Trip West

We had a wonderful trip out West to visit everyone...it was very enjoyable. Below are pictures (I really didn't take too many...bummer...but I did get some good ones!) Here is Autumn's first time in an airplane. She actually didn't do too bad. The last airplane ride home she slept the last 2 hours. When we finally got home she clapped her hands in the backyard when she saw her play-set...it was really cute.
Here is a picture of John, Amois, and Paloma near the duck pond in Ashland. We had a nice afternoon touring the town and drinking some fancy drinks from the coffee shop, yummy!! We enjoyed the sun during our picnic...
Here we attempted to get a better picture of Paloma...she really was a sweet baby!! Plently of smiles for everyone. This picture was taken at our campsite in Harris Beach. The tidal pools during low tide were really cool to explore in. The coast was beautiful with a more private beach and the large rocks coming out of the ocean. No picutres...but I have a fun video of wrestling soccer. I love this picture of the Dowiak group. We made our way back into the Redwoods for our last night camping. We got our first taste of the forest on a horseback ride through the Redwoods and wanted to come back for a hike. The trees were amazing...
This was a cute picture of the brothers at the campsite (They missed you Matt!) Having fun...

August 9, 2007

I have no picture of this, but it's a funny story...I was changing Autumn's diaper in her bedroom and she wouldn't lay still enough for me to put on a new one. So I decided to let her air out for a couple of minutes. Well, she crawled down the first couple of stairs and was walking back and forth on the landing a couple of times when she squatted...and left a nice, small #2 on the floor! Then she stood up and crawled back up the stairs. I proceeded to place a diaper on her...

August 2, 2007

Autumn's a busy girl...here she is walking around the backyard. I no longer attempt to keep her clean, it's an effort that doesn't last. She's so cute I love it!! The wedgie in the second picture's a keeper!! Check out her video...

In the pool

July 30, 2007

I'll make this quick because a very active someone is sitting on my lap trying to type on the keyboard...just wanted to upload some recent pictures of Autumn. I worked over the weekend, and was pleasantly surprised at how well she's doing walking...I'll try to upload a video sometime in the near future. She is a funny girl...

July 23, 2007

We have been no busy it's hard to keep up with this blog...Autumn is wonderful, she's starting to take steps on a regular basis, but no -I'm walking across the room- yet. She took her first steps when we were at Cook Forest for a long family weekend vacation. It was awesome...she looked like the Bride of Frankenstein, pretty cute!! Below are some pictures from the trip. We were able to go on a couple of short hikes with her, but nothing too intense. Miles and I borrowed my parents tandem bike and went for a ride, our top speed was 32mph...that was fun, although the view doesn't change much in the back:) It was nice to get away and relax.
We did manage to get in a fender bender of sorts on the drive back home. Not to worry, everyone is okay, but now we're in the process of insurance company hassels. A mess that will work itself out I'm sure. To continue our run of bad luck we had to put our poor puppy to sleep. She had a congenital renal problem that was causing her health issues...it's very sad. I miss it most at night because she liked to curl up on your lap and sleep, so sweet.
I'll try to take some more pictues and posts on my end...my summer break is coming up so I'll have no excuses...