Monthly archive for ‘ May, 2008 ’

our seattle adventure

19th May 2008 | 1 Comment

 monday: may 19th   what a fun weekend! we took our time getting ready on saturday morning and then headed down to seattle. the highway was being worked on in bellingham (they expected 1 mile back-ups) so we opted to take the beautiful, scenic chuckanut drive down to skagit county where we then hopped onto [...]


block towers

17th May 2008 | 1 Comment

 saturday: may 17th   the other night, dave was lying on the floor playing with davey. or actually playing with davey’s toys while watching davey. so dave kept trying to corral all the colored shaped blocks and stack them in one single tower before davey could reach over and knock them down. it didn’t happen [...]


uh oh

16th May 2008 | 1 Comment

 friday: may 16th   uh oh. i forgot to tell you that i dropped (and broke) my cell phone on tuesday. so i’ve been phone-less for a few days. which means i also am missing a lot of phone numbers. we’re hoping to transfer my number to dave’s unused phone and to transfer his number [...]


everywhere we go

14th May 2008 | 3 Comments

 wednesday: may 14   yes, everywhere we go…. and everyone we see… davey claps his hands. he’s so darn proud of himself. and he LOVES the attention from strangers! i can’t even count how many people at the grocery store got to see him clap his hands today. and then he decided he was a [...]


time to share

13th May 2008 | 9 Comments

 tuesday: may 13th   i had a WONDERFUL mothers’ day. we went out to dinner (jake’s BBQ in lynden – YUMMMM!!!) on saturday night. and then on sunday morning, dave got up early with davey so i could sleep for another hour or so before getting ready for church. and then he made lunch – [...]


moms day

11th May 2008 | 2 Comments

 Sunday: May 11th   Happy Mothers’ Day to all! I’m blessed to say I’ve had a number of wonderful moms throughout my lifetime, though, of course, there’s MY MOM and my MOTHER-IN-LAW. Both wonderful women of God who have taught me so much over the years. They are so very different in so many ways [...]


baby sitter

10th May 2008 | 1 Comment

 saturday: may 10th   Last night dave and i went to a local IMPROV night. The Panic Squad is an improv group who has committed themselves to a clean night of comedy and entertainment. Andrew Bright is in "charge" of the group and we’re fortunate enough to have the Brights in our church…. and our [...]


a new trick

9th May 2008 | 2 Comments

 friday: may 9th   it’s AMAZING how quickly kids learn things at this age. Davey is almost 10 months old and for the last two months or so, as i’ve thought of it, i’ve been trying to teach him how to clap his hands. for a few weeks he just stared. then he would grab [...]


nap update

8th May 2008 | 2 Comments

 thursday: may 7th   davey napped REALLY well yesterday. he went down in the morning without a fuss and slept for (dare I type it?) THREE HOURS!   then, in the afternoon we took a ride to the post office and then the grocery store and on the way home, he fell asleep in his [...]


new games

7th May 2008 | 1 Comment

 Wednesday: May 7th   After a trip to the grocery store yesterday (as a way to get out of the house), Davey and I discovered a fun new game for him:     yep. a brown grocery bag is a fun toy. and a good hiding place while mommy puts away the groceries!   yesterday wasn’t [...]