Family

Well...it's been a couple of days, or maybe a week or so that I've posted. That's because we have had family in town. Actually, I've had more time during the day to get stuff done, but I think I'm liking just to relax and not do anything while Kathy and George are here. I am being a lazy bum, and I feel okay about that. Not much is going on, we picked some blackberries and raspberries and are planning on making some jam and syrup out of them...yummy. Other than that, I'll post sometime later and give you more of an update.

9 months

Elizabeth turned 9 months yesterday. I can not believe how qickly the 9 months flew by. I can still remember bringing her home from the hospital and how tiny her little body was. I am constantly amazed at how much she is learning and what she can do. I can't believe that it's possible, but today I love her more.

How can she do that?

This is a picture I took of Elizabeth sleeping. Notice the toes between her arm and ear. Doesn't that look like it hurts?

Camping

We went camping this weekend and found this beautiful place called Boulder Flats. It's about 50 miles east of Roseburg along the North Umpqua river. We found this wonderful camp site right on the river. We went with some friends of ours and the girls stayed at the camp site and chit-chatted while the boys went to the Lake and fished for 2 days. Could you ask for anything more? Well...maybe catching some fish for us to eat, but that's okay too. The boys also went swimming in the river. It was super cold, but if any of you know Marty, he's a fish. He would jump in any kind of water. Here are some pictures of our camping trip. The pack n play is the best invention and wonderful for keeping the little one contained. I think it's adorable that she can barely see over the top.

Baby Einstein

So...here is a picture of Elizabeth watching her favorite movie...baby Einstein. As you can see she is glued to the t.v. This reminds me of Reese watching this as well. It seems like all babies love it. As for us, we are going camping this weekend to Lake Toketee...I think that's how it's spelled. We are going with some friends and Marty is going to do some fishing. Hopefully he will catch some yummy fish for us to eat. I am also looking forward to my in-laws coming next week. Hopefully I will be able to check off some projects I need to to get done. It seems that with Elizabeth I can get started but never finish.

Also...any ideas on what I can so with her hair. It seems like I can put a barrette in to keep her hair out of her eyes, but her hair is so thin that the barrette comes right out.

update

This summer has been a very busy one for us. Marty is working hard on his bumper for the truck and I am working hard at making sure Elizabeth doesn't get into everything in sight. This last week I went out to Sutherlin and picked 15 pounds of blueberries. I thought that it was more than enough, but when I got home I realized that I actually might want some more blueberries to freeze. Elizabeth chows them down and them keeps going for more. Marty and I also went to Florence Saturday for a wedding. It was beautiful on the coast.

4th

I hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th. We sure did have a lot of fun this year. We were a bit surprised that Elizabeth didn't fuss about the fireworks. We headed over to Jen's house at about 4:30. We had a barbeque, played some games, and watched the Winston fireworks show. Elizabeth had a 40 minute power nap before the show began, so she was ready.

Like Father like daughter

What do you think about that? This picture of Marty was taken when we went to Arizona for the baby shower and Marty got to ride his new bike for the first time. The other picture was taken a couple of weeks ago while we were looking for a helmet for me. We ended up with another motorcycle because Elizabeth looked just like her dad...just kidding. But it sure is a really cute picture and one of Marty's favorites.