Playing with her first Chinese Yo Yo.

One day for lunch we went to a cafe called Peanut Butter and Ellies. It's a great place where there are toys and games and they serve organic kid friendly foods. They even make their own mushed-up infant food for young babies.

Playing at the McDonalds play place. Yay to junkfood and indoor play structures!

Makaela plays with the guitar that Jocelyn's boyfriend Greg gave to Sean. Sean and Makaela get alot of use out of it. Thanks Greg!

Makaela snuggles in the blanket that her great-great-grandmother Catherine Walker knitted a long long time ago.

Sean and Makaela do the hoola hoop at the Saturday Market by the water in downtown Portland.

Strolling along

Makaela checks out the kids who are sitting behind us on the train. I'm pretty sure she's eyeing their big box of riz crackers rather than trying to interact with the kids themselves.

Here's Mommy and Makaela riding the train at the Oregon Zoo. Yay! Choo, choo!

Sitting on a stone mouse at the Oregon Zoo.

Posing for a picture at the Oregon Zoo.

At home in Portland, Oregon once again. Makaela snuggles in her towel after a nice bath. She poses for the camera.

Cooking...or "cookie" as Makaela likes to say. Mama calls it - making a mess, but having fun.

Here's Makaela playing with the hose in Ramona's beautiful backyard. Richmond, California.

A tree-hugger at a young age!

Strolling along. She looks so grown up!

Curious girl

Sean, Makaela and Grandpa Carl. Makaela calls Grandpa - "Papi"

Yummy!

Daddy and baby have a moment.

Another acrobatic feat by the Cannon family.

She makes a dash for the water.

Grandma Pam, or "Nana" as Makaela calls her, and Makaela in the ocean.

The Family.

Makaela runs for the water.

On the shore of Seaside Beach on the Oregon coast.

So serious.

Grandma Pam and Grandpa Carl came up to visit in July. This picture was taken during our drive to the Oregon coast.

A smart and creative balloon man made a "liger" for Makaela. Daddy requested it.

Makaela plays with her toy stroller, and her beloved pillow.

She tastes corn from the cob for the first time and loves it! And it's fun to eat too.

Makaela hugs Mommy's childhood doggie "Red-Rover".

Makaela finds Corduroy

learning how to climb on the play structure bars.

Makaela has a new found love for the harmonica! She dances while she plays.

kisses

Cat and Sean at the river.

Everyone has good things to say about Makaela's feathery hair.

At the Sandy River we spend the day playing in the sand and mom and dad take turns floating down the river.

Makaela drinks mommy's vanilla italian soda.

cutie

At the Portland Rose Garden, Makaela smells the roses

Makaela helps mommy make some coffee cake. We make a mess of flour and sugar.

Makaela and Cat at the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon.

Mommy and Makaela in the kitchen, with Makaela's pillow slumped on the floor beside her.

little hands on a modernistic mouse. Click, click, click.

Makaela snuggles with her favorite thing in the world...her pillow.

little hands enjoy play-doughy goodness.

Makaela loves that play-dough...and we love to dig it from the carpet!

Sean's experiments with the camera