I now need to import photos from my Nikon D40, Richard's Nikon CoolPix, and both of our iphones. I forgot about one of the cameras and didn't post our picture from Seaside in January. We haven't been completely hibernating since Christmas, though it feels like it. We took a wonderful 3 day trip to Seaside and enjoyed the empty beach and boardwalk, with much credit going to the suite with a door to Ben's room. We got the courage to do an overnight trip when Ben fell asleep at our friend's house on New Years Eve in the Pack-and-Play. Seaside was so successful we went to Sun River with friends for a long weekend- no McManus's skiing, but we did take one turn tubing and enjoyed the time away and the company.
We also took lots of weekend day trips- the aquarium, Evergreen museum, and Portland a few times. Lori Books and her kids came for a fun long weekend in March.
On top of iphones, we converted to a Mac during Christmas break. The monitor is larger than our television and I am very happy with the switch. The quad picture of Owen and I was from us playing around with it's "photo booth."
The boys enjoy each other so much. Ben gets up first in the morning, and after eating, he toddles down the hall to wake up his big brother with massive full body pounding and hugging. Ben's favorite activity is anything Owen is doing- and now Ben mostly can keep up or climb up to do it. They both eat at the island for snacks- Ben's so proud to be sitting next to his brother on a stool. Owen loves the attention even if he doesn't always want his toys messed up by Ben, and loves the hugs.
