A girl and her daddy..

I am not jealous of her relationship with her daddy.

I am still mommy, and I am usually the preferred one especially in the case of tired or hungry, but man I LOVE watching Ashby when her daddy is home.

She is soooo happy when she is around him.

She makes this hilarious sound something like this "hata hata" but its barely above a whisper.

So here are some pictures from the past few months of the twins.

Blinded by Love

We travelers, walking towards the sun, can’t see


Ahead, but looking back the very light

That blinded us shows us the way we came,

Along which blessings now appear, risen

As if from sightlessness to sight, and we,

By blessings brightly lit, keep going toward

That blessed light that yet to us is dark.

-Wendell Berry

Great Blog.

It has been CRAZY around here! I had visitors for the last 2 weeks. My little sissy and then 9 members of my SO CAL family all came and stayed here at our house!!! It was chaotic and so sweet to have my nephews here and my brothers and sisters. Loved it.

I have been reading this awesome blog of one of my aunt's good friends. I love it. He is very honest and very reflective. It is nice when it is crazy to have someone else speak the words you wish you had time to hear in your own head. Here is an experpt from one of his most recent posts.

Sweet Darkness

by David Whyte

When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.
There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.

The dark will be your womb
tonight.

The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.

You must learn one thing.
The world was meant to be free in.

Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.
Sometimes it take darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.


I like the idea that this darkness and difficulty is your safest place and your best teacher. If it is hard for you in your life right now, that is because that is the best and most important place you can grow. It will not always be that way. But if you had all the answers and if it was comfortable, would you grow? Would you become all that God created you to be? Would you ever have to truly trust God? Would you ever truly learn to trust yourself and your potential become actual??

Sink into the darkness and do not become lost in it, but allow it to change you. Don't run from it. The bible says when Darkness comes to light, it becomes light. Praise Jesus.

In other news... this is what I found when I got out of the shower yesterday. I left her sitting in her boppy playing with toys.

Not quite a crawl. But how far off could it be??

Football Season

We are in full swing! Dave is back to 7 days a week and I am back to only having to make meals for myself and now for Ashby. While the schedule is demanding, it is also very fun. Every week flys by, and every Saturday feels slightly epic (and exhausting). Here are a few pictures of the new season.

Yes, they actually protect her ears!

Very far away daddy at a training camp practice.

Happy Monday

HOT WEEKEND

It was HOT this weekend!!!!

Fortunately we live by a lake and can cool off whenever we need to

 eating more avocado

 Enatai beach...

 cooling off

 in a pink bikini

 yay!! she loves it

happily eating some peaches after a good day in the water

Avocados and a win!

Ashby tried her first solids. She likes Avocados. I think more she likes the idea of being able to use a spoon and put stuff in her mouth like mom and dad. Here are some pictures of the first trial run.

Trying to figure out what it was we gave her...and surprised that we actually gave her something.

Little trial taste test

We quickly realized this was not a good idea because she was going for it.

She wanted to feed herself.

First big bite

Not really sure...

My turn!!!

Maybe I'll try the bowl..

I think she likes it!!!

It was Daddy's first Seahawks games this weekend. And it was 95 degrees outside. It ended up being the perfect football day. We even got some time with Dave mid-day before the game and we went to the Issaquah farmers market. It was great.

View of the Port of Seattle from the top of the stadium.

Ashby, Auntie Clare and I sweating our little tootsies off

My parent's neighbors, Dave and Tina came too.

Watching the game after she slept through the first 2 quarters... can you say football baby??!!

Proud of daddy after the big win..and really ready for bed.

Joy for tomorrow..

As I read this blog, and some of the comments I have been getting I just wanted to take a quick second to say one thing.

This time in my life is hard. I think this time in most of our lives is hard. Babies, careers, houses, this weird economy, trying to make sense of everything. Its not a piece of cake. Like they like to make it look like on the movies (of course its easy for Bethany Frankel, she has millions of dollars!)

But I am not depressed. Some days are easier than others. Some days, like yesterday, things are easier and Ashby and I have mini dance parties in the living room. Its not depressing to me to go through the hard stuff. Its just hard. And I think its really important to be honest when its not easy.

So please don't be afraid of it being hard. When its hard, something really good is going on. God wants to give us the 100 percent blessing, but be have to go through the 100 percent process to get it.

Have a fabulous day. Today Ashby is going to try her first solid food (happy day and a little sad too for momma). Stay posted for some really cute photos I can assure you.

Auntie Katie is the best photographer!