After all the holiday and birthday fun of the beginning of the year, I took some time away from the blog and my good camera- capturing our events via iPhone.
We took a trip to Astoria during a long weekend in January. We learned the hard way why Lewis and Clark were not too fond of Oregon- Astoria in the winter has strong winds off the ocean and horizontal rain. We spent a wonderful morning at the Maritime Museum, and the afternoon at Ft. Clatsop (top picture), the winter fort of Lewis and Clark, and current home of some hard core historical re-enactors. This visit impacted Owen and he has been excited about Lewis and Clark ever since- he and Richard are building the fort right now in popsicle sticks.
Back in Corvallis, where the rain is at least kind enough to stay vertical, we did have some nice days this winter and enjoyed a weekend day at Wildcat Park with Laurel. Of course, Ben found the puddles and managed to end the trip short by rolling around in the water.
In January Owen lost his first two teeth; he lost a third last week. With the adult teeth no where in sight, he's looking like a cute jack-o-lantern, and raking in the tooth fairy loot. Ben continues to be a big cutie, showing us his belly and his nipples on request. Sibling relations are getting tougher- Ben's current yell of alarm is "NO-WEN!!!!"
