I can’t believe how fast time goes when you are enjoying watching your baby grow. These past six months have easily been the best (although not easiest) of my life. I can’t believe how in love with Elayna I am. She is one of my best friends (along with her daddy of course). For her…

Well, Elayna decided to complete her first series of three paintings on canvas on Thursday. She really enjoyed herself (as you can see if you watch the video – which I will add to this post tomorrow). I think we have a little artist on our hands! She enjoys moving the paint around and I…

Elayna is becoming good buddies with a little boy named Osian (pronounced Ocean). We went on her third (play)date with Osian and his mom DeDe yesterday and the babies had lots of fun (and so did we). I realized that one baby is already super cute… but when you put them together, the cuteness multiplies….…

It seems like every day that the sun comes out, Elayna and I head off to a park to spend some time outside of our bat cave (our apartment doesn’t let much light partly due to the fact that the back of it is half underground). Monday we went to a park close to home…

Today was another beautiful day in Portland! Sunshine galore! =) Nana Syndee, Grandpa Bill, Auntie Larissa, and Uncle Jacob all came up from Salem to enjoy a picnic at Hoyt Arboretum (where Jake and I had our wedding reception). It was perfect. Partly shaded and cool enough that we could let Elayna play on a…