Minnesota Mountain Man

As requested, here are the photos of Dan, the Minnesota Mountain Man.

When we got back from SF this hairy guy greeted us at the airport. I almost didn't recognize him.

I complained about the beard, so Dan shaved. Sort of.

He called this "the wolvorine look." What do you think?

The next phase of the ever-changing Mountain Man Beard was the handlebars. Oh my.

Luckily, the next day was Sunday, and I got my clean-shaven hubby back (pictures of him coming soon). Bye-bye Mountain Man.

A few weeks ago the girls and I took a trip to San Francisco while Dan was in Minneapolis on a business trip. We got to spend the whole week playing with the Masons.

Little Rachel soaked Cheryl's kitchen during bath time.

Hannah LOVES to jump on the trampoline.

This is Vivian. She is a little friend who came over to play with Hannah one day. They play so well together. It was so nice!

Uncle Tim!

Reading books at bedtime.

Little Rachel's new favorite toy is this toothbrush (go figure). She never let it go...even when she was sleeping!

At the Cement Slide Park

Little Rachel LOVED playing in the sand.

We went to a little farm while we were there to see a family of 10 baby pigs.

Sarah and Rachel

John Gregory and Hannah

We had a great trip! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for letting us come!

Singing Hannah

Here is a little something for the grandma's since I haven't posted anything in a while. I have lots to post about, but not a lot of time since little Rachel is right in the middle of her "separation anxiety" stage and cries whenever I put her down. Hopefully I can make some time this week to update the blog. Look forward to posts about our recent trip to San Francisco, Dan the Mountain Man, Rachel's 6 month check-up, Hannah's 2 1/2 birthday cake, the blue angels and lots more!

Every morning Hannah likes to read books to Rachel in the rocking chair. It makes me so happy to see them playing together. They are such lucky girls to have each other. Hooray for sisters!

Hannah's Haircut

I know Hannah is almost 2 1/2 but she just had her first haircut (ok, really it was a trim) a few weeks ago!
I'm ashamed to say I didn't get a "before" shot of the back.

This is Becca Self, Hannah's nursery leader. She cuts my hair, and now Hannah's too!

She was really excited when it was all done.

Here is the "after." It doesn't look much different....but it IS shorter (by a few inches) and not as crazy as before. We are happy :)

Sittin' Pretty

Warning: Unlsess you want to hear Hannah whining, MUTE your computer before watching this video.

Did you mute?

Here is little Rachel showing off her sitting skills.

Jumping Bean

I couldn't decide which smile I liked best, so I posted them all. Rachel really likes to jump. She jumps on my lap all the time but she has recently discovered a love for our "johnny jumpy."

In case you are wondering, I have to stuff a blanket in there with her to keep her from flopping around.

I love to watch her cute little froggy legs!

Rice Cereal

Rachel got to try some rice cereal for the first time. She loved it!

She likes to "help."

Here is the video of her very first bites.

Helper Hannah

Hannah really likes to help me take care of Rachel. Usually she brings me a diaper, or hands me the powder, or gets her binky for me. But lately she wants to do more. The other day when I had to make dinner Hannah told me she would watch Rachel. I sat Rachel down on her boppy and came back a few minutes later to check on them and I found Rachel happily playing with all the toys that Hannah brought to her. Hannah was so proud.

S.A.M.

A few weeks ago we went to the Seattle Art Museum. There was a lot of modern and abstract art. It was interesting.

This was called "raw sewage" or something like that. If you looked inside the bowl, you'd find out why. I wouldn't have posted this picture except that I wanted to tell this funny story. Before we left the Museum Hannah had to go to the bathroom. When we got inside she started to cry because she wanted to go in the colored potty. I just laughed.

Hannah's favorite part of the museum was the signs that said "Do not touch." It's hard to tell in this picture, but she is touching the sign.

Ok. This is art? Maybe I'm just uncultured, but I just don't get it. If you can't tell, It's a whole room dedicated to this one piece of art. The art is 4 squares of scattered newspaper with random blue squares painted onto them.

This was one of the most popular exhibits. It was a blank wall with nails. You could hammer something to the wall with one of the nails.

There was some art that I really enjoyed at the SAM. I just didn't take any pictures. All in all, it was a fun night.