Sorry this post is coming a few days late! We hope that you had a fabulous birthday in Uruguay on 2/21! Blaine enjoyed helping out with coloring your birthday sign. We’re all thinking of you and hoping to see you again soon!
Love,
Blaine, Andrew, and Sally
A construction crew next door to Blaine’s daycare discovered a mammoth tusk during excavation! On Valentine’s Day they removed the tusk and it was sent over to the Burke Museum at UW.
On 2/12 Blaine was really working on his fork skills at dinner, and even managed to get a few peas into his mouth!
On Sunday, 2/9, we got a few inches of snow in Seattle! Here’s Blaine in the snow for the first time:
We watched the big kids sledding down Highland street right near our house, and then we shoveled our walk:
Our neighbor, Doug, lent us a sled so that Blaine could have his first ride:
Here’s Blaine wearing his Seahawks shirt to daycare on Friday, 1/31:
And on Saturday, 2/1, picking up some snacks for the big game:
And here he is on Superbowl Sunday, cheering Seattle on to victory!
Blaine was asleep by the end, and managed to sleep through the fireworks and revelry.
Here’s Blaine in the waiting room on his very first visit to the dentist. Dr. Beck said Blaine’s teeth look great, and he painted on some fluoride. Blaine has 9 teeth now – 4 on top, 4 on bottom plus one bottom right molar. Dr Beck said 3 more molars are bulging and might break through sometime soon… poor Blaine.
It was such a beautiful day on 1/26 so we decided to go to the zoo in the afternoon. We saw the baby giraffe again, who’d grown a couple of feet since the Fall. Blaine loved seeing the elephants – he kept pointing at them and saying “want that!”
On 1/26, we took Blaine on his first outing to Pike Place Market!
We saw the pig, and the fish market, and got some doughnuts.
On 1/18 our PEPS group had a get together at PlayDate Seattle, which is an indoor play area for kids. They had a special little area for toddlers where the kiddos could play without getting run over by the big kids.
The second leg of our trip did not get off to great a start when Blaine lost his breakfast 20 minutes into the 3hr drive from Great Falls to Wynnewood. We pulled over in Potomac, MD, and attempted to get everything cleaned up before we continued… luckily Blaine was able to fall asleep soon after and get his mid-day nap en route:
We were quite relieved to arrive in Wynnewood and join the Mahoney post-bowling luncheon (with Mom-Mom, Doc, Fran, Tim, Molly, Uncle Hank, Aunt Jean, Kate, Jesse, Clare, Adam, Sean, Moira, Aunt Jane and Uncle Peter). Thanks to Uncle Tim for the pics!
Aunt Molly entertained Blaine while we settled in. Here’s a link to a short video that I hope will work:
That evening we trimmed the tree before leaving some cookies and milk out for Santa!
Sure enough, the next morning we discovered that Santa had found Blaine (again):
In the afternoon we had the traditional Forsyth gathering including Rich, Betsy, Stephen, Phoebe, James, Sue, Tom, Tommy, Sean, John, Mary K, Megan, Peter (and Mom-Mom, Doc, Fran, Tim, Molly, Jane, Mommy, Daddy, Blaine). After dinner Maureen, Anthony, Maren and Rafe came by for dessert.
On 12/26 Daddy headed to NY for work and we took it easy at home because Mommy was still getting over her illness.
In the morning we ventured out to the playground with Uncle Fran and Aunt Molly:
And in the afternoon we enjoyed a visit with Uncle Peter and cousins Jane and Daniel, who weren’t able to make it on Christmas Eve:
Blaine really enjoyed playing with Aunt Molly’s “Uno Attacks” toy:
On Friday, 12/27 we went to a kids’ play area called “Lulu’s Casita” with Uncles Tim and Fran, Aunt Molly and Mom-Mom.
In the afternoon we went into the city with Aunt Jane, Uncle Fran and Molly to see Uncle Tim’s new house! Blaine had a ball on Tim’s spiral staircases… sadly I forgot to take pictures.
Here are some other pics from the same day. Blaine just LOVED Sarge and we were all impressed with Sarge’s patience with Blaine. 🙂
On Saturday we enjoyed the sunny weather at the playground again with Mom-Mom, Uncle Fran and Aunt Molly. Blaine also spent time playing with another favorite toy from Christmas — this giant box:
That evening Blaine experienced another first — his first Chinese food! He loved the Moo Shu chicken.
On Sunday, 12/29, Blaine got to meet Uncle Tim’s dog, Penny… but he wasn’t quite so fond of her as he was of Sarge! Sorry, Penny. We had an evening flight back to Seattle and Blaine was very well behaved and slept for most of the flight. Thanks to Mom-Mom and Doc for having us — we all had a great time!
