Ordering Chinese Takeout

Damon!

Here we are a couple days before Damon was born, 'practicing' with Malia's baby doll.

The thing I love best about this photo is that it wasn't staged at all!

Here is Damon in his "Woombie"! He loves it! Kurt calls it the banana peel, and I like to refer to it as the mer-man suit!

Even Damon needs some bag-time every now and then :)

Here's Damon still looking a little yellow... especially next to Malia! This picture is a couple of weeks old.

Can you say 'eyelashes'?

I forgot how much newborns sleep!

We had some snow a couple of days ago. Malia loved it! (Notice Nya cussing at me through the slider...she wanted to come out too!).

Christmas 2010

This was taken a few weeks ago on a non-rainy day. We had to go to the park and run around!


I love how putting on parents' shoes is something you don't have to teach little kids...but they all do it! It's even cuter when Malia tries to walk around in Kurt's shoes!


Peacock Lane- a great Christmas tradition!

Just chillin' in the car.

Christmas morning.

Malia's thinking: "I know there's something good in there!"

We hope you had Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Little Drummer Girl

Merry Christmas from Malia!

Some cows say "boo!"

Here are some recent pictures of Malia! We've tried to squeeze every last bit out of fall.
Here she is at a pumpkin patch/petting zoo.

At the park with aunt Laurel Lee! Two of her favorite things!

Here she is sporting her new raincoat. Now we just need to find some rain boots and she'll be set for winter in Portland!

Malia in her cow costume. She fell asleep on the way home from our ward's trunk-or-treat, so she got to wear the suit all night! I need to get some better pictures of her in it. Until very recently, Malia said that cows say "boo!". I thought that was pretty fitting considering her Halloween costume. Sadly, now she says "moo!".

Feeding the ducks at the park near our house. She loved it!

Mega Picture Post

I'm apparently not very good at this blog thing.
But, I will try to make it up to you with some great recent (relatively) pictures!

Malia is such a digger. Sometimes bark/rocks/sand are more exciting than any playground equipment/dolls/toys around!

Here we are at the Redwoods! We were fortunate enough to tag along for one of Kurt's business trips to Northern Cali. That place is amazing!

Malia also loves the beach. The cold, wet sand was not at all a deterrent on this day.

Here she is at Grandma and Grandpa Plaster's. It was that week that she officially took off walking. Look out!

Playing in a tent where cousin McKenna had created a 'play room' for her.

The beautiful Canadian rockies! This was on our way out of town after a long-overdue visit home. Too bad I didn't get many other pics...

On a walk with Grandma Plaster at the Turnbull Wildlife Refuge.

Here are some crazy looking primates at the zoo. They crack me up! Malia was mostly interested in the other kids, and in running around.

I was amused that he even attempted doing her hair!

Free-falling!

Well, there you have it. I will try to catch up on the last two weeks very soon. I hope you're all enjoying this great time of year!

The people who lived here must have really loved blackberries!

I love this house. It cracks me up every time we drive by. When they say blackberries grow like crazy here...they mean it!!!