Clarification

I have had many family members ask me who "Uncle Los" is. Carlos is a good friend of ours who lives in Florida. We met him on the internet quite a few years ago and have become good friends. He has adopted Ivy as his niece. He is a wonderful guy and we sure do wish he would move out to Seattle.....(hint hint Carlos)

Here is a picture of him on the Star Wars website (he is in the picture on the bottom of the post on the right. He is the bald guy in the back row of the group picture.) http://www.starwars.com/community/news/family/news20070828.html

Hope this helps for those family members who were confused. :)

Our little R2-D2

Ivy's Uncle Los sent her this outfit for her birthday. Is she not just the cutest little R2-D2 you have ever seen? (Look at the little chunky thighs :)






Is it ok to taste your lightsaber?


Forget the toys, she just likes to climb inside the box and then outside again.

Bora Bora

As some of you may have noticed to the right there is a new website link. I have created a blog with some pictures from our trip to Bora Bora in 2005. We will be going again in August of 2008. Hard to believe considering our trip was such an adventure. :)

Wow she is amazing

Ivy is a year and we are so excited at how happy of a baby she is. She has sure turned into a toddler for sure. Yesterday she pulled all of her toys out of her box and climbed into the box. It was so cute. She is walking, trying to run, talking and signing. We continue to teach her sign so that she can communicate with us those words she can not say yet.



Last night she spent her first night away. She stayed at Grandma and Grandpa Mulkey's house. Apparently she did very well and slept good all night. It was weird to not have her at home but we are excited that she did so well. She will be staying the whole weekend with them the last weekend in August while Greg and I attend PAX. Greg will be speaking on multiple panels and then when the weekend is over we have the annual "After PAX Taco's" at our home. Usually that brings 15-20 people excited for the World Famous Greg Tacos. We figure it is best for her to get used to staying there so for now, every Saturday night she will be sleeping at their home.

Today we have church at 5pm at Mars Hill where she will move up to the toddler room for child care because she is walking so well now. It is so amazing to watch her grow. We are excited for the possibility of another child in years to come.

Speaking of that many people are asking us about our "plan".... We will be going back to BoraBora in August of 2008. There, or just after we will be trying for a little brother or sister for Ivy. If I get pregnant as fast as before this means that in May of 2009 we should have another little one. (God willing of course)

For those of you who are out of town and many who are out of the country we hope that you enjoy this blog where you can watch her grow from afar.

May God bless your families,
Stephanie

What a crazy week!!!

Well we have had a crazy week for sure. Ivy turned 1 on June 29th and I turned 30 on July 6th. We celebrated both our birthdays at St. Edward Park on June 30th. It was a gorgeous day and we all had a great time. Ivy's god-parents Steve and Jessica Mulkey were in town for a week. It was great cause we all got to spend time with them and their son PJ who is 6 months younger then Ivy. They live in California so we don't get to see them much. We really enjoyed our time with all of them and for Ivy and PJ to get to know each other a little. Since they are cousins and all. :)

This week was also the 4th of July. Ivy had a hard time getting to sleep in a strange place but once she did....she didn't have any problem sleeping through the fireworks. Praise God!!!

Here are some pictures from her birthday...





















Here is Ivy and PJ playing on a blanket under an umbrella.


Here is the best family picture we could seem to come up with :(


Here is the picture of the family women and children
(not sure why we didn't do a mens picture)


Here is when the long awaited cake experience began....






Ohhhh there it goes on the ground :)


"All Done" she says in sign language


Sorry it took me so long to get the pictures up but I had about 650 to go through. I hope you all enjoy the pictures....and I hope this week isn't so crazy :)