My baby is 1 year old!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! ABEY BABY

After many attempts . . .

Here is what Brayden's tooth looked

like just before it was so gently removed.

This was his "I'm not so sure about this Mom" look.

I was trying to tie a string around it to shut a door on it.

This method was not so effective.

And finally after much anguish and
trying, we were finally successful!!!

Brayden's Surprise

Well, we had some excitement happen today!

But I don't want to ruin it. I will let this video talk for itself!

The Pier and Pike Street

We took a walk around the pier and Pike Street after our Underground tour.

Brayden got caught up in all the fun, but it was just too much for our little Abe.

Brayden had fun walking with the pigeons. When they saw this pig, Brayden and Carly knew they had to take a ride.

This was a huge piece of driftwood which found a home in a small plaza. It was just too tempting to keep the kids away. While looking at the pictures today, Brayden found a whale hiding in the wood. Can you find it too???

The Great Crapper ? ? ? ?

Okay, so call me crazy but while in the museum at the end of the Underground tour I discovered something that caught my fancy. Please let me explain . . . Carly decided that it was time to go potty. So we took the great adventure of finding the restroom in a new place. (At times this can be something of a challenge.) Upon entering the above mentioned room, I came upon my great discovery . . . . . . . . . the TOILET!!!! Yes, that is right their porcelain throne. Now I am sure you are wondering why a toilet? What can be so incredible about a toilet? Well take a look for yourself


I have never seen such a "pretty"toilet before. So yes, this very unexpected sight (as strange as it may seem) caught my eye. And I was compelled to capture it to share with all who will read this post.

Adventures Under Seattle

After Scott got done with all the job interview stuff, we had some sightseeing fun. We went on a tour underneath the sidewalks of Seattle. Yes you read right. UNDERNEATH the sidewalks.

For those of you who are a little shocked right now, there is a "secret underground sidewalk" in downtown Seattle. Okay, so it really is not all that secret, but it is really cool. When Seattle was first settled, there were many problems with . . . yes you guessed it . . . their toilets. The problem being that they would back up when the tide came in and the would have raw sewage coming out of their toilets. Sorry, I know it's not such a pleasant thought, and I'm sure not very pleasant to live with. They also had a huge fire that destroyed most of the city.

To help solve the toilet problem, after rebuilding, they raised the streets of Seattle and incorporated a new drainage system inside the streets. This created a new problem however. The sidewalks were about 12 feet below the street, so then they extended the sidewalks as well. They left the original sidewalks intact so that they people of Seattle could still easily access all the buildings 1st floors. If you would like to read the story in a little more detail, and better than I can say it, you can follow this link Seattle Underground History or this link Seattle Underground.

Anyway, here are some pictures from our underground adventures. Brayden did not want to go down at first, but by the end, we almost couldn't drag him away.

Tucked away

While we were waiting for Scott to get done with his oral board with the Seattle PD, we found this really cute little park. Since none of the pictures below show the park very well, I will tell you a little about it. It was at the top of a hill and layed out along the top of this hill. There wasn't a lot of grassy spots, but some nice walkways and flower gardens. It was mainly for the 50+ apartments and Japanese apartments built next to it (yes there were apartments specified for Japanese occupants). There was also a community garden for any of the apartment residents who wanted to care for a small plot. It had a nice serene feel to it. And best of all the kids had fun playing while we waited.

This last picture was the view from the top of the hill and entrance to the park.

On Top of the World

Okay, maybe not the world, but the Seattle Space Needle . . . yes.

This is the first thing we did in Seattle.
The kids were so excited to go all the way up.
And I have to admit, I was excited too.
I had never seen the Space Needle in person and
have wanted to for awhile now.
The view from way up there is pretty fantastic.

This video was Brayden's favorite part of the whole Space Needle experience.

Sooo Close . . . . . .

We pulled into Seattle late and the kids were already asleep. We put them in their beds and made what we thought would work for Abe's bed. However, he was not on it long before he rolled off! The bump jolted him slightly, and he very groggily tried to climb back on to the cushions. He didn't get very far. After several attempts he fell back asleep, never quite getting to his destination.

King of the Castle

Mom had some huge boxes that she had saved for the kids to play with. They had so much fun converting them into a fort. The big one for Brayden with a sign that said "No Girls" and the small one for Carly with a sign that says "No Boys".

And yes, it even came complete with DirectTV.

All Tied Up

Scott and I came home from church after mom and the kids. This is the scene we came home too . . .

Brayden loves to tie things up. He ties up just about anything he can get his hands on, including Carly!

But as you can see, she doesn't seem to mind it much. She is use to it, and in fact many times asks him to tie her up.

And this time, although not always, she was able to free herself.