Happy New Year

We look forward to 2007 and enjoying the fruits of 2006.
Namely Everett.

p.s. Everett cut his first tooth (lower left) on Christmas Day. He cut his second tooth (lower right) on his five month birthday, Friday, December 29th.

Merry Christmas

....Christmas cookies........Christmas Tree........Christmas company...

Fingers and Toes

Three Bradley Babies

This afternoon, our Bradley classmates came over for an afternoon of baby fun. The baby boys, from left, are Kieran (seven months), Aiden (five and-a-half months) and Everett (four and three-quarter months). The education that we received from Bradley Childbirth Classes went beyond preparing for a natural labour and delivery. It also addressed excercise, nutrition, attitude and philosophy.

Floored

Quilts. Such wonderful loving things.
This beautiful quilt was made for Everett by his Grandma Jane, Matt's mother.

Skwish

We've been having a pretty slow month. This winter has been unseasonably cold and windy. However, we are having a lovely family weekend this Thanksgiving holiday and I thought that we should note that Everett has turned the four month mark.

Feathers

Everett enjoys the colourful steelhead trout fly mobile his father made for him and hung over his bed.

Turtle

Finally, behold Everett... Turtle Baby!
We had a happy Hallowe'en celebrated with friends in a busy trick'r'treatin' neighbourhood and we hope you did too.

South Fork Campbell Creek

Yesterday Matt, Everett and I accompanied our friend Joel up to Glen Alps where Joel completed his water and organism sampling of the South Fork Campbell Creek before it froze over. It was a gorgeous day. Adding to the beauty, a pair of moose rested nearby the creek.

Just Because

Swans

Trumpeter Swans are migrating south through all the small freshwater bodies along Turnagain arm... as many as thirty will be in one pond.

Naknek

Matt was in Naknek, a big river system near Bristol Bay over the weekend doing some extreme fly fishing. This is just one of the many very large healthy Rainbow Trout he caught with his spey rod.

Sleeping Lady

Everett and I went on a leisurely walk today along the coast of Cook Inlet. Matt is fishing in Naknek. The name of the mountain in the background is Sleeping Lady. All of the mountains around us have snow on them now. Winter is coming.

Now we are married...

I can't believe it has been a month since I last posted any pictures. It seems I have plenty of pictures, but not plenty of time. Our wedding certainly occupied much of my time as did our wonderful son.

Today, our photographer posted our wedding slideshow on his website.
Yesterday, Everett turned two and a half months old.
Tomorrow, Matt and I will have been married three weeks.

Everett Sleeps

Parents

Four Weeks Old

Today, Everett is officially one month and one day old.

He now weighs 10lbs 8oz. Check out his double chin.

Blueberry Boy

We've had some just gorgeous weather and I couldn't resist a short hike for blueberries. The sunshine and scenery were a great relief after all the rain.

Grandma Jude

We had a lovely visit with my mother over these past two weeks. Even though it rained and rained while she was here, I think she still had a wonderful time getting to know her first grandbaby.





















We were also grateful for her help.

Chip off the old block...

Everett with his Dad.

One Week Birthday

Finally... another picture.

Our first week has flown past. Grandma Jude arrived on Tuesday, right after our first appointment with the pediatrician. That was a big day!
Today we went to the store and picked out some little boy clothes since we are starting to go on outings. We will model these for you in future posts.
Love to all.

Our 3rd Day

So far, so good.
Everett is adjusting well to the outside world by sleeping and eating.
We're following his example as we know this can't last.

Everett Victor French

He arrived at 2:10 AM on Friday, August 4th.

Labor went smoothly, as did the delivery.
He weighed 8lb 11oz, and measured 21".

Thanks to everyone for the amazing help.

We'll update some more photos soon,
but for now we've got to catch up on
some sleep.

Week 39

Our dear friends Chris and Diane were married in Girdwood yesterday evening. The ceremony and reception were lovely. We took advantage of being dressed up to take some pictures of my big ol' belly.