new cousin

We have a new cousin in our family! Warren and Mel were selected to adopt another little baby. This time it is a boy. He was born this morning at about 12:30am in California. They named him Eli. We are so excited for them and for Wesley and Sam to have another cousin. I guess they just found out last week and flew out to Sacramento on Thursday to meet the birth mom. They got home on Saturday night and Mel flew back to California Sunday (the Mom went into labor Sunday morning.) Anyhow, we are excited for them!

Emily

Life in Texas

We are all doing just fine. Jonathan has given some of his work load to a new engineer that they hired and that makes us glad. We are just happy that he is working hard for the company. Sam is starting to talk a lot more and last night just told us all about everything at dinner. it was a lot of fun. Here is a few picutres of some things we've been up to lately.
Wesley is starting to show a little intrerst in the potty. We got him some Lightening McQueen pull-ups. One day I went into his room to find that he'd decided that his new pull-ups make a better hat than underwear.

Baby Sam is a smiler and he really loves his dad.

We have a "rest" every day after lunch. Sometimes it just turns into playtime. Wesley loves to pull his toys out of his toy box and either put them all in his bed, or push them all out of his bed. Today his potty seat got in on the action.

Grandpa and Wesley at Sam's blessing. Wesley is looking forward to comming to see Gma and Gpa again. He knows that in August we are going to fly on another blue airplane at the airport.

Gpa and Sam at the blessing lunch. Sam's is excited to get to know his grandparents more too!

Violet and I found a new toy on our computer.  It's a photo booth. Here are some of my favorites from our photo session.  Violet was laughing and having a great time.  She loves to see pictures of herself and other babies.  We haven't had the time to figure out the actual webcam chatting feature but we hope to soon.  Do we need to have the same chat program as you to chat?  

We are very excited for Violet's 1st birthday next friday.  

Violet is also looking forward to seeing some Pictures from her cousin Samuel's blessing...hint...hint. :)

Love you all! have a great day!

Howdy

We have been able to speak to every one this past week and are glad to hear that all is well. Looking forward to tri cities this week end. Mom is working a lot as of late, with 2 drivers she is able to go more. plus the bus, she is out most every day. Our company bought a terminel in Mukelteo and are looking for volenteers to move up north. I guess If I did go we could still live in woodinville, our old house is still for sale, but I don't think so but is fun to dream. Last Saturday I was at the Nisqually camp and saw Uncle Lamonts brother Richard we had a very nice visit and I found out that 4 of Sandi and Lamonts kids are expecting. Mindy, Holly, Kelly and Kayleen. We plan on spending time with Uncle Val will let you know of any news later. Called Mom yesterday and she is doing fine still playing for her musical group, that keep her occupied. Well will write more later.

Love you all

Ole Dad

Chicken Pox Baby!

Well I'll be seeing a whole lot of the inside of my apartment for the next two weeks.  Violet has been sick the past few days and today when I was changing her I realized she was covered in small red spots!  I had Chicken pox when I was a kid and we are pretty sure Peter had them too, so we'll just be taking it easy for a while.  Violet doesn't seem to bothered by the pox yet but she is a little sensitive.

HI everyone. It has been a while since we have posted anything. I thought you might like to know what we are up to. . . Well, not much really. We are just plugging along everyday. We had a fun Easter and went to a friend's house for dinner. We are looking forward to comming to Washington for Samuel's blessing. Jonathan has been really busy at work, and at home, we are still getting used to having a baby brother. THe other day I asked Wesley what Momma's do and he said "get frusterated" -I had been frusterated earlier that day- I had a good laugh. Here are a couple of pictures.

Here is Sam 1 month old

Here is Sam 2 months old. He's almost 15 pounds and about 24 inches. As a result, I fit back into my "skinny" jeans! Horray!

Wesley, Conference Weekend
Oh Boy, EASTER! We had a fun time having an Easter Egg hunt at our house. Hope all is well. Love, The Wood's

Violet the Crawler

Just a quick note to say that Violet started crawling today, we are so excited for her, she has been frustrated by her relative imobility for a long time.

To Emily: We are moving in a week, let's get on the webcam sometime this week. Any day but Wednesday and Thursday evening are fine with us, and of course Sunday evening we'll be gone but maybe friday or Saturday. Let me know :)
Love you all!