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Next time the video will be better, I just had to see if it would work.

No more tangles.

I did it. My hair was sooooo long. I didn't notice it growing, but one day last week I noticed it down past the middle of my back. So, I hastily made an appointment. It was long enough to donate to locks of love. So far I'm thrilled. We'll see how it grows on me.
O, Everett's making the funny face because he's just learned to grind his teeth. His top left tooth has started to cut through. That's right, he's grinding all three teeth.

Homer Beach

It's that time of year again. By late February, the sunlight returns at a remarkable pace and something about the angle of this light makes the ice and snow sparkle. Winter is beautiful again.
A trip to Homer this weekend gave us a mini vacation from the laundry, the dishes, the unfinished projects, etc. We return to Anchorage with a new found clarity of thought.

We love Homer.

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.