Oregon

I am sorry I have not posted in so long.  We have had a busy three weeks filled with lots of fun.  I have posted some pictures from our trip but honestly I was a terrible picture taker so my apologies for all of the good moments not captured, they are burnt into our memories though; thank you to all for making this trip so great, for dropping your lives so we could hang out and for saving the birth of your little one until we got there so I could hold the baby!  Here we are on our way to Oregon.  On our way there we were really set up for toddler, flying disaster: we had to leave during nap time, first flight was 4 hours, the second flight was 2, and we got into Eugene at 12:30 am eastern time.  Through all of that Lily fell asleep 15 minutes before landing in Eugene.  That was the ONLY time she slept.  Mommy and Daddy were on constant Lily entertainment duty.  Here are our tricks that we could not have lived without:
1.  A new backpack that she did not see until we were on the trip filled with new toys that required constant interaction on her part.  (minnie mouse that she could dress and change her clothes, she rides a moped and has a kitty cat - Lily LOVED this- this is saying a lot because Lily does not play with toys much; a removable/usable sticker pad with many different scenes -farm animals, jungle animals, ocean etc; coloring book; Rosy the train from Thomas the train)
2.  A few cartoons on the iPod touch.
3. Books, books and more books
4.  The in-flight magazine.  It turns out not only does Colin love it, but Lily does too.

Lily then woke up at 4 am Eugene time after Colin and I went to bed around 11:15.  That was awesome.  Here Rosy and Lily are enjoying the first of MANY home made Adrienne waffles to come- you cannot beat them, she whips the egg white separately to make them fluffy.

At our favorite coffee shop enjoying our favorite scones.

Reading books with "Harpie."  We stayed a few nights with Mike and Adrienne and a few nights with Katie and Geoff.  We had a blast and cannot thank them enough for their hospitality, good conversation, open homes and flexibility.  It felt so nice to be in EUgene again.  It was green and beautiful.  We even had a few days without rain.

Katie taking Lily and Harper down the slide- turns out this is not as easy as it looks, rubber shoes got stuck and I was there to eject the kids quickly when we needed it.

Every night was a new night of activity.  Many folks came to visit or to have dinner.  On this particular night Celeste and Brandon and their kids Quinn and Beck came over.  Right before bed time it turned into a diaper party with pure craziness ensueing.  Left to right: Quinn, Rosy, Harper, Beck, Lily.

Lily was so excited she just turned around and jumped up and down on the couch yelling "yeehooo,"

Breakfast with Harper and Lily

We got to go to the market.  Lily and Rosy held hands for a lot of it.  

Our friends from Seattle and Tacoma came down.  Here I am holding Liz's son Dylan (3 months old and 1 of 2 ).  She got the prize for making it to Eugene for a couple hours with twins under three months old.  Lily and Harper LOVED the babies.

We cheered Mikey on for the marathon.  We just happened to pick the spot right next to the Bag Pipers- it was great.

Brian and Tiffany came from Tacoma.

Jessica came from Portland



Lily was cheering on the racers and yelling "Go Mikey!"  It was hard to get it on video, but here's a link to Lily cheering Mikey on:  http://youtu.be/O61X1NXhShM

Mikey finished the marathon and in killer time.  Here he is 3rd from the finish line as you can see he finished in under 3:52!  Amazing.

We went out to watch music with the kids.  It was outside and great for the kids to run around and play.

Here is Colin manning it all.  Lily on his lap coloring, Rosie pulling on his ears and Colin trying to eat dinner.  Good job Colin!