Pixie Hollow Visitors

Some of the citizens of Pixie Hollow have decided to visit our house for awhile. We have tiny fairies and their tiny animal friends who are camping out in the teapot on the dinning room table.



Silvermist and Rosetta, who like to stay on Anna's bedroom floor, in the Silvermist soft flower house.



Of course, Big Rosetta and Big Tinkerbell like to stay in Rosetta's soft flower house.



Slightly larger little fairies are in the dollhouse. The Fawn is sleeping on the second story living room couch ... I guess being an animal fairy does have a few perks.



And this is my favorite, the Tinkerbell soap in the bed next to the baby beluga and mommy beluga whales. Anna has been sleeping with this bar of soap for several months now, the whales are a new addition to her nighttime friends. I always think ... hummm maybe I too would sleep better with soap in bed with me.

Happy 11th Month Sam

Amazing, Mr. Sam is 11 months old today and it feels like we just got him ... He is such a joy and has added so much to our family. Sam is very vocal and makes lots of squeaks, raspberry blows, and "da da" noises. He can give you "five", clap his hands, drink from a straw, and point to things he wants to look at closer. He has become a super fast crawler, pulls up to stand, and likes to sit on his knees like a prairie dog to look around. Sam sleeps all night in his own bed very well now. I wish that I would have bought the noise reducing machine much earlier as it is the key to his sleep.



This photo was taken by Stephanie during our afternoon, get out of the hot house and into the AC, play date.



Anna has bloomed as a big sister. When she is not hitting him on the head, she is kissing him and teaching him how do things. Lately she has been crawling next to him and trying to get him to saw "dog." We are happy that she takes her responsibility as a big sister seriously. These photos are from January 2007, when Anna was 11 months old.

Were Having A Heat Wave

Sometime when it is so very hot outside, the only thing you can do is lay near a cool fan in your birthday suit.



It was extremely hot for Portland today. The high temperature this afternoon was 103 downtown and 108 at the airport.

The Need For A Third Hand

The Zoo, Big Boy Shoes, And A Light Up Duck

We went up to the zoo this morning to see the animals before it got to hot. We might have been a little to late for the river otter. He was asleep in his den. Anna was glad that she could climb up the ladder to peek in on him.



Anna always likes to look for Osbert (My Penguin Osbert by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel) in the penguin house. Due to the heat and extra the horrible penguin house smell, she settled for a quick hug of the "Osbert" statue.



Somehow, the little tiny barn owl was not effected by the heat. He was up and flying around his enclosure.



Sam spent the zoo trip in the stroller eating and looking around for the train. He was very excited about the train, lots of screeches and points when it went by. He also was probably thinking about how great his new big boy shoes with extra room for his toes were going to feel on his feet.



After a long hot day, nothing is better then a cool bath in the sink with a light up duck.

Balloon Games

Sam had so much fun playing with balloons yesterday. He had a few fall down because you are laughing so hard moments. Anna lined them up around Sam and would run around hitting them ... so much fun and so silly.



Since a purse is very necessary, you must always play games while holding one.



Here they are lost in the "balloon jungle."

Crawler's Toe

Poor Sam has worn a little blister on the bottom of his toe from all the stomach dragging that he has been doing this past few weeks. He likes to move by using his toes to push off and then dragging his tummy with his arms ... I noticed today that he was crawling in a more standard style. I think it is due to the blister sore.



I feel very bad for the little guy, the toe blister, a whole mess (at least 3 new ones) of red and puffy teeth coming into his mouth, and I am not nursing him anymore (due to biting). I hope tomorrow things will look up for him.