My little boy is growing up! We had a party for him on July 3rd. Thanks to everyone who was able to make it. Ethan’s birthday will always be a full weekend of celebrating with the 4th of July the following day. What a special birthday!
Aaron, Ethan and I have been busy having a blast on the Oregon Coast this week while Nate has been working himself to near death trying to finish all the house remodels before we bring a third little life into our home. When we returned from the beach and I checked my email, guess who’s beautiful, absoultely cute face was staring back at me. Caleb!! I can’t wait to go over there and hold him in my arms. Still no updates as to when we get to do that, but here are some pictures to tide us all over.
Aaron’s been playing soccer for a few weeks now. We travel down to south Everett to kick a ball around for a half hour. He has a blast and so do I. Here are a few photos of the action.
what? we can't use our hands??
Goooooooaaaaaaalllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!
We finally received pictures of our little baby over in Taiwan. Our first step toward bringing him home is scheduled for May 20th in the courts in Taiwan. So we are still just waiting, but getting closer. With that court date, we are hoping we will have him home by the end of July, but it is still a big unkown. And here is what you really want to see – the cutest pictures ever of our 2 1/2 month old son!
The kitchen remodel is well on its way to being complete. Here are some photos of the cabinets installed. Work that still needs to be done: countertops installed on fridge side, bamboo floors installed, trim work installed, dishwasher installed, garbage disposal hooked up, then tada – kitchen complete.
Sink area
Fridge wall
The corner cabinet
The cookie sheet organizer
The spice rack
Thanks everyone who helped!! (David, Diana, Ralph, Nick, Jesse, Mark, Brian, Tom, Jason, and anyone else I didn’t know about!!!)
We went for our first ever hike as a family of 4 today. Ethan chilled in the moby wrap for the entire trip. Aaron rode up in a backpack and then walked/ran the entire 1.5 miles back! We passed horses, dogs, chipmunks, birds, and lots of salmonberry on the way. What a beautiful day to get outside. Here are some photos from lunch at the top:
Peanut Butter & Honey
Lunch Fun
See any resemblance? 
Walking Away
Today was the big day. We have been carrying Easter baskets around all week waiting for the day when we could go hunt for eggs hidden in the grass. So Jesse, Kitty and Jovie met us at our house and we walked (or strollered) the 3 blocks down to the park. We knew there would be a lot of kids there, but wow! This photos doesn’t even show the kids lined up on the side of the park where we were standing!
Aaron and Jovie were poised and ready with their Easter baskets.
As soon as the announcer said “ok” the kids were off. Jessie hovered around a few eggs to make sure Jovie was able to get 2 of them. Aaron rounded up his fair share. And they quickly learned the joy in cracking open the plastic eggs to find not a boiled egg inside, but candy! I have never seen a field cleaned up so fast in my entire life. I think it may have lasted 18 seconds. Can’t wait to do it again next year! (click on the images below to see the full frame photo)
Happy Easter everyone!
Coloring birthday cards:
coloring
At the park enjoying the sunshine:
Happy baby
Sliding
brothers
a lot more love to go around, plus…
a second crib
a second high chair
more formula
a second set of cloth diapers
a third car seat
a BIGGER car 
and a trip to Taiwan!
Whew! We are so excited!
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