The Sun is Starting to Shine

The old saying, April showers brings May flowers...we waited long and hard for some good sunshine in Oregon and the time has come.

We have been spending a good amount of time focusing on the yard and gardening this year - we have a mini-garden in the back yard and partially in the front with peas, beans, spinach, broccolini, squash, rhubarb, onions and many choices of herbs.   We've also spent a little time getting to get the yard looking a little better too.    So some of the pictures you will see were from our last trip to the nursery to pick up some shrubs and annuals for the front yard and our treat a fig tree!  

Noah is growing like a weed.   We had our first significant illness last week with a pretty good case of croup - I hope you never go through it.   If you have seen a barking seal at the zoo before, you will know what it sounds like.   He is feeling much better now and smiley as ever.   He is on the verge of crawling and loving his swimming lessons.

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

The Hoosier State

Well, Jesse headed to Alaska - so Noah and I headed to Indiana to see the Stronczek family.

Highlights - Noah got a new top tooth, he started sitting up unsupported, he is trying to crawl, he didn't have to lay on dog hair, he traveled on the plane pretty well, he loves to play with a spatula, he saw almost all of his cousins, he loves being in the center of everything, he flirts with Grandma and remembers her on video chat.

We are now back in Portland trying to get our schedule back in order. But our family has been sharing a cold and Noah is trying to get the second of the top teeth....but there was at least a single day reprieve last night with a 7 hour stretch of sleep. I thanked the Good Lord above for that!!

Here are some of our latest pics!