Nine Months

So Eden is nine months old as of a couple days ago. Very exciting, she remains tall and strong even as she's leveled off in weight a bit. We've gotten some some nice thoughts sent our way via the phone and this Facebook thing that seems to be stealing the thunder of google blog somehow.

This blog will continue to provide unique content (except maybe on the Courtney posts) and things you can't find on Facebook like...

Eden drumming! She's actually pretty responsive to beat and percussion- we went to the Wallingford kids parade a few weeks ago and she really got excited when the drummers came by and started kicking her legs (somewhat) along with the beat.

and if that's not enough we have...

Eden swinging! as any good swing coach will tell you there are two key parts to a good swinging technique, the back and the forth. Eden is really quite good at both parts so I think she's got a future in this.

Okay, Eden is testing out my babyproofing techniques, so I'll see what she is up to but I'll be back with more content for the imaginary readers of this blog soon.

Baby-Puppet Theater

Most of you suspected that this blog would eventually turn into movies about babies and puppets, so I'd like to proudly present the following, starring a young sasquatch from Vancouver who wants to become an Olympic goalie, a young raccoon from New York who wants to be the next Oscar the Grouch, and a young baby from Seattle who wears jeans and a helpful disposition.

and if that wasn't enough, here's an outtake.

and the other outtake, where the baby and the raccoon nail it, but the sasquatch and the cameraman are not on their game.

giant tree

and here's Eden in our backyard by a giant tree.

Eden's first trip to Mt. Rainier

We all went to Mt. Rainier today when Eden woke up- first to Sunrise, which Courtney and I had never visited. A bit cloudy, but little Tahoma peak was visible and the mountain came out at points. We did a little walk along the service road since all of the trails are still pretty deep in snow.

The picture is of Courtney and Eden along that road with little Tahoma peak and a stream in the background. Sorry, Courtney- I took two and your eyes were closed in both.

After a few brief stops along the Sunrise road and me picking up an Israeli hitchhiker, we drove down to the Grove of the Patriarchs where we ran into all of the people we met at Sunrise including said hitchhiker. The other photo is of Eden and I in the grove by the edge of the largest tree. You'll have to believe us on that, the tree is really big. We'll go back again later this summer to the rest of the park, hopefully this will include video of Eden climbing Mt. Rainier or walking the 93 mile long Wonderland trail.

Summer with Dad

This could be the beginning of regular summer Eden updates on this blog as she and I hang out, but I'm sure no one checks this anymore. So a special prize to the first person who notices that there is a new post (warning: the special prize is just recognition in a future blog entry). In any case, here is a video of Eden that shows her love of cameras.