Alaska

I know its fairly normal for the end of april, but....why, snow, why!?

A video

So, we're headed up to Alaska next week and we just thought we would remind you why you are excited to see us. For those of you that we won't be seeing, you can still enjoy the fun.

Mara's first few months from Ian Pierce on Vimeo.

Moving

We moved.

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If you want the unedited version you'll have to call.

Thanks

Baby Food

Ian and I got a hankering for something sweet and delicious, cupcakes actually, but we realized that we didn't have frosting. So we found a box of brownies, and decided that would work.

We mixed the oil and water, but then realized that we only had one egg, but we needed two. It was already 9:30, so we didn't feel right about going to the neighbor...but we had already started mixing everything up! I remembered that my Father in Law told me "if you don't have eggs, you can use applesauce"- brilliant! Applesauce! Oh rats, we don't have any applesauce...

...but wait- we bought Mara some baby food a few days ago, and among the flavors was applesauce.

Here goes nothing!

Projects

Mara is now at the age of "Don't leave me, Mom!!" and this can be slightly frustrating. Don't get me wrong, I love being wanted, but it can definitely slow a person down. I don't want her to develop any bad habits, either, so I don't give in most of the time. When things need to be done, I can't always carry her around....so, I try to let her help me with things instead.

She helped me cut denim into squares for the jean quilt I'm making....

She helped me hang the laundry....

And She even helped Daddy get some socks....

What a great helper!!!

funny story

A funny thing happened today, I was getting a letter ready to send that was full of cash, no message needed. Christen told me that I should put a "cute little note in it." After I finished the note, I asked Christen for a "cute little stamp." It was at this point that Christen got really excited and said yes. Moments later she brings me all of her stamps (the ink kind, thanks to Patience) and I laughed. After she brought me a stamp (the postage kind) I continued to laugh. Why would I want to stamp a note? I still don't understand, but I'm still laughing.

Now for an obligatory picture of the baby...

Yup that's her first impression of rice cereal.

5 months

Mara has unbelievably already mastered the ancient art of bed head.

Well, five months have passed since Mara was born and she is still continuing to amaze us every day. She has started to figure out how to sit up on her own and if she can pick it up then it's headed into her mouth. We are learning more and more every day, it has been an amazing five months. Here are a few select pictures from the past few weeks.

Sitting up makes playing with toys much more fun, although it also might include nosediving...

Reading with Mommy.

Mara isn't exactly conducive to reading, she just wants to play.

5 months old and loving life!