Yummy?

Finally, Everett gets some food. In honour of his six month birthday, he (sort of) enjoyed some organic sweet potato mash made by me.
Congratulations to Lisa and Mike and their beautiful new family!

Great Grand Baby

Congratulations to my dear grandmother (Everett's great grandma) on her 80th trip around the sun.

Ice, Flies and Fish

Winter has been good to us but we haven't been up to much excitement - except for Everett, of course. He keeps us busy.

On a personal note, January has been all about balance. I've recently become enlightened of the craft revolution underway so I've been getting back into knitting while trying to maintain a balance of parenting, crafting, working from home, and playing outside. Matt too is striving for a balance between work, family, and fun. Keeping him busy this month was organizing a bi-national fly swap of steelhead flies. He even started a blog to document them in all their glory. I've also added the link to the sidebar.

I don't like to post without a photo, so I apologize for the delay between posts. Plus I think I liked those photos of Everett so much I wanted them at the top. Enjoy this photo of Matt and Everett downtown Anchorage appreciating the ice sculptures.

Snow

It's snowing again. It's just so beautiful with on top of the huge snowfall we had right around Christmas time. It's quite unbelievable too. Notice the gate in the front yard and it's impending burial.
Since it wasn't too cold, Everett and I went out for a walk (it was more like wading) to enjoy the falling snow. Check out the teeth!

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.