Parents in Seattle

This week my parents came to visit and we had sunny beautiful weather all week for a change.  We went to Tillicum Village on Blake Island, lots of yummy salmon and amazing views of the city and mountains.  The next day we were of to Chateau St. Michelle, a local winery just east of Seattle.  The girls entertained themselves by collecting acorns while we sat on the lawn enjoying the day.  We also went to the Point Defiance Zoo and saw the cute baby tiger cubs.  Saturday we took the Sounders train from Tacoma to Seattle and saw a Mariners game.   Luckily they have a playground in the stadium, but near the end the girls got into the chanting of "I chi RO!!"  Unfortunately they lost.  I think everyone had a great time, it's always hard to say goodbye until next time.

Our little starfish

Camel ride with Nana

Parasailing over the needle

Sounders train

Tillicum village

Winery

Coming soon...

Yes, this is going to be our new addition to our family in February!  I'm 11 weeks now and everything looks good so far.  We just told Riley and I'm not sure she gets it or not.  She keeps asking if the Dr. is going to cut my stomach open (I HOPE NOT!)  She's pretty excited though and I think will ask me every day until February when the baby will get here.  We're definitely finding out if it's a boy or a girl, so stay tuned!

The many sides of sweet Ella

Lately Ella has been, how do I say it, complicated.  Just over the past couple months she has turned from my "sweet, could do no wrong baby" to "over 18 months".  She can be laughing one minute and screaming the next.  Just to prove it I documented her mood swings this past week.  We were on a foot ferry from Port Orchard to Bremerton and these pictures were taken within 2 minutes of each other.