A trip to the San Juan Islands

Miles and I snuck away for two nights to Lopez Island to give Vince a chance to get a jump start on his projects. (Now that he's home he has two big projects for his Masters program which have to be submitted by early August.)

This is the third year in a row that Miles and I have gone up to stay with our pal Carrie and her two boys; she hosts a revolving crew of guests for a week at her family's place up there. The ferry ride is always a hit with Miles, and while the weather was a little too cool this year to spend a lot of time on the beach, we did hop on the inter-island ferry and spend one afternoon at Friday Harbor. Very cool!

How fortunate we are to live so close to such a beautiful, relaxing setting. And how lucky we are to be invited to spend time there! (Thanks again, Carrie!)

More swim pics

These are from last Thursday. Miles finished up the introductory week of lessons ("Fish School") and this week started the next session. He has a new teacher and is still in a group with his buddies Ben and Andrew. Although the weather has been substantially cooler this week--which prego mama enjoys immensely--he's been a trooper and seems to really like being in the water.

Making Progress

The drawers are in and a few other touches have been added. Now I just need to organize stuff into drawers and the closet.

Miles' First Swim Lesson

Miles started swimming lessons today. He was super excited that his buddies, Andrew and Ben, were in his class. And I was thrilled to find out that his teacher was Jenna, a former student of mine. How cool!

He's signed up for 12 lessons down at Henry Moses (the community pool here in Renton). It gives us a fun outing each morning and I get to sit and visit with our friend Mo while the three boys play. Perfect!

Venturing into the water

Miles, Andrew, and Jenna

Blowing bubbles while Ben watches on

Brrr....a little chilly

"Bobbing" his face in the water

Ben, Andrew, and Miles...three happy swimmers

Making Room for Baby

Since we only have two bedrooms upstairs, Miles and Baby will be sharing a room. We had to get creative with space so we enlisted the help of my dad to build a loft bed for Miles. The drawers will be done in a week or so. In the meantime, "Grandpa Ken" delivered the bed yesterday and Miles LOVES it! Not only does he get to climb a ladder to go to bed now, it doubles as a "fort" underneath. Too cool.

I spent today making the new space "his" and creating a new little area for Baby. (By the way, I'm pretty proud of the fact that I assembled the crib without any directions or help!) We wanted a space that was "girly" enough but also went in a blue room....so it's jungle animals for our new little one. Right now the rest of the house looks like a wreck, but at least the kids' room is starting to take shape.