Taking a five month hiatus from maintaining this blog was not something I intended to do! I am sad that I failed to document all of the fun changes and developments that Quinn experienced in real time, but alas - that ship has sailed. So, I give you five things - one thing for each month of my journaling negligence - about our recent goings-on:
(1) In April, Quinn & I took the train to
San Francisco to visit our dear friend Hanalei! It was THE BEST...because of Hanalei, and Chinese food (
soooooo much delicious Chinese food). We hung out at their awesome apartment, went for fun walks and chased ducks in Golden Gate Park, thrift shopped on Haight Ashbury, people watched in Berkeley and ate all manner of delicious food. It was Fun with a capital F.
(2) Spenser started a new job at the knife manufacturer Kershaw and it has been a great move. Things at his last company were not going very well so this was a very happy change. It is located in Tualitan, which is a bit of a daily commute but nothing unmanageable, and he works in their international shipping department. He gets great discounts so keep us posted if you need a gift for a special male in your life!
(3) Spenser's sister Madisen moved from Hermiston (approximately 3.5 hours east of here) to Portland to work and go to school, so we get to see WAY more of her, which is awesome. And she is a great babysitter who Quinn absolutely adores!
(4) Speaking of sisters: My sister Whitney married Samuel in the end of June and it was AWESOME! Sam loves Mad Men, reads the New York Times and makes delicious homemade bread so I had no problem welcoming him into the family. The wedding was beautiful and fun and we got to spend a lot of time with my brother Brad and his wife Stephanie to boot!
(5) Quinn is moving, moving, MOVING...crawling all over the place, pulling herself up into a standing position on any object that will stay still for two seconds and getting close to walking. She will be 1 in a month AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!! She is such a big girl now - as of about May she now sleeps through the night in her pack n' play (a huge change from her former routine of refusing to sleep anywhere but between us in our bed and waking two or three times every night) and takes two solid naps everyday. She's my big girl! I will try to post more Quinn photos & videos soon :)
That's all for now! Hope you all are well and enjoying the summer.
