My mom has a beautiful garden and as kids napped, I headed out to enjoy the peace and quiet.

Wheelbarrow

I got some new equipment and Sara was so fun. I think she enjoyed the added attention.
I’ll let you be the judge
Silly

Calm

Energtic

Crazy

Sweet

At the end of the day, Sara wanted to take some pictures. Not bad, Sara!

March brought a Kyser wedding and a trip to Vancouver’s Aquarium:

Needless to say, the weather made for interesting picture-taking and great memories!

The Aquarium…
Sara DID have fun, but had just awakened from a nap

Glad this guy was behind glass!

Thought it’d be fun to see what the sisters look like at the same ages.
Allie

I LLLLLLLLLLLLLLove this one… Fall time: a great time to live in Seattle.

That’s enough, right? I can’t decide! Which one to use…. in the words of Winnie the Pooh, “think, think, think.”

I decided to make a first and do Sara’s birthday pictures, actually close to her birthday. So, this year, I’m a little early. She turns 3 on November 11th. This is part 1. More to come. Which is your favorite?
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Lj took us all to see his office! These are all from downtown.

The new job!!!

The view. Not bad, huh? At Rainier Square.

Free Beverages from the Break Room. Sara drank the whole orange juice,

…and wouldn’t use th potty at the library 30 minutes later!

Sara is getting to look so old!

Our precious little Allie. She is such a little sweetheart. A GREAT baby. And she has discovered her hands. They are her best friend and plays with them all day long.

Sara doing puzzles at the Seattle Public Library. A very cool place.

And who said ducks can’t read???

I had to post this tonight…insanely late for me to be up doing this, seeing I won’t be sleeping in…but I just developed this picture…I love taking pictures because of ones like this:

Well, we’re 2 weeks into this thing, and so far so good. Actually, it’s going a lot better than I imagined. Sara’s tantrums are mainly when she is sleep deprived or off of her schedule. She mainly just wants to have attention too and to help. She is a very good big sister, always wanting to hug and kiss Allie. The best part is when she tells us what Allie wants. Like today, she told Lj and I in the car that she wants her binki, or at home she told us to let her just sleep when we went to hold her and when Lj was burping Allie tonight and Allie was crying from it all, Sara told “dabby” that she must want mommy. It is quite adorable.



Allie is sleeping quite well. She’ll give me a 4 hour stretch in there during the night usually and Sara sleeps at least until 7, sometimes 8:30…and those days are glorious. Allie sleeps so much during the day, that I can really get time in with Sara or other things done. But then there is the down side that Sara does best when I can get her out of the house (preferrably once a day) to go do something…not good when we’re all cooped up for the day. Anyway, all is well so far. I think my sanity and nerves are saved at this point because Lj is working at home and has been very gracious with his time so far. At least to have his help if a crises arises is enough to save the day. Hurray for flexible schedules!

I was looking through some older pictures of Sara, and this isn’t an offcial 2 yr old picture, but look at how much older she looks this year!!! I can’t believe it!