12 Weeks and lots of Spring fun!

We have had a busy week this week! On Monday, Lily and I met Alexia and Baby Alexander for a class at this great store in Seattle called Birth and Beyond. We learned all about "Breastfeeding and Back to Work," since Alexia and I are both going back to work next month. We learned a lot of great stuff, and I now feel like pumping at work is something I can actually do. Fingers crossed that my short time back at work (only 5 1/2 weeks!) won't impact my supply for the little one. I've officially set my return date as May 17th...yikes!! This is how we feel about being separated....

(Just kidding. This is our book that we brought to PEPS this week to share! We love this one.)

After our class, Lily and I met up with our friend Sara for a beautiful sunny walk through the arboretum. We stopped for a snack with a view of Husky Stadium under construction! Looks so weird without the South side! This week we also visited the Thomas' (thanks to Lisa for watching Lily so I could go to the dentist!), took Snugglers friends to our favorite library baby storytime, and met PEPS friends for a sunny walk on the Burke Gilman in Lake Forest Park.

 On Saturday we got all decked out for the Husky's Spring Game!

Of course, we started off with some tailgating with friends.

We loved having Papa, Uncle Steve, and Aunt Gail to cheer with us!

 On Saturday night, Jason and I went out to celebrate Carrie's birthday while Lily stayed home with the King family. Our first night out!

 Lily is smiling up a storm these days! We are having so much fun playing and chatting. We are actually starting to have some "conversation" where we take turns squeaking back and forth to each other. It's pretty adorable! She loves to sit up or face out, and she looks all around. She actually seems to be recognizing us (sorry kiddo, you're stuck with us!), which is fun, too.

Look what Lily did today! She's holding a rattle! Well, I put it in hand, but at least this time she didn't let it fall right out, and even shook it a little! What a big, smart, 12-week old girl!!

We are proud of Daddy this week, too! On Tuesday night he spoke on a panel for prospective students at the UW College of Ed open house, and was reported to be one of the best student representatives they've ever had! He's working hard to finish up his UW projects and teach full time. We are looking forward to celebrating his graduation in June!!

Beer, a Movie, and a Rock Concert! 11 Weeks Old

Lily and I have been lucky to hook up with a great group of mommas and adorable winter babies through a mish-mash of all the groups we've been going to...PEPS, Snugglers, and Hypnobirthing! This week we all met up for the Redhook Brewery Tour and happy hour on Monday, and a hike at Farrel McWhirter Park on Thursday. Even better, we have a big list of activities to plan for future outings!

This week was Kenley's Spring Break, and Lily and I got to spend lots of quality time with her while she is on vacation. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of pictures...toddler + infant = no hands left for large camera. But we had lots of fun! We went to the Imagine Children's Museum in Everett with Papa, and got to meet Rachel for lunch. Here's us hiking at Farrel McWhirter with baby friends. Well, only one of us is hiking!! And one of us is having a fit about riding a pony...... It's been a long time since I saw the opening showing of a movie, but KK and LJ and I did it on Friday! We saw Chimpanzees at 10am, and we didn't even have to wait in line all night to get tickets. We also played, sang songs, and read lots of books. Kenley is very loving and helpful with Lily. Whenever we see someone else's baby, she runs over to her baby cousin, snuggles her, and squeaks at her.

On Saturday we met up with Justin, Jack, and Kaden and headed to Lily's first rock concert...Caspar Babypants! (AKA the lead singer of the Presidents of the United States of America!) It was right down the street at our local bookstore, and that place was packed with Pants fans!

 With PEPS friends...it's Lily and Wes' first concert!

 The Pants himself! He even signed Lily's new CD. :) And complemented her "traditional spelling."

 On Sunday we got a drive by visit from the Thomas'!

 Rachel and Lily

Maggie and Lily

Spring Break! - 10 Weeks Old

It's Spring Break! We are all happy to be home and together for a whole week! We also had some fantastic weather! Some highlights...

 Jason and I sneaked out to take advantage of Seattle Restaurant Week and a gift certificate at Palisade (thank you, Youngs!). We don't look TOO antsy to get back to Baby, do we?

Lily stayed with Aunt Kristin (thank you!!). This is what she did the whole time:

We had our PEPS group on Tuesday night. Lily was hanging with her friend Alex again!

On Thursday we met up with some Snugglers and PEPS friends for a walk at Juanita Beach Park. Luckily the weather was fabulous! I love this shot of all the parents and their babies in carriers. :) We had a great time with this group and hope to make it a regular event!

Jason looks good as a baby-wearing dad!

That afternoon we headed to our 2 month appointment at Dr. K's!

Dr. K said Lily looks great! She now weighs 10lbs, 4 oz (18th %), and 22 1/2 inches long (32nd %). Don't worry, her head is still in the 30th percentile...phew! We did have to get one oral vaccine and three shots! Lily did great, and Jason and I did, too!

On Friday we met up with Dawn and Kobe for lunch and a sunny walk around Greenlake...

 ...and then picked up KK and headed to her favorite park! She really wanted Lily to swing next to her. She can't wait for her cousin to be able to play!

 On Saturday we decided to take advantage of another beautiful day, grabbed a picnic, and headed up to La Conner for the tulip festival! We ate at our favorite La Conner beach at Thousand Trails, and then headed to the fields at the "golden hour."

Today we wrapped up the break with some time at school and golf with the guys (Jason), and Baby's first Mariner's game with the Fam (Lily and I). We got a cute certificate from the M's for Lily's first game. We met the moose, saw 2 home runs, and the M's won! I think Lily is good luck, and must go again soon!

We had a great Spring Break!

Baby's First Easter!

We had such a great time spending allllll day with family on Sunday!

 We kicked off the day at Bebe and Papa's house, where the Easter Bunny had left baskets for everybody!

 Lily is so excited about her basket, she hardly noticed that the Easter bunny raided her toy bin for toys she hasn't even seen yet...thanks for the gifts, friends!

 KK and Bebe dyed some delicious hard-boiled eggs in beautiful (and natural, non-toxic) colors, while Papa made us Easter-shaped pancakes. Yum!

 Then we headed up to Nan and Ron's to catch up with the rest of the crowd.

 Thanks Nan and Ron for hosting! Here Nan is modeling the apron mom and I made her for Christmas! :)

 Time for the egg hunt! Meg is giving Lily a little assistance in her first-ever hunt.

 Kenley doesn't need any help this year though...she hunted like a pro!

 Easter cousins!

 Isn't our little Easter bunny adorable??

Lily helped me make these cupcakes last week...mmm carrot cake!

 We all enjoyed the SUN! We can't remember the last Easter that was this nice. We were all glad we were lucky enough to enjoy Grandma Nan and Grandpa Ron's beautiful backyard.

 More cousins!

 Cuddle time with Grandpa Ron. Thanks for a great day!

Rachel posted more pics on her blog here.