Sunday, March 6, 2011
A Baby and His Dog
I can't stress enough how much Gunnar enjoys our pets and also how amazing they are with him! Even the cat just stretches out while Gunnar pulls fistfuls of his flesh to get into his mouth. I have to admit though that I think the Gunnar-Truck bond may be the most special. Part of it is that Truck knows how much I love this crazy baby and the fact that he is constantly feeding him Cheerios but whatever the cause they are BUDS:
Redo
We have a couple of Vanagon projects in the works right now. Last weekend I hit an icy patch in Windy and sent her into a small ditch. Everyone was fine including Windy, minus her beautiful bumper that Nick had spent approximately 12 hours fiberglassing. It is now in three or four pieces and he is working to get it back together again. To help make up for it I am in the process of sewing curtains for her. This will be so nice since although Gunnar hates his car-seat in general, he really hates it when you put up the sunshade. Honestly, he would rather squint. I don't know how this kid got to be so stubborn! They are coming together nicely and kudos to Nick for finding the fabric all by himself. In true dirty hippie fashion it is even made from recycled soda bottles!
Baby Treadmill
For those of you who just come for the cute Gunnar pics. Here are some to tide you over. Gunnar has become such a little tornado these days. All day he wants to be crawling and pulling and rolling and generally getting into. We had two outfit changes yesterday because Mama wasn't fast enough and he decided to splash in the dog's water bowl. It is exhausting for all involved! Nick is a genius and he discovered that if you put Gunnar at the end of our hallway it actually takes him a while to explore and crawl his way to you in the living room. And of course then you can repeat as needed. here are some shots of him making his way and then stopping to explore.
Spoiled
Things have been so busy around here the past few weeks I have not had a chance to post. I owe an enormous shout out to all the people who have been spoiling me...
My father-in-law. Nick's dad was here for a week and in addition to helping out with Gunnar he and Nick plumbed my dishwasher! Around Christmas the dishwasher in my company's kitchen broke and long story short, I was able to sweet talk my way into it. Nick repaired the broken rack and I have been using it, draining into buckets since then. Can you guess what Gunnar's favorite kitchen play toy became? Needless to say, the buckets had to go and there was no way I was giving up my dishwashing robot. Now it is fully plumbed and they even tied in the washer downstairs that has always drained into a slop sink.
They also made some headway on the bathroom fixture plumbing and moved the woodworking tools to the barn.
Both Nick's parents will be here in a week or so and he already has the task list running for this visit as well.
It was my birthday on 2/22 and although I was ready to let this one slide away quietly my friends had other thoughts! My co-workers decorated my desk, gave me candy, we had donuts for breakfast, cake for lunch and I got roses. Amazing! One of my dearest girlfriends sent me a yummy snack box from Whole Foods which was amazing.
On my way home from work I decided to treat myself to a haircut. It had been a year and a half so I thought I deserved it. You know you were in bad shape when afterward the stylist says she wishes she had taken a before picture! In case anyone is in the area I went to Bellissimo salon and spa (next to Mt Hood Athletic Club) and Shannan was my miracle worker. Go there!
Later that evening after stinky was in bed Nick and I went to the Rendezvous for dinner. It was so wonderful to be able to talk and truly focus on one another over a meal. We had escargot for the first time. Yum! Nick had the tomato basil soup and fried oysters. I had the spinach pear salad and mushroom ravioli. Thank you goats for paying for dinner!
Life gets crazy and it is hard to take it all in so here is mu absorption post. I am very, very blessed and want to say thank you!
My father-in-law. Nick's dad was here for a week and in addition to helping out with Gunnar he and Nick plumbed my dishwasher! Around Christmas the dishwasher in my company's kitchen broke and long story short, I was able to sweet talk my way into it. Nick repaired the broken rack and I have been using it, draining into buckets since then. Can you guess what Gunnar's favorite kitchen play toy became? Needless to say, the buckets had to go and there was no way I was giving up my dishwashing robot. Now it is fully plumbed and they even tied in the washer downstairs that has always drained into a slop sink.
They also made some headway on the bathroom fixture plumbing and moved the woodworking tools to the barn.
Both Nick's parents will be here in a week or so and he already has the task list running for this visit as well.
It was my birthday on 2/22 and although I was ready to let this one slide away quietly my friends had other thoughts! My co-workers decorated my desk, gave me candy, we had donuts for breakfast, cake for lunch and I got roses. Amazing! One of my dearest girlfriends sent me a yummy snack box from Whole Foods which was amazing.
On my way home from work I decided to treat myself to a haircut. It had been a year and a half so I thought I deserved it. You know you were in bad shape when afterward the stylist says she wishes she had taken a before picture! In case anyone is in the area I went to Bellissimo salon and spa (next to Mt Hood Athletic Club) and Shannan was my miracle worker. Go there!
Later that evening after stinky was in bed Nick and I went to the Rendezvous for dinner. It was so wonderful to be able to talk and truly focus on one another over a meal. We had escargot for the first time. Yum! Nick had the tomato basil soup and fried oysters. I had the spinach pear salad and mushroom ravioli. Thank you goats for paying for dinner!
Life gets crazy and it is hard to take it all in so here is mu absorption post. I am very, very blessed and want to say thank you!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Maiden Votage
Windy and Gunnar both took their first road trip this weekend as we went to Seattle to visit Nick's brother and sister in law.
Here we are getting out of the starting gate:
Here is all our stuff in the back:
Here is the source of all our stuff in his car seat:
As Uncle Josh so perfectly put it - "Thanks for bringing the entertainment". Here he is in the great shots from Aunt Shanna:
The trip was quick but really a huge success. On the way up Gunnar slept from Portland to Tacoma where we went to Cabela's so everyone could stretch their legs. He thought all the taxidermy animals were pretty cool but the walk through fish tank was his favorite.
We went for Vietnamese in Seattle and it was delicious! Gunnar discovered his love for tofu and pretty ladies with sparkly dangle earrings. Thanks to Windy we only had to take one car.
It was Gunnar's first time to sleep away from home but we did manage. It was not the most restful night and he made up for it in the van on the way back as he was out from Seattle to Portland.
The van's small oil leak turned into a more pronounced leak so Nick has a part ordered to hopefully fix that before our next trip. The van really did well though and it was so nice and roomy! Great ride.
Here we are getting out of the starting gate:
Here is all our stuff in the back:
Here is the source of all our stuff in his car seat:
As Uncle Josh so perfectly put it - "Thanks for bringing the entertainment". Here he is in the great shots from Aunt Shanna:
The trip was quick but really a huge success. On the way up Gunnar slept from Portland to Tacoma where we went to Cabela's so everyone could stretch their legs. He thought all the taxidermy animals were pretty cool but the walk through fish tank was his favorite.
We went for Vietnamese in Seattle and it was delicious! Gunnar discovered his love for tofu and pretty ladies with sparkly dangle earrings. Thanks to Windy we only had to take one car.
It was Gunnar's first time to sleep away from home but we did manage. It was not the most restful night and he made up for it in the van on the way back as he was out from Seattle to Portland.
The van's small oil leak turned into a more pronounced leak so Nick has a part ordered to hopefully fix that before our next trip. The van really did well though and it was so nice and roomy! Great ride.
Belated Valentine
Things have been crazy busy so it is belated but here are my valentines:
Hope yours was wonderful!
Hope yours was wonderful!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
In The Bag
A few weeks ago I was perusing a chicken magazine gifted to us by our neighbor when I stumbled across the coolest article. The article was a how to on making reusable totes from poly chicken feed bags. Luck would have it that our girls just went through another bag (even pink for breast cancer awareness) so I thought I would give it a try.
Let me preface this with the disclaimer that I do not sew. I wear heels to work because I am too lazy to try and hem my pants as well as too cheap to pay a professional to do it for me.
The article said it would take an hour. It took me a day. Not the most beautiful thing ever but it does appear functional and just from the experience I am sure the next one will be a little more clean.
I thought to take pics in progress a little late so here it is under construction:
The finished product:
Gunnar LOVES how it crinkles (the blur in the above picture is him making a go for it):
Let me preface this with the disclaimer that I do not sew. I wear heels to work because I am too lazy to try and hem my pants as well as too cheap to pay a professional to do it for me.
The article said it would take an hour. It took me a day. Not the most beautiful thing ever but it does appear functional and just from the experience I am sure the next one will be a little more clean.
I thought to take pics in progress a little late so here it is under construction:
The finished product:
Gunnar LOVES how it crinkles (the blur in the above picture is him making a go for it):
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