Merry (barf) Christmas...

The stomach flu sucks. I would rather have a snotty nose any day of the week—it was like a barf-a-rama around here which is no way to spend Christmas Eve. I think Garett & I are scarred from a long night of barfing and watching Parker being sick and sad. In any case, we made the best of it and came out the other side. We spent one night (instead of 2) in Yakima with the Heitman/Carroll gang which was good. Parker had SO much fun with her cousins. Her older girl cousin, Kallie, and her could not stop hugging—it was like they were long lost girlfriends. Awww. Anyway, a few shots from the weekend... J & D, Christmas Parker, Sweet cousin Kallie, Parker and her cousins: Kallie & Peyton ( I know she looks pissed but this is the best one of the lot...)

Brooke...

I ran out of room on the last post so I wasnt able to share these pics of Brooke Larsen. We got to see her a couple of times and just think she is a doll! A few of my faves....

CA Recap....

Whoa. I have not blogged in a long time. We just got back from California and jumped right into holiday madness/fun. Our trip was great and we got to see old pals and hang out with family. We even had a weekend kid free in Napa (thanks Yaya & Gpa Don!). Besides the weather being pretty bad, the trip was a blast! here are some of my favorite shots.

We started out the trip in SF and got to see the college girls and their girls: Maya Rose & The girls in the yellow chair.

Parker and I also got to see Kim & Ella. Also, very cute and prego Ammie! This is not the best quality pic but I love it so much!

Not pictured was a fun girls dinner in Sausalito, the Clif Bar xmas party, and a fabulous dinner at Bouchon!

My dear old pal Barb and her boyfriend Mike made the trek out to jenner to meet Parker and catch up...

In total, Parker spent 10 days in jenner without leaving. There isn’t anywhere to go around there. She had so much fun playing in the garden and trapsing around the ranch.

When Gar and I got back to Jenner The Larsen’s and my dad came out for a visit. It was great to share Jenner with people I love.

We are happy to be home and best of all, Parker forgot what toys she had here—it was like Christmas without the wrapping paper!

Thanksgiving etc

I cant believe Thanksgiving has come and gone and that 2010 is right around the corner. We had a wonderful t-day with the Grissom’s and loved hanging out with them and their family. Besides the food, my favorite part of the night was when Jesse’s step dad broke out the guitar. Parker went from amped (she had her fair share of pumpkin pie!) to a sweet dancer. Here she is dancing and wanting everyone to hold hands!

This is one of my favorite shots of the night. The dads with their babies!
Thanks again Grissom’s!

The weekend was mellow but nice and long! Garett went to the Apple Cup with 4 of his brothers and Brian Evert. Judging by the stories, they had a great time! We also had a good hike to Discovery Park with our neighbor pals where I tried to get a good shot for their xmas card. Here are a few of my favorites. We are off to CA again soon so let the packing begin!

Ready for Summer...in November.

Is it bad that I am ready for summer? I think I say that every winter but this November has not been pretty. The good news is that we just bought tickets to escape to Hawaii in January AND we are headed down to the Bay in a few weeks. So I think we will be ok. We did have a fun week/weekend: we had a date night to Olivar on Capitol Hill (so cute and worthy. http://www.olivarrestaurant.com/Olivar/olivar.html ), had brunch with Grandma Molly and Papa, went to a super fun scavenger hunt 35^th b-day party on Sat night and had a great Persian dinner with 10 of our neighbors last night. Whew! Anyway, here are a few pics from the past few days. One of Gar reading with Parker on Sunday morning (my favorite day of the week!). Parker and I hanging out. Parker balancing on Garett's hands-aka circus practice!.

HAIR

Garett took this picture with his phone the other day. And no that is not static. That is for real.

Artist in training

I really want Parker to love to draw. Not because I want her to be an artist but because I want to be able to go places with a pen and paper to keep her company. Am I dreaming?! So, we have her enrolled in rigorous art classes here at Casa de Heitman. If you had any questions about what I will be doing as a stay at home mom this winter. Here you go. And isn’t Elmo priceless in this picture?! Its like he is saying “Uncle”.

Ellllmmmmoooooo.