Loving the lawn

Mom had an early birthday party for Eli and I, since we will both be gone before our birthdays. Eli had the time of his life playing in the sprinkler and following his cousin all over.

Kaden attacking him with the sprinkler.

Eli getting him back.

Mom is addicted to matching pajama pictures, so every time we come up, there is a new pair of matching PJ's for the kids and more pajama pictures.

The weird crawl he does on the lawn, trying to touch as little of the grass as possible.

Good Times

My friend Courtney came over to Hood River and spent the day here yesterday. Mom offered to watch Eli, so I could take her on my favorite hike. It's a beautiful waterfall that you have to hike through a gorge to get to. I've done this hike quite a few times, and every time it is different, depending on how high the water is (you have to hike through the water to get to the waterfall) and in the last few years there has been some log jams that you have to crawl over. Last time I was there with Isaac the water was really low and we never got wet above our knees and there was only a small log jam. Well, it has been a really hard winter here, and I have never seen the water this high, and, to top it off, it was FREEZING! The log jam was enormous, and we were already soaking wet from the waist down by the time we got there. We looked like idiots as we sat on the logs and butt-scooted over them, to afraid to stand up, slip on the logs and break our heads. By the time we got to the other side, we met up with other people, who informed us to get to the waterfall, we would be swimming in water up to our chest at the end. We got close enough to see the waterfall, and kept inching forward in the water, higher and higher, until finally we were freezing and decided we would come back next year when the water was lower. I have done this hike dozens of time, but I've never been so cold or wet. I forgot my camera, but once I get the pictures from Courtney, I'll post them. Until then, here's some pics I found online.

Afterwards, we got lunch, searched for some amazing brownies from Blissful Brownies (their German Chocolate brownie is to die for), and scored when we found a sit n'spin for $3! That was one of my favorite toys when I was a kid! I was so excited and brought it home for Eli to play with. Unfortunately, Eli is still too little to enjoy the sit n' spin and even sadder, I am way to big to comfortably enjoy the sit n'spin, so it's going to sit around for a few more years until Eli can fully enjoy it. Now I just have to find a Pogo Ball, and I will have all my favorite old toys.

My cute boy

4th of July

This 4th of July was great, it was the first time in 8 years that I've been able to enjoy the 4th. For 5 years I was out of the country on the 4th of July, and the last 3 years I've been in Arizona, inside, trying to escape the heat and watching fireworks on the 10 o'clock news. But this year Isaac and I were in Hood River, so we got to go the the 4th of July parade, BBQ, and watch fireworks without sweating to death. It was also First Friday downtown, so Ike and I got to go and listen to couple of bands and saw lots of local artists. Overall it was a great 4th. Here's a picture of Eli at the parade.

So Eli didn't do to well with the fireworks (he started screaming hysterically), but he loved the bubble-makers my sister brought down with her.

Watching cartoons with cousin Kaden and Uncle Erin.

Isaac went home today and Eli and I are sad. While he was here, I enjoyed part of my mothers day present - Isaac promised to change all the diapers for a week, and wake up with Eli so I could sleep in. So, everyday I got to sleep in until about 7:30-8 and didn't touch diapers at all. We miss him already! Yesterday was his birthday and we went to out favorite movie theater here in Hood River that was built at the local pizza place. It has couches to sit on and you can bring your pizza in with you. It's great. It's so nice being home, but I wish Isaac could stay longer!

Oregon Coast

We just got back from a few days at the Oregon Coast. It was a great trip with the whole family. Eli loved the beach - he loved playing in the sand, eating the sand, riding in the backpack carrier, the hot tub, everything.