Grace gets Cookin'

Just put Grace on the Bumbo chair for the first time. I think she likes it. No, I didn't put her on the stove to keep her warm.

Cookie lunch

Sarah makes cookies, Scott eats them for lunch with milk. Just the milk for Grace.

Wonderland Trail II

I recently reviewed my post last Tuesday of my trip on the Wonderland trail and realized it was a bit sparse on information so I decided I needed to add some more. Fist, I'll give you our route, and daily mileage. We started in the NE corner of the park, and circled the mountain anti-clockwise.

Start Point: Sunrise Trailhead

Night 1: Carbon River 15.5 miles

Night 2: S Mowich River 9.9 miles

Night 3: N Puyallup River 11.8 miles

Night 4: S Puyallup River 6.5 miles

Night 5: Cougar Rock 12.9 miles

Night 6: Nickel Creek 12.7 miles

Night 7: Summerland 10.9 miles

End Point: Sunrise Trailhead 9.8 miles

Although none of the days includes an astronomical number of miles, it was really the vertical profile that truly determined the strain we would all go though to complete the day's miles. The national park service has a .pdf document with the entire profile for download available HERE - however, I've included a small screen shot (very small now that I've got it uploaded) to give you an idea of what our days were like. Most days had both ups and downs, but day 7 was almost entirely UP - for about 7 hours.

I also wanted to include a Google Earth file you can download to explore the trail interactively. It even has the ability to overlay the USGS Topographic maps if you like. This really allows you to get the true feel of the trail. Download the .kmz file HERE.

Finally, I decided to upload the video Gabe made on my computer with about 15 minutes of editing. It's mostly B-roll footage of things he decided just needed to be filmed with video instead of still. Hope you enjoy.

Tree Trimmers

The house behind us recently sold, and the new owner was concerned with some of the old trees beginning to lean toward the house. Over the past couple of days, tree trimmers have worked tirelessly to cut down the 75ft plus trees. I took some photos yesterday and after seeing them in sequence, realized it was almost like viewing a time-laps video... and so I put them together into a short video. Our view of the Olympic mountains has significantly improved. I'll post a photo at sunset when we get a good one.

Grace Finds Her Thumb

We found Grace already has the gift of improvisation - no pacifier...use thumb. Although the thumb sucking is a great thing for now ( demonstrates continued development as well as the ability to "self sooth" to help her fall asleep on her own ) I'm uncertain of the long term implications for a baby to start sucking it's thumb so early...

Flower Girl

The dahlias on our back deck are Sarah's favorite flower and I think quickly becoming Grace's too.

Grace finds her foot...

Grace spent about 10 minutes looking at and grabbing her right foot. Developmental milestone? I think so!