Dress up

The new thing around our house is to play dress up with whatever bits of clothing Hazel finds on the floor. She will bring us a jacket, a hat, socks or shoes and "ask" for us to put them on her. This morning it was shades and a vest (over her pjs). What is it about babies and sunglasses that they find so amusing?

For those of you who were concerned...

or for those of you who wondered...or those who really don't care. Hazel is officially weened.

Hazel's dedication

Last Sunday, March 1st, we had Hazel dedicated. Jonathan & I each wrote her a letter which we read to her during the service. It was a really sweet time of celebrating who she is and who we hope to raise her to be. These are a couple pictures from that day.








We had a really nice time with our families that Sunday afternoon, eating hotdogs and hamburgers, watching Ethan play in the creek by our house. We missed Patrick, Keri, Will, Gordon, Kristin & Madeline.










Here is our good friend Tom, with his son, Henry and (future wife..hehehe) Hazel.

sweet madeline

This weekend we went to visit Gordon, Kristin, and Madeline in CA. We thought that the cousins and aunts and uncles needed some bonding time. We got to spend some time enjoying our sweet niece, Madeline.






We went for a short stroll on Long Beach, and Hazel tried to go swimming. We spent a few hours at the aquarium--both girls really liked watching the fish.






We went to the little park at the end of the block where Madeline decided to eat some mulch. She really liked it, and kept going back for more!
























The girls ended their weekend together with some quality bath time. They had lots of fun playing next to each other and making silly noises at each other.

uncle sean

Hazel, after having a meltdown during the superbowl, just snuggled in with Sean. She even looked right at his face to make sure she knew who he was...we thought it might have been a case of mistake identity. She just needed a little sean time.