Oma wanna play?

Now, Oma came to visit a while back now and it took us almost 5 weeks to get the blog post up. Sorry Oma, just a lot of late night partying with Finley I guess. We don't have a lot of pictures from the weekend, but I can tell you we had a good time. We played a lot! And, we made it to the aquarium too. . .
Finley was in a good mood that day seeing all the fishies, and I had an eel painted on my cheek.

Hey (says Finley), let's go check out the octopus!! That thing has lots of limbs to stick in its mouth, and I only have 4 :(

Oma and I managed a glamour shot on the big otter. I think we look like Abercrombie models, except we're wearing clothes. . .

And, after the aquarium, we went to lunch. It was one of the first time Finley sat in a high chair by herself. Of course, right after this picture, Finley took a header right into the side of the table. Dad felt guilty, but she recovered quickly.

Bottom line, we miss Oma. But, we'll be in Chicago in December to see her and Opa again :)

Where did the sun go?

Hello Everyone,

Can you believe its already October 24? Where did the summer go? Finley is almost 7 months old now and we've been keeping busy all the while. I'd love to be able to give a nice, linear accounting of the last couple months, but turns out this blog is a Google product and is making uploading pictures chronological really hard. At least, Dad says it's Google's fault :)

In mid-September, we were lucky to have Gramma and Grampa come visit for a weekend. I had just gotten a nice new outfit that I had to model for Gramma.

Finley was sporting a pink getup too, and looked very nice if brother is allowed to say so.

For Finley's 6 month "birthday", and Jenny and Ian's 6 month anniversary, I made them both a 1/2 cake.
Finley was really excited about the cake. We think she'll get really excited when she gets her 1 year birthday cake.

Turns out that Auntie Naynay really liked the cake too. They make a good pair, huh?

I started to get into the pictures too. Not my 1/2 anniversary of anything, but I'm just irresistible. . .

Finley is starting to eat solids too. Well, that depends on whether you consider pureed peas real food. . . She seems happy enough though. She rejects everything but Mum Mums and bananas (whole bananas, not pureed).

And, earlier in the summer, we tried Finley in the jogging stroller. For the first time out, we took it really slow, but had a good ride nonetheless.

Let's ride!!!

Okay, Dad and Finley can come too.

I honestly don't remember this day. I think I smiled so hard that it deprived my brain of oxygen.

Okay, I do remember, it was my first day of school. Mom made a bunch of cupcakes for the occasion. I could read a lot of the letters, so I was questioning whether I really needed to go to school. I like it there, so we'll keep going for now. . .

Cheese!!

And, before the first day of school, Mom and Dad took us to the circus. Even though I had a little bit of a melt down after some sugary snacks, this day rocked!!

Did I mention the sugary snacks? And before that, Finley turned 5 months old. What can I say, she's cute. She gets a lot of attention, but honestly, can she talk/walk/add/spell? I've got her for now. But, this could get rough. . .

Hey, when does Finley get sugary snacks for her birthday?

Heaven on Earth

So, two weeks ago on a Friday morning, I thought Gramma and Grampa might have stolen me. We went on a ride in the car and ended up on a ferry.

At time I felt like an animal in a cage.

But, I do love them, so I decided to trust.

And it turns out they were taking me to heaven! I can only imagine that the natives called it Useless Bay (on Whidbey Island) to keep the uninformed main-landers away.

I played hard for the morning and then tucked in with Gramma before taking a nap.

Then, later in the afternoon, Mom and Dad and Finley showed up as well. "Gramma-in-law" Christie took a couple turns with Finley. At time s Christie looked like a pretty good "Finley-whisperer".

The first night's sunset was awesome. I saw Dad out on the deck watching the whole thing go down with a glass of wine in his hand. We were staying at Bob and Christie's place on the island (aka Heaven).

Just magnificent.

The next day, Ian and Jenny showed up and we all had a great day together. Finley had on her safari hat, in pink of course.

After a long walk in the morning, we went out on the sand flats after the tide went out. "Run Daddy!!"

Run!!!

Look at the Jones lady clan. Naynay, Mommy, and Gramma, plus Finley makes 4.

But we did have the boys too.

That night we went out to clear the crab pots to see if we could have stone crab for dinner. With a decent catch, we had crab two nights in a row :) As we looked back from the boat, we could see the house where we were staying.

Yeah, men on the hunt. Come here crabbies!!

Hey Bob, keep the line commin' in and I'll coax the crabs up with my boyish smile.

And, once we were all full on crab and soaked with sun, we went home Saturday night and knew we were fortunate to have visited Heaven.

And, for a bonus, we took a video of Finley just recently. She like tummy0-time.

What we've been up to...

Bike riding...lots and lots of bike riding. I'm getting really good on my skuut and even got a big boy bike last weekend!
Bathing in sinks. Hey, if Finley gets to do it, why shouldn't I???

Hanging out with lions...rrrroar.

Being fed to the lions...

...noooo!

Grooming goats. (Like the alliteration???)

Playing at the park.

Tiring Daddy out!

Lookin' cute...

very cute!

4 Months Old!

Can you believe Finley is 4 months old already? Time sure does fly! Here are a couple of pictures mom and dad got on her 4 month birthday.

Finley had her 4 month check up this week and I had my 3 year check up. Finley weighed in at 14 lbs and 25 inches long. I'm up to 33 lbs and 39.5 inches tall. Finley is trying so hard to sit up and can even balance for a short time on her own. She is really reaching for toys now and I've seen her eyeing my Thomas trains lately...this could be trouble. :) I love to talk and sing to her and I'm really good at making her smile. She is more and more fun every day!