Recent Adventures

We recently went on a fun day trip to the coast. We hiked around Sand Lake (south of Tillamook) and played a little on the beach.

We stopped for dinner at Round Table Pizza. I had never had it--it was quite yummy. Mostly, it was fun to watch Edgar FREAK OUT when he got to "play" the video games. He was so excited. He drove a car in a virtual racer game and played some Pac Man and Asteroids.

A different week, Edgar and I joined some friends for a morning at OMSI. Here's Edgar with his FAVORITE person whom he affectionately calls "Beh-Poo" or more recently, "Bep-keyz"

Edgar and friends Johnny and Maya figuring out the paddle boat exhibit.

The Dandelion Experiment

Conclusion: Flowers are not good for eating.

8 Years

As of this last Monday, I have been married to my best friend for 8 YEARS! Wow.

A little more hair...

A little less tan.

A few more guitars...

A lot less time to play them.

Same tiny (but happy) apartment...

one more person living there.

In all, I think it has been a fantastic 8 years. Alex: I ADORE YOU! Thanks for being such a great husband, for being my best friend, for being a fun bandmate, for being a fantastic father to our son, and for still being my consort after this many years.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Mustachioed Traditions

This, my friends, is a moustache vending machine.

That's right, I said, "moustache vending machine."

It is located at the Skipper's Restaurant in Salem, OR.

This is where we go for lunch after every Edgar doctor appointment.

A new tradition was born: Trip To Doc = A New Moustache.

Trip #1:

Trip #2:




Trip #3:

Studio Pictures

In his debut studio picture session, Edgar was flirty...

...super cute...

...and giggly!

It was lots of fun!

One Year Old!

What a fun birthday! To Edgar, just about anything is worth an "OOOoooooH!", and his birthday celebrations were filled with MANY OOOOOOOooooooOOOooooHS!

FAMILY BIRTHDAY PARTY

OoooOOH! Ball Paper!

OOOOOooooHH! Spaghetti with a TRUCK fork! Thanks Auntie Brenda!

OOOOhh. Fire.
Why is everyone staring at me? What do you people expect??
NOM NOM NOM.

Here Mama! Have some cake!

Here Grandma! Have a messy kiss!

The First Haircut!!!

I was getting really sick of his hair always in his eyes. Every picture. Every meal time. But I LOVE his long curls...so the idea was to cut the really long stuff, trim the bangs, and leave the curls.
Before

Ready...

Set...

OOOOoooooOOOOH! OW!!
("Ow" is Edgar's word for hair. On account of that is what mommy and daddy say when you pull their hair.)
So...he moved when I was trimming his bangs. Now he doesn't have too much bangs. I hope he will forgive me for his first haircut! Still...he's awfully cute! I like that I can see his eyes, but honestly--I almost cried when I saw how chopped his bangs were. Ugh. He looks like a little girl who got to the scissors.

Friend Party

This is Edgar's response to "How old are you, Edgar?" So CUTE!

I want to EAT THAT CAKE! NOW!

Playing outside after his party. It's a beautiful day to be one year old! OooooooOOOH!

Was very excited about this "doodle ball." To Edgar, a "doodle" is a rooster. But, his little toy roosters both have a little hole so he can put the rooster on his finger and say "doodle, doodle!" Since the ball also has finger holes, he called it a doodle ball. Love it!

Fun things I love about my one year old Edgar:

• He loves to laugh and make others laugh
• He LOVES music. He leads music, sings, and often asks us to turn on records (that is the word he uses for turning music on the stereo. "reh-cur") He loves to play "TaWR!" (Guitar) and OOOhhhAOOOhhaA (Piano).
• He is very independent and creative when exploring and trying new things. He likes to try things out himself and without any help.
• He says lots of cute words: Dogoo (Yogurt or cottage cheese), Aahpoe (Apple, or applesauce), Tur-toe (turtle), VAH COO! (vacuum. always said as a yell. He LOVES the vacuum. He got a toy vacuum for his birthday!), Beh-poo (Becky, our friend upstairs who watches Edgar now that I am working a few hours a couple days a week. He LOVES Beh-poo.), choo (shoe) and eeyok (sock). He Loves to put on shoes and socks to go out. Yehck. Die-puh (diaper), aaah = eyes.
• I love how much he loves his momma and dad. He loves to kiss us and hug us and does so often.

There is so much I love about this boy! I'm so glad to be his momma!

I love my family!

Eyes

This is especially for grandma Vickie and grandpa Lester (=

While Edgar has long been interested in facial features, he is just now realizing that he has them too! Here he has discovered how to blink. Also, the hand thing and the "Ooohhah" I-want-it-now whine is the way he asks us to sing songs with him.