1/5/07

Last night I went night skiing with Greg, Roy and Greg's son Russel. When I started skiing with Greg seven years ago Russel was in grade school. Now he can ski better than I can. It's amazing that he's nearly an adult now.
It was a good night of skiing - there was some new snow at Alpental. In fact, there is now a surprising amount of snow in the mountains for January. I had my first serious wipe out of the ski season, losing both skis when I crashed while travelling on the high traverse from the right side of the ski lift. As usual, we left Alpental at around 10:30 and rolled into Seattle around midnight.
It looks like there will be much more snow in the mountains tomorrow morning. A cold, blustery storm system moved in on Seattle today, rattling the windows in my office with wind and rain. I had to go and visit a new site for a cleint this afternoon. It was freezing out, and I got soaked just walking around the block.
At lunch I saw a cabin on the Windermere real estate site while I was looking for cross country trails near Snoqualmie Pass. The cabin is also near Snoqualmie, and only costs $80,000.00. Sort of tempting, really, but I have a feeling I couldn't bring myslef to part with that much money.

1/3/06

Today Logan finally got his fourth tooth! It's been pushing up through his gums for about a weekjust and today it just barely broke through his gums. Maybe that was the reason he was in as good a mood as I've seen him in a week or so.
I spent the night putting reflective tape on every backpack and stroller I own. Hopefully this makes us a bit more visible - the whole family takes at least two walks a day in total darkness this time of year!

1/2/07

Today was Logan's first day back at daycare after the long winter break. This morning we tried our brave new routine for the first time: we gave Logan some solid food before he left for daycare. Cheerios and yogurt. It's strange that we're so focused on serving him breakfast foods for breakfast. It's not like he knows the difference.

Logan was tired in the morning, and he was tired in the evening when I got back. And he was really, really hungry. He was melting down while Heidi struggled to finish dinner for us. He got his first real meal - mac and cheese run through a blender. He loved it, and at a huge amount. He was also quite thirsty.

A pineapple express passed through western Washington today - warm rain, and lots of it. We had flooding across the city again. We had a record high temperature, and a lot of melting water in the mountains. It's shocking to hear about the erosion and landslides that are occurring in the hills.

7/18/06

The wasp nest was sealed yesterday.  An exterminator put some sort of foam on the tree.  The entombed wasps will - theoretically - die.  Unless they find another way out, I suppose.

Logan is getting more playful.  He loves his play mat - I don't know the proper name for the thing.  But it's a square of colored fabric with various textured things he can grab and pull.  It also has two arches that cross over the mat.  You can hang toys from the arch.  Logan seems to enjoy sitting under the arches, trying to batt or grab the toys.  He's getting pretty good at it.  He looks very determined as he stares at the toys and swings his arms.

7/17/06

I got stung by a wasp over the weekend.  The wasp stung me on the ring finger on my right hand while I was clipping grass next to the base of the old cherry tree.  Their hive was in the tree - I must have bothered them.  My hand is really swollen.  Makes me wonder if I'm becoming allergic to bee stings.  

Logan seems to be doing well.  He's spitting up a bit more than he used to.  He's starting to grasp things, and getting better at tracking things.

Heidi dropped her keys into greenlake over the weekend.  We had met Stacy, Pierre, Ethan and Hayden at the playground by the pool.  They were pretty late - they started out a bit late, and were delayed further by the 520 bridge opening to allow a giant sailboat through.  After we met them we walked over to the beach where they rented a paddleboat.  I walked home with Chazz and Logan while they paddled out onto the lake.  Heidi's keys slipped out of her pocket and into the drink...

7/14/06

Logan threw up twice last night.  He was fussy and distracted during dinner, and threw up onto the floor when Heidi burped him.  It was quite a good volume of vomit, milky and white.  I quickly scrubbed it up with a dark blue burby cloth.  I fed him with a bottle during dinner, and after we ate I changed him before we went for the evening walk.  He cried with a singular intensity during the diaper change - shrieked really.  After that he calmed down, and didn't even fuss when Heidi put him into the bjorn.  He threw up again a block into the walk - all over Heidi's fleece.  It was pretty awful looking.

However, that was that.  He ate after the walk, went to bed, didn't throw up and he seems fine.  So there.

Tonight I'm going to bike to bellevue over the I-90 bridge.  It's turned into a warm, sunny day for the ride.  It should be a hoot.

7/5/06

Logan went to his first fourth of July fireworks last night.  The evening was cool and partly cloudy, with the ominous rumblings of thunder interspersed with the pops and bangs of firecrackers.  My parents were visiting, and we had a pretty nice dinner of grilled hot dogs and corn on the cob.  At around 9:00 we walked to Wallingford park, leaving Chazz to fend for himself in the bathroom.  We left the TV on and the windows closed to help screen the sound of fireworks.

The park was filled with children and their parents.  We staked out a pretty good spot with and sat down to wait.  By then the skies had cleared.  From our spot we could see both the Ivar's and the Washington Mutual shows.  Logan slept through them both, as well as the other fireworks going off all around us.

Logan had a pretty rough evening, before finally going to sleep on our walk to the park.  He may have been tired from the previous night, when we took him to a Mariner's game.  We watched the Mariners lose to the Angels 6 to 1 from high up in the 326 section.  Logan would startle every time the crowd cheered.