6.29.2011

Gerald Avenue

Gerald Avenue is where we live. 1310 Gerald Avenue.
Up twenty-one stairs and to the right, to be exact.
Apartment #3.

We live in a beautiful neighborhood, as you can see. Abram and I get to spend some time here every day.


Love all the sidewalks.

And here's the front of the house, with the national historic registry plaque in front.

I had a little trouble getting some of the pictures of our apt loaded...so this may be a little scattered, but here's what I have:

The bedroom. (Just one.)
I didn't think I was a bed snob, but something about this bed my body just doesn't agree with.

(Could it be the springs I can feel in the mattress?)

But I do love all of the natural light that comes in!

The bathroom.
Yes, we have a free-standing tub. Which means you get to stand in a 360-degree circle of shower curtain.
Which means I get to have a fight with the shower curtain every morning.
And I don't always win.

A little eating area off the side of the main room (the kitchen is through that door on the right).
Notice the wallpaper. :)

Here's the main room, where Abram sleeps at night (we transfer the pack & play to the bedroom during the day for naps.)
The door you see goes into our landlady's apartment, haha, but she rarely goes upstairs to that room...so usually we just hear her dog in there.


The outside view of the fridge wouldn't load, unfortunately, but here's the inside.
And see the top drawer thingy? That's the freezer. Sometimes it works! :)

...and the fridge is in our closet...uh, kitchen, I mean kitchen!


And here's two of the people that live here.

(Cheesy, I know, taking pictures of yourself in the mirror...)

6.24.2011

Talking

Disclaimer: If you are not the parent or grandparent of this child, you may not find any interest in this video. :)
...and of course, I love how I sound on camera...not...

6.23.2011

Ben's First Father's Day


Although it rained most of Father's Day (hence the dark inside pictures), we enjoyed celebrating together.
Since Ben served a mission in Russia, we had Russian pancakes for breakfast and Russian dumplings for dinner. Breakfast was good, and we just won't talk about dinner... :)
We had fun though!
(If you want to try the Russian pancakes, I put the recipe on my blog.)
Abram was getting tired by this time, but notice the Finnish overalls he's wearing from my relatives in Finland. :)


Abram is so lucky to have Ben for his Dad.


And here's a few father/son moments from the last month or so...

(this was in ID over Memorial Day weekend)


They're buddies. :)

As a side note, Abram had a bottom tooth poke through yesterday!

6.16.2011

5 Months

Here is my wiggling, rolling (both ways!), kicking, touching, feeling, grabbing, "talking," laughing, squealing, smiling, (and sometimes fussing), sleeping-10-hours-at-night, taking 3-naps-a-day, bubble-blowing, drooling, possibly-teething
5-month-old (today!).


And what a sweet baby he is.

(I have a hard time getting his smiles on camera..."what's that black thing in front of your face, mom?")