Solid Food

Two days in a row of posts? I know, I know. I spoil you people. However, I had some serious requests for more pictures of V with her solid food shenanigans. Let me first divulge what occurred earlier: We noticed she was getting hungry sooner than usual as well as eating more than she had before. Therefore, Momma called the Dr. and the Dr. said "No more monkeys jumping on the bed! Go ahead and try giving her solid food." What follows are pictures of this venture:

Here she was all ready to go and we notice she's not wearing something nice to commemorate the occasion.

Now she's embarrassed because she knows its a special occasion.

First couple bites go in like a pro!

They also go out just as professionally.

When doesn't want any more, she means it.

Success! We emerge victorious and (relatively) unscathed from our first solid food feeding!

Two Weeks Gone

Just like that. Gone. We had two weeks just fly. Fly like the proverbial wind! Three weeks ago we went to Seaside to the ole Jeremy Torture Festival 2010 Hanson Family Beach House Trip. There were many games, meals and drinks had by all. The fact is that some vacations are relaxing, some are stressful and some are fun. This one was all of those in varying percentages. Are you hearing me folks? Yes, some of it was actually fun. Remind me of that the next time I'm wondering what I'm doing living so close to my in-laws.

The next week I worked 3:00 AM shifts all week because we had people on vacation at work. It was also the week of April's brother Aaron's wedding. Also, her extended family was in from California and Massachusetts. We had a total of 4 hours that week alone together. So this last week was spent just catching up on sleep and getting to know each other better. Here are some WACKY MOMENTS from the last couple weeks and the debut of a new post label - The Fam:

V: It's right there Dad!
Dad: Oh... So it is...
Mom: V! You're so smart!

April's two favorite people chillin on the beach.

The happy family on their way to V's first dip in the ocean!

Check out how much V loves the ocean!

Gaze upon us as we laugh maniacally at her plight!

What is this? She enacts revenge upon us in her diaper!

Hot enough for ya?

We went down to Eastern Oregon for my grandparents' memorial last weekend. In order to get to the appropriate location for the memorial we had to drive to the Snake River. We were so far east in Oregon that we could look across the river and see Idaho. I would've swam there if I had gear. Thought about it, pretty seriously. Alas, there was no gear. There are people that live there year round and it takes literally a year if you're carrying a 3 month old about an hour to get to any kind of "civilization." If you want to see where we went, here's the web address from Umatilla:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=I-82+E&daddr=Snake+River+Rd&geocode=FTqnvAIdtEzj-A%3BFW49qAIdi6cE-Q&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=45.352145,-117.971191&sspn=1.806626,5.410767&ie=UTF8&ll=45.247821,-118.24585&spn=1.809952,5.410767&t=h&z=8

I know what you're thinking: What the heck is out there? Essentially, nothing and no one which is why my grandparents enjoyed it so much. They could fish, camp and just exist without the craziness of corporate America. We got to see extended family that we hadn't seen in a while so that was nice. Here are some pictures from the trip:

We told her she was going to Oregon for the first time and she was happy.

Then we showed her the map to where we were going.

Cousin Elliott was there and he is one serious dude.

He tried to do a cannonball on the floor but it didn't work so well.

We went to the "Where are the watermelons" Watermelon Festival and V wasn't very happy.

Until she got some watermelon.