Happy Birthday Dad!

We love you and are so thankful we will be able to spend the day with you on your actual birthday!

Copy Cat

I've been a tad envious of some recent blog face lifts, so I jumped on that band wagon and found one for my blog.

Happy Thanksgiving all!

We took another trip to Carkeek Park today. Once again only saw one live fish and a few not so live fish. We were told by a friendly gentleman that the salmon are running when it's raining and make themselves scarce with the sunshine.

My favorite part of today's trip to the park was being on the pedestrian overpass, connecting the beach to the park, as a train went below us. Ryan and I waved and the conductor blew the whistle and waved back. The whistle startled Ryan so much that he shuddered from head to toe, but he continued to stand in awe as the train choo-choo'd on below us. This is a picture of the tracks, and the stairs leading up to the overpass.

Overpass

Here fishy fishy. . . .

Chum salmon typically run in Seattle streams in November and December.... but they're not there quite yet. We saw one live salmon (although it was not very lively. . . in fact it barely moved) and two dead salmon. : ( We'll try again next weekend. Ryan kept saying "Ohhhhhh" to the water. I think he enjoyed being there.

15 Months

Stats: wgt is 26 lbs 8 oz = 75% hgt is 31.5" = 65% Lots of "chatter" goes on constantly. Consistent words are Ma-ma, Da-da, Ni-Night, Na-Na (banana), ditty (kitty) & Hi!..... put with an exclamation point after it, because he always sounds so enthusiastic when he says it. If I listen closely he will imitate many other words, but I think I often miss it since he's not real clear. I am having so much fun with him at this age. Every day is a new adventure for him and I am lucky enough to explore this life as he does it.

Thanks Nurse/Auntie Korrynee for being our nurse and doing all his shots to date! We love you!

Rough life

My other kids:

They have it pretty easy.

Demeter-kitty looks a bit possessed there, but she is a very sweet kitty. Joey is so furry you can't even see her eyes at the moment. . . grooming appt. for next week! Below are a few from Halloween when Korryn brought Ryan to the office in costume for a visit.