9.02.2009

by popular request: our new apartment!

at last, we're settled enough that i'm not embarrassed beyond reason to show it to you all! we've had so much fun nesting... it's so lovely here. just to give you an idea, i'm sitting out on our back porch, in the evening of a gorgeous sunny day (we went swimming and enjoyed!) watching maddie toddle around and play. it's cool and pleasant, green, trees everywhere, kids out playing... ah, this is the life!

view from the entry - windows windows windows!


from behind the piano


from the back door - check out all the cruising room! maddie's in heaven...


from the seating area



fred in the kitchen


the breakfast nook


our bedroom - check out my hand-made headboard (yes i did that!) really hard to get a good photo of the room; there's a lot of room on either side of the bed, more windows, and room at the foot of the bed where i'm standing as well


our bathroom and walk-in closet! can you believe it, everything fits!



madeleine's room, which we painted princess blue

and the second bathroom & hall closet, right outside her room.

baseball & swinging baby

at the mariner's game, where we of course rooted for the angels! our little clan, plus jason, vangie, and kyler box, dear friends of ours.





earlier that day at the park. next time i'll have to take some shots of how dang pretty it is!

9.01.2009

first birthday and baby steps!


madeleine is now a whole year old! can you believe it? though we tried, this was really the only cute photo we got. we were too busy taking videos of her walking! prior to her birthday, the record was 9 steps, but check her out now: