More!

Blaine’s favorite food is blueberries, and he’s even learned the sign for “more” to make sure we give him as many as he wants.  (Well, actually, we usually have to cut him off even though he’s still signing more…)

I also added a video of Blaine signing “more” to the August album — link here.

That album also has a bonus video of Blaine enjoying some tennis balls.

Childproofing

We put child locks on all the kitchen cabinets, but not on these drawers… so of course they’re now Blaine’s favorite thing to play with!

Lummi Island

On Friday, 8/30, we took our first family roadtrip to Lummi Island, in the San Juans!

It was also Blaine’s first time on a boat… though the ride only lasted about 5 minutes and we were in the car the whole time:

He seemed pretty fascinated by just being in the front seat of the car:

We had lunch at the Taproot Cafe in the Willows Inn.  Blaine’s thinking, “Mommy, stop taking pictures and get me some real food.”  He loved the tuna and ham we gave him from our sandwiches.

After lunch Blaine had his first trip to the beach!

He was fascinated by the waves.  The water was freezing, but he seemed to enjoy having his toes dipped in the water:

He also enjoyed throwing rocks in (the direction of) the water and tasting the sand.

Here’s our room, which was right above the lobby.  Blaine slept fine in his pack and play and went to bed right on time at 7pm, making it an easy evening for his babysitter.

Mommy and Daddy had a delicious meal at the Willows Inn starting with this fantastic smoked Samish Bay Mussel:

We were up bright and early the next morning (thanks to Blaine) and out on the 8am ferry.

Happy Birthday, Granddad!

Happy Birthday greetings from Seattle/India!  We hope that it’s been a great one so far, with more fun to come. And, of course, we’re sorry that we aren’t there with you to celebrate, but we’re looking forward to seeing you again soon!

Love,

Blaine, Sally and Andrew

Happy Birthday, Gram!

It’s technically your birthday on the East Coast, and I wanted to make sure we got our greetings in early!  🙂  We hope that you have a wonderful birthday and wish that we could be there with you to celebrate!  We’re thinking of you!

Love,

Blaine, Sally and Andrew

Luau

It was luau theme day in the Infant 1 classroom last Friday and Blaine wore this festive onesie (which is actually from Hawaii) for the occasion!  I believe thanks go to Jutta Hicks (Gram, please correct me if that’s wrong…)

Lamb curry

Daddy made a delicious lamb curry last weekend that we all enjoyed — the lamb cooked for 48 hours in the sous vide and came out incredibly tender!  And the curry sauce was awesome, much better than any of the neighborhood takeout places.

We’re going to miss Daddy while he’s in India next week!

Amazon Summer Picnic

We went to the Amazon Summer Picnic on Saturday, August 10, at CenturyLink field (where the Seahawks and the Sounders play).  It was pretty cool to get out on the turf — Blaine seemed confused that he wasn’t able to pull it out like the grass at home.