Costa Rica Beautiful

Fall 2008

We had a great end to the summer. Finn did a lot of camping and he was a trooper, a natural, one might say, which is a good thing for our family. This has been a fun fall so far. We spent sometime in Lake Tahoe with the Goss' in September though Finn and Alex both got the stomach flu. Finn now has four teeth. He continues to be so much fun. He is mostly sleeping through the night and is eating solid foods. He changed daycare centers in September and he and we love the new place. The people are wonderful and Finn loves all of the structures to explore and activities they provide.

Finn is standing! He started standing and crawling in earnest by the end of September. It is pretty fun. He moves with a mission.

Finn loves standing.

We went to the pumpkin patch with Ryan, Kelly, and Henry. It was a cool, beautiful fall day. A perfect day for pumpkins!

Finn enjoyed all the pumpkins and playing in the dirt.

Finn was a sock monkey for his first Halloween. He was a champ with the costume, though the hat didn't last very long.

Kitchen remodel - almost done

So these are pictures of our new kitchen. We are almost completely done with the cabinets, we just have a heck of a lot of priming and painting to do. As you can see, we have already made it a mess! But we absolutely love it. The subway tile is one of my favorite parts. These are the concrete countertops and my new windown and sink. I love having the extra window and the huge sink.

This is the new opening with the peninsula. Alex and my dad spent a long time making that all look great and figuring out the heater vent which is right under it. There are lights for two hanging pendant lights, but the ones I want are very expensive, so I am waiting a bit.

Summer Kitchen Renovation

Here is our kitchen cleaned out and ready to demolish!
Oh how we will not miss you ugly, impractical cabinets and teeny tiny dishwasher!
Alex did a great job of demolishing!

This is the total mayhem in which we are now living. It is very hard to stay sane, but luckily it is summer for eating and cooking on the deck!
New floor, new window, new cabinets and new applicances Hooray!
Still a little work to be done.

Final project to come... :-)

Six Months

While we can't believe it, Finn is now over six months old. He weighs over 15 pounds and is wearing all six month and bigger clothes. We just moved to the next size in shoes. These are some exciting things. Things have gotten a lot better in that he is a sleeping champ and is eating fun solid foods. We have really had a great time this summer with him: camping, a trip to Sun River, and just general frolicking in the backyard. He is starting to get a tooth, though it has just been a persistant bump in his gums for a couple of weeks now. Here are some pictures to update everyone, I know that it has been a long time coming.


Finn loved bouncing and jumping in the doorway. The one he played in at daycare he would literally jump up into the air!

Now it is non-stop smiles.
The Bumbo seat was great, letting Finn sit up and look around while we could garden. This was the first really warm and sunny day of Spring.

Finn, Alex, and Scout play with our neighbor Lucy. Lucy and Finn were born on the same day.

This is Finn's first trip to the Oregon Coast. Brrrr, it was really cold.

Finn and Dad are reading together. Well, Finn is really going to try and eat the magazine in the next shot.

Oh, sleepy time...shhhhhhh.
Fun with Grandpa Steve!

This is the first trip in the stroller without the car seat! Such a big boy now.


This is Finn's first solid food. Yummy rice cereal. He took to it like a natural. The boy really likes food, in any form.

This is our trip to Sun River with friends Ryan, Kelly, and Henry. It was beautiful and warm.
Oh, what a cute little family. This is also at Sun River.

Yummy carrotsYummy carrots and rice cereal.We all went camping with the Goss clan. This is Aunt Lisa and Alex and Finn.So styling in sunglasses and his new bathing suit!Camping baths are so fun!