Christmas cousins (Penelope, Sabine and Nicholas).
Bine having fun with mommy and daddy.
Bine playing with the awesome easel Arlene and Mike made her.
Christmas morning is crazy! Bine really bonded with Uncle Scott.
Playing in the snow.
Time to get clean!
We are officially announcing the appearance of Nuevo, due June 8th. Nuevo is at around 16 weeks and doing great. Heather had another really rough bout of morning sickness in the first trimester, but she is healthy and feeling pretty good now. We will probably find out the gender at our next ultrasound in early January.
Sabine had a playdate with Coleman twins, Jane and Casey, who are already big Beatles fans. Here Bine is watching the twins watching the Fab Four.
Bine wanted to try on daddy's shoes...
Bine still loves wearing her bike helmet, even though she's never been on a bike!
Bine has a new trick for meal time - she bites down on the spoon and won't let go!
Here's a preview of what Sabine might look like with hair eventually...
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Sabine went trick or treating with Mommy and Cindy and brought home lots of treats.
Now that Sabine is one year old, we decided to list some of her new accomplishments.
She's down to two naps a day, with three hours between them - leaving lots of times for walks.
Bine can hold her own bottle now and is becoming a pro with the sippy cup.
She loves her bike helmet and has a good laugh looking at it in the mirror.
Happy first birthday, Sabine! We had a fun day and were really happy that Omi could be there for the big occasion. We started out with a trip to the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park.
Then it was time for Bine's first piece of cake (made by Heather). She wasn't really into it, but the rest of us gobbled a couple pieces down.
And then it was time to dress Bine up in tracht, traditional German/Austrian garb. Sue sent a bunch of great hand-me-down's from her kids. Of course, lederhosen are for little boys, but she's too small yet for the dirndls. I wonder if she'll end up wearing a beautiful Austrian cape at some point...?
An early morning with Bine!
Bine and Omi enjoying the autumn sunshine.
Look at all my teeth!!
Bine graduated from her little inflatable duck tub and now takes a big girl bath.
What a pair of beauties!
Last week we took a trip to Mt. Rainier in Washington, thanks to the generosity of Heather's Uncle Bob and Aunt Sandy. None of us had been there before, so we were really looking forward to the trip. I hate to give Washington props over Oregon, but I have to say that Rainier is much more scenic than Mt. Hood. It definitely felt more Alpine. We stayed at the historic Paradise Inn, where I was surprised to find no phone, refrigerator, coffee or tv in the rooms. There was no internet or cell phone reception either. I guess that's what they mean by "free from modern life stresses and distractions". Don't they know I like modern distractions? I had to make a few calls and was sort of flummoxed by the wall of payphones.
Bine really knows had to take a good nap in the car. Heather and I had Bine in our rather small hotel room, so when we put her down for the night at 8pm, we waited in the dark for her to fall asleep. The idea being that once she was asleep we would watch a movie on the laptop with headphones or read with our little reading lights, but we both fell asleep, too. We woke up at 1 in the morning wondering what had happened. The next night I managed to stay up till 10 or so, but Heather and Bine both got a good 11 hours of sleep!
On Friday night we stayed over at the Custodio's in Seattle, where Bine showed off her ability to eat a giant piece of fruit. Once we got back home, Bine displayed her new-found standing skills for the camera. She's been making a lot of big developmental steps recently. She pulls herself up in the crib and couch and baby gate. She walks along the baby gate and makes the leap to the couch. She's also started to crawl a bit. More on that soon...
