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Winter fun

2009-01-25T17:12:00.000-08:00

I love this picture of Hazel in her tinkerbell costume riding giraffe. And Eliot with his snowman that has a sausage nose.

Mom: Hazel looks really comfortable!

Melissa's Babyshower

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Melissa's babyshower

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Look I am baaacckkk!!

2009-01-21T19:04:00.000-08:00

Oh how long it has been since I was on here! I really thought that I would do this and do it well. I have the answer: I did it badly. Hazel will be three in less than a month, Eliot will be five in May. Christ I have a kid that is almost in kindergarten.

Yesterday's inauguration was amazing no? I got goose bumps was choked up all of it. The only spoiler was the idiot in the coffee shop looking to get in an argument. I rose above his stank though; when he realized that no one in there cared about his BS he finally left muttering about who knows what. His sad sorry life, mmm maybe.

All my closest colleagues were as happy as I was yesterday not sure what the rest of the CO thought.

My sister is due any day. Her actual due date is the 25Th and she thinks that she will go till February 1st. Ha ha for her I hope so. They do not know if it is a boy or girl which is cool if you are into that sort of thing:) No I am truly so happy for them and cannot wait to meet the new little one. They do finally have a boy name picked so that is good. I have a pretty good idea what the girl name is but haven't thrown out my guess. It is their surprise! We threw a baby shower for her a week ago and I keep meaning to get the photos ready for her but shocking I have done nothing of the sort. I seem to live in this weird land of procrastination. I lived by that in college, always waiting to the last minute and that sort of thing. I think I really believed that I did my best work under pressure, what a crock.

Thanksgiving

2007-11-28T21:55:00.001-08:00

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We have of course been very busy around here. We decided to tear out the built in closet contraption in Eliot's room to make room for a second bed in there. So now Eliot and Hazel are sharing a room. working out ok, hard when they are both sick to get them to sleep and then keep them there. But we are working at it.

Eliot had a big day!

2007-11-10T13:30:00.000-08:00

Eliot got his hair chopped, only a few tears for Mom and Dad. We loved his beautiful long blond hair but I guess it was just time.

pumpkin patch and Halloween

2007-11-07T07:23:00.000-08:00

How cute are these little superheroes? Spiderman and Batman. It was pretty cute to hear Hazel saying trick or treat. Of course she would only say it between houses no way would she say it to people for candy! Luckily her big brother was looking out for her and would get two pieces of candy at every house so that Hazel wouldn't have to ask!

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Is it really November?

2007-11-07T06:50:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the long time between posts! For those that actually check this anyway. I started a new job which I won't mention on here to avoid being fired! But I am loving it and it is full time so I have not been able to post as frequently as I would like. That and our computer died. Eliot and Hazel are still at that their same school which is causing the same problems but we just don't want to uproot them from their friends. Eliot has been in the same class with his friend Paul since he was 7 months old. Hazel started there at 3.5 months so it is hard to think about them elsewhere. The drive downtown is a pain though!

Hazel is talking all the time now and will repeat most words back. Eliot still cracks me up with the thoughts that he has and how he puts it all together. He likes playing with all the neighbor kids

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2007-05-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

Well it is almost June! Eliot had the most fantastic birthday ever! Thank you to all who made it. He had a wonderful time. Hazel has been doing really well, her 'wound' healed well and she is super funny. Her new favorite game is to 'get' Eliot. She runs up and hugs him and won't let go. Eliot asked me today how birds fly, I was stumped by his great question and told him that they have wings. He is also very interested in the names of Portland's bridges and wants to drive over the Broadway or Steel. He loves hanging out with friends and family and delights in pestering me with why questions.
I will be the big 30 on Friday and it is something that I have looked forward to for awhile. We are taking the kids to the coast for the weekend. I want to fly a kite and just play. I am ready for Jon's busy season to be done!

Kids are funny

2007-04-26T23:50:00.000-07:00

Eliot and Hazel make me so happy. When Hazel was in the white dress Eliot looked at her and stopped and said 'Mama Hazel looks like a princess'. How cute is that? He is still talking about his girlfriend from school who moved away a couple of weeks ago. Georgia this Georgia that. My favorite is when he said Georgia had a tutu on at school today, I love her tutu, Georgia is beautiful. Hazel is in full Eliot mode, she looks for him all the time, hugs him, crawls on top of him all of that! I missed an important birthday shout out, Hi Barbara, Happy Birthday, we owe you dinner we did not forget we are just slow!

April goodness

2007-04-26T23:45:00.000-07:00

Happy birthdays to....

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My mommy, she rocks! and my cousin Emily she rocks too! My Mom leaves tomorrow for a 3 week vaca to Germany. I am soooo jealous. I hope she brings me back something cool. Of course she will she always hooks me up.

We had Easter at my parents and invited Eliot's best friend from school over. His name is Paul and he is sucha cool guy. I love his mommy Ruth, daddy Steve, and his little brother Thomas. Ruth and Steve work at the Oregonian and are such wonderful people. Thomas is almost the same age as Hazel so it is such fun to be around them. The older boys had such fun finding eggs that we hid them twice. Enjoy some pix.

Eliot says the funniest things, today on the way to school he told me that if I wrecked the car on the freeway he would call the police for me. Freaky but cracked me up. A couple of days ago he was having a hard morning and told that I just didn't understand him! This morning he picked his clothes out and told me he needed to wear the shirt that Aunty Em gave him (cousin Emily)

Eliot and Hazel adore each other and try to hug all the time. when they aren't screaming at each other!

MRI results

2007-03-30T22:42:00.000-07:00

We got the results and there is no sign of any spinal issues!!!!! You have no idea what a relief that was to hear. She has a ruptured pilonidal cyst which is quite gross and extremely painful and may recur and may require surgery down the road but no spina bifida. I feel like celebrating. As much as possible.
She also has like 3 or 4 teeth coming in.
www.pilonidal.org
I think that is the link if you really like to gross yourself out.

which is better?

2007-03-28T11:45:00.000-07:00

Here is the black and white of Hazel. I like both the B&W and the color what do you think?

Hazel

2007-03-28T11:38:00.000-07:00

Well we are home from the hospital. Hazel is one cranky baby! It was really sad to watch her pass out from the drugs, I didn't cry in front of her though. I kept myself together until they wheeled her out. She was so still! She had an IV in her hand that had bled everywhere, an oxygen tube in her nose all passed out on a white gurney. It was stressful. She is very very cranky now and if I don't have her in the backpack she trys to get away from me screaming but she can't walk right yet and she just took a tumble and split her lip. I am hoping the day will get better! We should get results tomorrow. Cross your fingers!

MRI update

2007-03-27T12:10:00.000-07:00

I just called OHSU and they had a cancellation for tomorrow morning so we will do the MRI tomorrow. So we will know more sooner rather than later always a good thing, no?

Cool shades

2007-03-26T19:47:00.000-07:00

Family pix

2007-03-26T16:14:00.000-07:00

March Madness

2007-03-26T16:00:00.000-07:00

Well Hazel is 13 months old and Eliot is almost three! It has been awhile since I last posted, most likely people have given up on me ever giving an update. Hazel was going to OHSU on a weekly basis there for awhile, her ears were not doing good and then about three weeks ago she developed a very strange open wound at the base of her spine. She was born with quite the sacral dimple that we had been monitoring. It was very worrisome since that is not a good spot to have such a thing so we took her to her pediatrician and he was concerned so we went to a specialist at OHSU. He was concerned and thinks that it could be spina bifida occulta. Which on the spinibifida spectrum is not that bad but still might warrant surgery. So we have a MRI scheduled for April 6th to either rule it out or in. We are keeping our fingers crossed that it is nothing of the sort but will keep people posted on her progress.
Other than that drama things are going very well. Eliot is doing well, he says some interesting things that crack me up and is enjoying life in general. We have been in our house now for almost a year and we are so happy here. Our neighbors are fantastic and I feel safe knowing we are all looking out for each other and not casing each others houses.
We have a new nephew that will be joining the world in the summer and are trying to figure out a way to get to Alaska to meet him and hang out with the whole family. We have never been so it would be super fun to go.
We just got some really nice family pictures done so I will add some hopefully tonight after the kids go to sleep!

sickness

2007-02-02T11:37:00.000-08:00

This has been such a bad start to the year! Our house just keeps getting hit with nasty bugs. Poor Hazel is still having problems with her ears, nasty stuff had strep and they cultured her ears again today and drew blood. We are hoping that she is able to kick this. She has been walking for almost a month and it is sooo cute. She loves to follow Eliot around and play with him. They adore each other which is the most beautiful thing ever. Eliot is starting preschool next week which we are very excited about.

New Year

2007-01-11T17:16:00.000-08:00

Well it has been awhile. My computer broke so I am borrowing my parents. Some updates, my Grandma passed away Christmas Day. As much as I knew it was coming it knocked me sideways. I miss her so much already. She was such a force of nature and so funny. I will post pictures of her soon.

Santa

2006-12-24T11:12:00.000-08:00

hmmmm

Santa!

2006-12-24T10:47:00.000-08:00

My parents were able to get Santa to take time out from his busy schedule to come to their house. What a wonderful time we all had. I am not sure my parents were totally prepared for the chaos of 15 little kids and their parents but it was super fun. Santa was great and here are some pictures.
On a sad note my grandma is not doing very well at all, if you could keep her in your thoughts I would appreciate it, I would love to go back to Kansas to see her but both of the kids are sick and I think flying would be a bad idea. Poor Hazel is getting tubes put in her ears on January 4th. I hear that it is a really quick painless procedure and it will make her feel so much better.
It is Christmas eve and I wanted to send all my friends and family my love and big smooches. XOXO

2006-12-22T13:59:00.000-08:00

Who loves Grandma and Grandpa? Hazel and Eliot do!

2006-12-22T13:51:00.000-08:00

Here are some fun random no order pictures that I like.

Holiday fun

2006-12-22T13:42:00.000-08:00

We had small holiday gathering at our house which was fun. Here are some pix from that and tree decorating.

Kansas

2006-12-22T13:12:00.000-08:00

We had an interesting time in Kansas. We got in at 11 at night then drove 2 hours to my grandmas house. Poor Hazel had a cough and ear infections so she did not do well on the flight. I don't know what was more irritating to our neighbors on the flight from Phoenix to Wichita more, fussy Hazel or the drunk couple making out. By making out I think they were trying to join the mile high club!
We had to take my Grandma to the hospital the day after we arrived which sucked but she is doing better.

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Thanksgiving

2006-11-30T07:42:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, time with family delicious food. Hazel's first thanksgiving, of course she didn't get to eat any of the feast directly. Eliot really enjoyed though! I need to take classes to learn how to use my camera though. I didn't get one good picture of my Grandma Elma with the kids. Guess we need another visit. We leave Monday for Kansas for a week. Kansas!

striped munchkins

2006-11-30T07:26:00.000-08:00

same jammies, Eliot in November 2004, Hazel in November 2006!

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Pumpkin patch

2006-10-19T19:24:00.000-07:00

We got to go to the pumpkin patch with Uncle Scott and had a wonderful time. Did a hayride and Eliot rode a pony. We will go again this weekend so maybe you will get to see even more good times on Sauvie Island! We also went to the zoo with Baka (grandma) and had a blast.

good times

2006-10-04T10:46:00.000-07:00

It is already October, time is flying. We are having fun going to all different kinds of festivals and fairs. Eliot loves, there is usually music that he can boogie down to. He loves to dance.

fall???

2006-09-16T17:50:00.000-07:00

I can't believe this weather. Is it 80 or is it 60 and torrential downpours? SO is it obvious by now that I adore my kids?? Everyone thinks that their kid is the cutest/greatest/smartest but I think mine are! Hazel is amazing, crawling pulling herself up to a stand knows where mommas nose is. Eliot is so funny, he cracks me up all the time. Here are some more pix, don't get bored!

summer fun

2006-08-30T17:20:00.000-07:00

I can't believe August is almost over,we have had a lot of fun this summer. Playing with friends and getting used to having two sweet kiddos to play with.
Hazel started crawling a month ago and now loves to pull herself up to a stand. Her favorite thing is to play Eliot's piano. Eliot is having a blast in his new room at school. They do such fun things, they go to Farmers market every Wednesday in the park blocks and have dance parties. I love that he enjoys it so much.

2006-07-11T21:11:00.000-07:00

more pics

2006-07-11T20:16:00.000-07:00

shrug

2006-07-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

Well for some reason I thought that I would actually be able to keep up with this! I went back to work and my whole life seems to have been hit with a bomb. I know others have it so much harder than I do, I am just feeling sorry for myself. I am lucky to have such wonderful kids and family, I do know that. Here are some recent shots of the kiddos.

Memorial Day Weekend

2006-05-31T22:04:00.000-07:00

Here are some pix from our day at Grandpa Beckmans farm on Lilac Hill.

STRANGE!

2006-05-28T19:15:00.000-07:00

May 27

2006-05-27T11:40:00.000-07:00

Wow 2 year olds are funny! The things that they say or remember are amazing. Must not use naughty words any more, Eliot dropped the F-bomb on me. Guess my road rage is worse than I thought, ha. Eliot likes to say bah humbug when he doesn't like something and that cracks me up. He is great with Hazel she grabbed a handful of his hair the other day and he told her very nicely that she wasn't supposed to pull hair: "Hazel no pulling hair". Way to use your words boogler! Hazel has really started cooing and 'talking' to us, it is sooo cute. She loves to watch her brother and has the cutest smiles. Here are some more pics some from Eliot's b-day and some from mothers day. We went to Multnomah falls lodge for breakfast and looked around and then drove further out the gorge to Cascade Cliffs a winery on the Washington side of the river. What a beautiful day.

2006-05-08T10:28:00.000-07:00

some pictures

May 8

2006-05-08T10:11:00.000-07:00

hi this is my first foray into blogging! Just wanted to share a little about my babies. Our Eliot just turned 2 and he is a kick in the pants! He loves to read books, go for walks and play with his cars. He also really loves fire trucks and his baby sister Hazel. Hazel is now 10 weeks old and is really cool. She loves to smile and coo and watch her older brother. For Eliot's birthday he got to ride on a firetruck and then got a party with Baka and Grandpa Wright, Aunty Melissa, Uncle Scotty and Grandpa Beckman and Barbara. He got lots of fun toys and an ice cream cake.