her bed. I heard here awake and fussing, but was still half asleep and couldn't get myself out of bed, until I head the "Thud." I went in and found that the same sound had pulled Lexi out of bed, and she beat me to pick up Paisley. I realized that the crib was only on the 2nd lowest setting, so I can drop it another inch lower, so hopefully that will buy me a few more months in her crib. I was debating whether to put the crib up in our new house, or move her to a bed at that point. I guess I'll be lucky if I can keep her in the crib until the end of the summer!
Here she is sitting on Ryan's desk next to the microscope, where she found a chocolate treat. She seems to have a built in radar for chocolate. A few short minutes after getting her down from this precarious perch, we found her on the stairs, also with someone's chocolate bar.
She found both Lexi's and Sierra's candy drawer and regularly raids those.
She is also developing quite a little vocabulary. She can say Hi, Momma, Dad, Di-da (for Christa or sister), shoe, juice, woof (for dog), more, and night-night. At least we think she says all that. She has had a poor snotty nose and diaper rash this week, and is cutting 4 molars (one has broken the surface), so she's been a bit out of sorts this week.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
San Francisco
Last weekend Ryan and I spent a couple of days in San Fran for the American Academy of Dermatology Conference. He goes most every year (last year I was in the hospital having Paisley so we missed it) to shake hands and bring in some new clients for his practice. We were able to squeeze in a visit to Muir Woods, just over the Golden Gate Bridge, and Stinson Beach, a trolley ride to Fisherman's Wharf and Ghirardelli Square with a view of Lombard Street in passing, and dinner and shopping for trinkets for the girls in Chinatown. It was fun to be in a big city again--I love the vibrancy and the culture that comes with a real city. But I'm always happy that I'm living in a bit more sheltered town here in Boise. I helped out in Ryan's booth on the tradeshow floor, where it is always interesting to people watch. Walking along the streets of San Fran we noticed a few scraggly men shaking their cups and asking for donations-some playing music, others just hoping people would drop in some change. We mused that our activities in town weren't all that different, we just have a nicer backdrop. Maybe next year we'll bring along the violin and just have the case open in front of our booth, "Biopsies to spare, anyone?" The girls were well taken care of here at home, and it was nice to have a couple of days break, even though we were working.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
News Story
Channel 7 called our heating and cooling contractor the other day and asked if they could do a story on geothermal systems, and other "green" energy sources. Jason, our contractor, told them they were working on an install at our house, and the news came out and did a little article on renewable energy, which now qualify for some additional tax credits and incentives. We were there going over some lighting, so the news interviewed Ryan as well. Here's the link to the story, complete with video of the house.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Lexi turns 12!
Tuesday was Lexi's 12th birthday! We've been stretching the celebration out for several days. On Saturday we went shopping and got her ears pierced. Then Monday night we went out to dinner and had cake with some friends who have a little boy who shares Lexi's birthday. Tuesday was her real, actual birthday, but it's our crazy lesson day, so we didn't really have much time, but she did get treats at her school class and to choose dinner (dad's homemade mac and cheese), and she opened presents late that evening when everyone was back home. She is excited for her friend party on Friday night, and sometime we need to have her mom and dad dinner date. Lexi is such a sweet, bright, talented kid. Some things we love about Lexi: She is a pretty easy going kid-not much gets her upset; she is a huge help with Paisley; she is very smart, but is really humble about it; she is friendly to a variety of kids; she has worked really hard to get all of the Articles of Faith memorized before her birthday, and is sooooo excited to be in the Young Women program; she likes to play football at recess, and loves to go for long walk-runs; she has a really quick, witty sense of humor and often makes us laugh with her sarcastic comments. She is a joy in our lives, and a child any parent would wish for. Thanks, Lexi, for being you. We love you tons!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Happy Birthday Paisley!
On Monday, the 2nd, we celebrated Paisley's first birthday. I can't believe I don't have a baby anymore. She's a full-fledged toddler. She walks everywhere, and even tries to run. She's learning to climb on everything, and she's figured out how to let us all know what she wants (and doesn't want.) We switched the car-seat around to face forward, which makes her so much happier. This little one is definitely the star of the family. She knows how to pose for the camera, and how to scream until someone gives her whatever toy she was just playing with. We all adore her-especially her daddy. She loves her new baby doll. (She would steal Anya's all the time, so she got her own for her birthday.) Thanks Sarah for the cute cake idea.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
No news is good news . . .
Things have been the usual crazy busy around here since Christmas. We had various family members here visiting for most of the 2 weeks starting at New Year's (thanks for all your help!). We love being close enough to have family come visit, after spending the first 12 years of married life at least 1200 miles away from family. Just as we were getting back into the swing of things, the girls had a couple of days off school for the end of the semester, and for MLK day (or whatever we call this holiday in the middle of January now). Paisley is walking all over the place now, and wins the prize for the youngest walker of all the girls. She is also starting to say a few words-Hi, Momma, Dadda, juice, and some form of Lexi. She is getting to be a little mimic and has quite an opinion about lots of things. She really fast at emptying my bathroom cabinets and the plastic dishware cabinet. She recently had a bout of thrush, which resulted in her being weaned (happy day and sad day), and a course of Nystatin. That seems to be mostly resolved now. We have decided to homeschool Emma for the remainder of the school year. Though she has been performing at the top of her class academically, she just wasn't loving the school experience. We have a great curriculum that makes it pretty easy for me to manage and for her to be mostly independent in the day to day learning activities. She will still go down to HSCS for PE and a few other specials with her old class. She is excited for the change. Christa started basketball. She was picked for the 8th grade varsity team and is really improving, especially in her shooting abilities. Her first game is tomorrow. Go Grizzlies! Our house is coming along, and we're just trying to keep up with all the decisions about windows and bathtubs and where we want light fixtures. It's never-ending, but in a mostly fun way. We have been in an inversion for nearly 2 weeks straight, and I am more than ready to see some sun! They say maybe this weekend. I got a new computer and imported all my photos, but somehow they came through duplicated and unorganized, so there's a new project, in case I don't have enough on my to-do list. I enjoy those kinds of projects, though. They just come out of my sleep.
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