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It is fun to sit on, but its easier to go pee and poop in the diaper. I get it.

White Pass

Fun with Myla, Ainsley and Maddie!

Welcome!

Welcome Ainsley Lynn, daughter of my college roommate Allison and her husband Rich. They live in California, so we'll have to get out and visit before I get too big!

More Forks pictures

Forks trip

This last weekend we went to Forks to stay at our friend Charlies' family's resort. It was a really relaxing trip, even though the four hour plus drive was a little trying with a toddler. Here are some of the highlights for Ramona:

1. Touching a purple starfish at Rialto Beach (at Hole-in-the-Wall where Shawna and Anders got engaged!)

2. Threw rocks in the water. Lots of rocks. We may have changed some habitats a little.

3. Looking at the river outside our cabin and yelling "water, water!!!"

4. Going to the swing that was on the resorts property. She didn't like to be helped, even though she almost fell off once.

5. Riding around in the cart. Enough said.

6. Falling asleep in Charlie's arms on the walk back from Rialto.

7. Watching all the adults play croquet, and seeing dad win!

8. Eating a yummy dinner cooked by Courtney outside by the river in the sun. Well, ok.....Ramona just ate raisins, which we paid for the next day, but she still had fun.

9. Reading books in bed. And yes, I am reading a Twilight book.....but c'mon we were in Forks!

10. Walking around the Hoh Rainforest for a few minutes. Ramona really loved the moss.

6th Ave Park

We decided to enjoy the sun today, so we walked to a local pocket park. We used our NEW stroller, which we completely love. Its a Phil and Ted's stroller, and we have an add on piece to turn it into a double stroller when we have two. Ramona may have gotten a little tan at the park, besides the fact that I applied 55 spf twice while we were there. Luckily, she loves her sunglasses, so no rays in her eyes. Looking forward to getting outside again this afternoon!

Ponytail Pals

Yay, the sun has continued to come out! This last weekend Ramona helped us by doing yard work.....she is such a helper. As you can see in the first picture, I was working hard as well. She loved jumping in the flower petals, and generally looking like a toddler superstar.

She has also put up with wearing ponytails lately, so that her hair is not always in her eyes. As you can see, Maddie and Ramona were both rocking the top of the head pony. Always a good look.

We also spent quite a bit of time with Dana this weekend. Ramona LOVES Dana. Every time her name is mentioned Ramona gets really excited. On Friday we went to the Asian Art Museum to see "Garden and Cosmos", paintings from India from the 17th to 19th centuries. It was pretty amazing, but our time there was pretty short lived, as you can imagine it would be when taking a 20 month old who hasn't taken a nap yet. However, we had a ton of fun playing on the camels outside (Ramona still shows me how to sit on the camels), and running around in the sun on the grass in Volunteer Park. Then, on Sunday, Brian and Dana came over for breakfast.......this was quite a treat. We rarely saw Brian during basketball season (he coaches), so its nice to see his face around the Fenton Household again.

We also recently received a croquet set from Ben and Kim, and played a round in our nice, if not a little bumpy backyard. Courtney just came back from Europe, and she brought me back some euro candy that has helped with cravings quite a bit. We saw Jenny and Tom at Myla's first birthday, which had lots of yummy and tiny food. Shannon and Robb took us out to dinner at Stumbling Goat for our traditional congratulations for reproducing dinner. Busy times!