iPhone, Portland, Laundry

It was a long weekend.  It always seems like it though- I guess that's a good thing :)

Friday was iPhone launch, which means 11 hour shifts and non-stop customers.  We opened at 8am too so we had to be there at 7...which meant I had to leave at 6:10.  Saying it was a long day is an understatement, but at least Alex's girlfriend made delicious cupcakes (s'mores and chocolate).

The sunrise from the parking lot.  Mt. Rainier decided to wear a hat.

yum-o

Saturday morning we had to head to Portland because I had a rugby (or as Sawyer calls it, rubby or bubby) game.  We only had 14 players (15 play) and they are a good team.  We were a man down with no subs but they only scored once the first half.  The second half we had someone get sin binned 10 minutes for a high tackle (we had been warned) and as soon as she got back in we had someone else high tackle which resulted in a red card so we were 2 down and they had subbed people in that had fresh legs.  It was a long 80 minutes and I was exhausted!  They won by quite a bit after the second half unfortunately.  The rain let up during the game and it was actually pretty hot out.  It started to pour the second the game was over.  What luck!

The 14 of us plus injured Leslie

Afterwards we headed through Portland to the outlets.  I remembered my purse leather was peeling away and needed a new one and they had a Coach outlet (tax free) and I snagged a new one for only $115 (originally like $400) and Sawyer got an "El chupaca-cabra" (El Chupacabra is a character in Planes) he was so good in the car and at the game he deserved it.  He didn't even sleep in the car.

He doesn't look happy because he is going down for a nap

Afterwards we were starving and we found a Fuddruckers.  I had only been there once when I was like 14 and it was in Montana...or Wyoming...or something on the way to Colorado.  I was pleased though, they let you put on your own toppings and even had melty cheese we dipped the fry wedges in.  The onion rings were awesome too.

The farmers market produce bar

fresh baked buns too

Kellan even ate a burger!  Just kidding, he ate socks.

...and Andy ate Kellan

Just kidding again, he had a burger too.  The drive home was not bad, Sawyer barely said a word which was good because he likes to have conversations in the car that are really quiet and he gets mad that we can't understand him.

Today I did laundry all day.  I am so sore, but we have so dang much laundry that piles up that I needed to take care of.  I am happy to say it is all clean and there is nothing left in the hallway...though Kellan's stuff is neither folded nor hung up.  Progress though.

Kellan was a big help.

Actually he just drooled and moaned all day so much that I had to put a bib on him.  We all have a nasty cold and he's turned into a drool and snot factory.  I'm hoping it gets better before I have to take them to the doc AGAIN.  We have been there way too many times this year.

Sawyer jumped on the bed as usual but made me take pictures.  It cracked me up that the tongue on his shirt would fly around.

These guys got haircuts today too :)  We have pictures next week so I wanted Sawyer to get a pro to cut it instead of our hack job buzz cuts.  He was so good and just sat still the whole time that Andy took him to get chocolate milk after :)

It is the first day of fall and it behaved like it.  It has been a hot dry summer and this week the rain decided to come back.  It actually is turning the dead things green again and makes everything smell so good and fresh that I don't mind it.  I think it's time to get out the fall decor soon :)  Happy Fall!

Doin' the Puyallup...er...Washington State Fair '13

On Wednesday we done did the Puyallup.  Though, they changed the name to the "Washington State Fair" but the tagline is still "Do the Puyallup."

It is the same old fair, but it is still just as awesome and nostalgic as it was the year before and before and all the way back as young as I can remember (except that first year of college when I was in LV.)

I got off early because it was Wednesday and Andy got off early so that we could go on a weekday (smaller lines).  We did the normal-eat scones, earthquake burgers, and krusty pups, went on rides (Sawyer anyway), saw some animals, and took in the sights.  Sawyer LOVED the rides this year except he got a little scared on the firetruck one since it kind of tickles your stomach on the way down.  Luckily the lady let me go on with him without having to take tickets for me so I was there to calm him.

He loved his scone but was giving me a funny look

Strawberry scone!

Me and Sawyer on the giant slide

He was SOOOO excited to drive this car

I loved this ride best when I was small

Andy at Earthquakes

The only fries he got were on his shirt

Earthquakes!

We made the massager go and Andy laughed for 5 minutes at Sawyer's surprised face 

Sawyer and a goat

I think this was his favorite because he could make it go up and down with the steering wheel

up high

There we are

This one made me sick.  I think Andy will be the ride buddy unless it is the giant slide from now on

Some lady commented on his Krusty Pup and he yelled at her "He called it a Krussy Pop, it's a corn dog!" (Everyone is a "he" since he doesn't know the difference)

My kid eats corn dogs weird

A little rugby and a little trip to Vancouver

One of the girls on my rugby team contacted me Friday and said they were desperate.  I've been avoiding rugby because 1. my joints aren't back to normal (the relaxin or whatever hormone from pregnancy lasts awhile and leaves you prone to injury) 2. practice is hard to get to Tacoma by 6:30 when I don't get home after getting the boys until 6:20.  Well, they said they didn't have enough people and the league would take out our team if we didn't have enough people CIPPed (pretty much pay the US rugby club) by the first game.  I decided to "take one for the team" and pay up.  They guaranteed playing time so I thought "what the heck".

Umm yeah, I haven't even TOUCHED a rugby ball in over a year.  That was apparent during the game, as well as my lack of endurance.  I didn't do TOO bad though.  I had to take on half their team on defense because apparently the Sirens need work on realizing when their team has the ball and they're lined up on one side of the field, we should probably be lined up on that same side.  I dropped the ball a few times though, but that is because I have had zero practice at the hand-eye coordination required.   I blame them for putting me at inside though- I shouldn't have been given that much responsibility lol.  I only had to play a half and I didn't die or anything so that was good.  Also, we beat Eugene (Oregon).  So, yay.  I was sick too, and today my entire body hurts...so bad.  If you want to discover muscles you didn't know you had, have some girls tackle you and wait until the next day.  Oww.

Sawyer walked Chase

Here I am tackling some girl i the middle (bad form here, don't take note)

Here I am actually bringing her down on top of me (again, don't try this yourself)

Kellan did this most of the game

My newest fan.

Today (Sunday) we drove down to Vancouver because cousin Maddie is going on a mission for church.  They started to let girls go at 19 this year so she signed up right away.  She is going to Mesa, AZ.  We had to leave at 7 to get to their church on time (well, a little late lol) and walked in right before her talk- awesome timing!!!  We went to hang out at their house afterwards and eat.  Yum- and fun as usual.  I love Andy's Vancouver family!  We left around 3 to get home to the Seahawks game on TV.  Very fun though.

Great-grandma and Kel

Duncan thought it was a good idea to load up this gun Sawyer found with nerf darts

Sawyer giving Maddie a hug goodbye- he loves her

5 months and some baby food

This little hoodlum is 5 months old.

He is so great.  Some milestones are that he rolls around, he can kinda scoot (gets up on his knees and elbows and tries to push forwards but only sometimes successful), he can stand if he leans on things, he is starting to walk his feet if we hold his arms and pull him forward instead of just falling forwards, he eats well off of a spoon, jumps in his jumperoo, and can sit for a few seconds at a time.  He also sleeps through most nights (if he wakes up we feed him with the lights off while rocking him and he will fall right back asleep when he finishes his bottle) usually if he wakes up it is around 6 so still a good stretch.

He likes grandma's exersaucer and turns around to the different toys

...and eating peaches out of his mesh (he will cry if you take it away)

and loves playing with Sawyer

We decided to make him some baby food with the stuff from the farmers market.  Destiny let us borrow her little baby food maker which was pretty cool.

You put it in the tube and press down while turning the crank and little mushed up versions come out.  Here we are doing plums.

Here's some apples we steamed to make them soft

We also did carrots

When we finished we put them in ice cube trays to freeze.

We ended up with quite a few.  We have a carrot/apple mix, squash/banana, green beans, and plum/pear/banana mix

We fed him a carrot apple today mixed with some rice cereal to make it thick (otherwise it runs down their face) and he was a fan!  I don't know if it was any cheaper but at least we knew we were getting non-processed organic produce to start with :)

Wiggle worm

The little wiggle worm is trying to crawl.  Poor thing ends up on his knees and elbows and just rocks there for awhile going nowhere.  I took a video of it- the rocking thing starts around a minute and a half.  Any day now he'll be cruising around.  I can't believe how time flies...he'll be 5 months old tomorrow :/

Jumperoo

We introduced Kellan to the jumperoo and he loves it as much as Sawyer did

He also wants to get around really bad but his arms have no muscles so he ends up face planting.