Game Day

As usual we watched the Seahawks game on Sunday. Nolan put on his jersey and cheered for the home team! I love this picture because he simply cannot look away from the game!Later in the game, when the hawks weren't doing so well Nolan wasn't quite as engaged.Saying he's not a cuddly baby is an understatement. When he is tired he just wants to be in his crib so this was a complete surprise and now my favorite picture!

Did the Puyallup!

Nolan made his first trip to the fair last week. We went on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon when there was no one there...seriously! We even got free street parking and if you have ever had the joy of going to this fair you know that most days you are lucky to find parking in the city of Puyallup it's so crowded! There weren't any lines at all which was such a tease as we couldn't really go on any rides with Nolan, but we still had a great time.
We saw all the animals.We checked out the giant produce, this pumpkin was the biggest in Puyallup Fair history at 1136 pounds, i think they should test these things for steroids...that is just cheating!
Pat did go on one ride, of course he had to choose the most ridiculously scary one!He was a little dazed and confused after this one! I on the other hand ate great fair food.
I love the fair and will definitely make this a yearly outing!

Photo Shoot

I finally gave in and took Nolan to a professional photographer to document this momentous time in his life. I felt the time was right, he is smiley, patient, non mobile and adorable. Luckily cousin Clementine joined us to show us the ropes since she has done this before. She ended up all over the place and a little uncooperative but who can blame her when there were all those super fun props to play with. I think we got some keepers though.
Which is your favorite?

Happy Birthday Yaya!

Last Sunday was YaYa's birthday and when i asked her what she wanted to do, she said go to the aquarium. So we went to the aquarium on the busiest, rainiest day in Seattle! By the time we got to the front door we were soaked through and freezing but that didn't stop us from having fun.
Nolan really enjoys animals, his favorites are anything that he can grab and pull...mostly Cortez but I thought he might enjoy checking out some fish too. He mostly watched the other kids and tried to grab the animals through the glass.
He was a trooper though and patiently watched the fish go by, I think he knew it was YaYa's b-day so he was on his best behavior.

Pool Party

When our real estate agent showed us our house she pointed out the room that would make the perfect nursery and the two huge parks on either side of our block, "perfect for kids" she said. At that time we thought we would live in the house 3-4 years, let it appreciate at the then 12%/year and then use that as a down payment on a bigger house in a better school district, THEN have kids. So we laughed it off and admired the walk in closet possibilities.
Then along came Nolan, and now I can understand the appeal of living close to parks with lots of activities. One of the parks has one of the 28 wading pools in Seattle so on those hot days we were there instead of sweating it out in our oven...i mean house. Luckily we brought friends to keep us company. Miss Annabella and her mom Heather were game to explore the joys of the wading pool.Unfortunately, this pool is now closed so we will have to wait until next summer to splash around some more. Too bad, Nolan loved his time there!
By the way, Nolan is in the room that made a perfect nursery, sneaky real estate agent!

Mariners Fun

We have been super busy lately trying to get all of our summer projects out of the way before fall comes. Since our last post we went to a Mariners game with some of the Clingmans. Nolan did a great job and witnessed his very first Griffey home run. He mostly watched all the people and danced to the music but i think he had fun!His cousin Keller was a great distraction and playmate, they will get along just fine!
We won that game and had no baby drama...it was a fun night!