I'm here

Man, I'm bad at blogging. This is my declaration of being more consistent, and by consistent I mean a minimum of once a month. We'll start there.

Instead of a recap of the last month and a half here are some recent happenings.

1. Two of my favorite people came to visit. Brad and Jana. We took the Munchkin to her first Mariners game, kayaked in Lake Union and sang a lot of Newsies.

Don't let her look of boredom confuse you. She loved it.

2. I've been hunting down the best cupcakes in the Puget Sound area. These guys were on Martha Stewart for their marshmallow graham cupcake. Any locals know of any good cupcake shops let me know, or if you want to join me please do. Cupcakes are always more delicious when eaten with friends. I've only been able to hit about four shops so far.



3. Um, look at that hail. It arrived with great gusto in the form of a lighting snow storm. As you can tell from my hand, I like long showers.


4. This little girl...she just makes me laugh everyday. She is growing like crazy and always learning new things, like how to shimmy to church songs and Abba alike, or how to call China on my cell phone in 10 seconds flat.



We've been busy, but life is good. I'll let you all know about it more often, well at least once a month.

Oodalolly Oodalolly Golly What a Day

The Munchkin is 1

Vagabonds and Sunny Skies

Ah, the Pacific Northwest: rainy, cloudy, chilly and on some days - blah.
But you can't beat a spring-like day in Seattle.


Visited the uber-popular Pike's Market today. Tried 3 new little eateries. A sandwich here, a piroshky there and always some cookies from these guys. Okay so technically we tried 2 new places.

Almost a year ago to the day Austin and I went downtown Seattle for a few days to enjoy a little alone time before the Munchkin made her arrival. While getting some vanilla hot chocolate from (where else?) Starbucks a homeless man on the window seat, obviously noticing my pregnant belly, barked at us, "Have a nice baby!" Austin and I were taken aback for two reasons:

1. Right as he was saying 'have a nice....' I thought he was going to finish with 'day', so my mind sent my mouth the automatic response, 'thanks, you too' but that didn't make much sense so I said something like, "thanks, you too, I mean, yea we hope she'll be nice."

2. His voice sounded like Kermit the Frog.



Austin and I thanked him and left, amused by the whole incident.

Oddly, within the past year, I have seen this homeless man come and go from Pike's a bit (but that whole story is another story). I've even learned his name: Jimmy. Today we walked past the same Starbucks and there was Jimmy, sitting in the same spot, and there I was pushing my now 11 month old daughter by in the stroller.
And I realized, that I really do love Seattle. I'm starting to feel like it is a home to me. I guess nothing screams comfort like knowing the name of a local vagabond.

And the fact that I saw this:

And this:
Makes the quirkiness of the city all the more charming.

Repetez s'il vous plait

Last Wednesday the Munchkin started throwing up. Monday night: still sick and heading back to the doctor tomorrow. We took her to Urgent Care on Sunday and the doctor was great and so kind. But in my anxious mom mode I worried about the fact that everytime I said 'thank you' he said 'thank you' back to me. It made me laugh but then also got me stressed, what kind of doctor says thank you in response to a thank you?

"Thank you."
"Thank you. You are welcome."
"Okay, thanks."
"Thanks. You are welcome."

Maybe, in true Anne Curry fashion, I was repeating myself too much and he was trying to point it out.

Kauai

The Holiday Rundown

Been a slacker with the blog lately.

Here's a quick summary of our holiday:

Family

DDR

Eating

Sledding
Movies

Sledding

The Munchkin loving her cousins
Early warning signs of an addiction to Wii

Keeping a close eye on what the grandparents fed the Munchkin

Hot tub

Graham singing High School Musical 2
More sledding




Etc.

It was wonderful. I hope you all had a great holiday.

Stevie

So my baby does a move we call the "Stevie". I know she is not the first to do it, but she does seem to do it in excess. I've told her that she should work on a new trick, I've even suggested she work on some (appropriate) Spice Girls moves since they seem to be making a comeback, but she is adamant about doing the "Stevie". The move "Stevie" comes from this fine musician: You know, swaying the head from side to side with the perfect balance of tilt and grace. I played 'Sir Duke' for her and she's never been the same. However, she is especially fond of 'Superstition'. I've posted Stevie singing it on Sesame Street. If you don't want to sit through the entire thing, just watch the first minute and you'll know what the "Stevie" is.