Blaine celebrated St. Patrick’s Day this year by eating a green frosted cookie that the checkout lady at the supermarket gave to him!  He’s been so picky about green food lately we weren’t sure he’d go for it, but it was gone in a flash.

Blaine’s been refusing all vegetables for awhile now – we have no idea what happened!

Here he is hiding his broccoli between two plates…

On Friday, 2/28, Gram arrived for a visit!  It was a beautiful afternoon so we went to the playground:

Gram made Blaine his very own stuffed elephant!

And Blaine quickly occupied Gram’s lap for some book time.

On Saturday we went to brunch in the morning at Vios Cafe.  In the afternoon we went to the Seattle Aquarium for the first time.

Blaine wasn’t quite able to reach but one of the employees brought over a starfish in a bowl.

On Sunday we hung out at home and read some more books!

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!”