Melanie and Mom at the Rose Garden.

Melanie and Makaela at the Portland Rose Garden.

At the Portland Rose Garden, Makaela plays in the water. She collects rose petals.

Sean plays with his Ribbon-on-a-stick in the back yard with Makaela.

We play in the back yard with our ribbons-on-a-stick.

Isaac at work in his cool new high-chair.

I see me. Isaac in the mirror.

Look what I can do...

Ramona and Makaela

Isaac rests in a corner of a fluffy chair at Starbucks...

Isaac and the abyss

At a friend's wedding Makaela goes from dancing solo on the dance floor to the blue-grass band, to running to give me a hug. This goes on for a while.

Cute onsie that Aunty Jocelyn gave Isaac.

Gettin' some sun in the hot, hot weather.

We play in the backyard and get some sun.

making pancakes...almost every morning Makaela asks for them. Yummy!

Makaela adores her collection of monkeys.

Daddy gives Isaac a good-bye kiss

pouty pouty

pouty pouty

At the Zoo!

Makaela is so interested in bugs including spiders, but she will only look, not touch, and she'll FREAK-out if as much as a ladybug gets on her. Poor kid. Here she looks at a tarantula at the insect section of the zoo. I have a feeling she'll eventually get over her fear and be one of those kids who has snakes and spiders for pets.

At the Zoo!

Makaela uses a caterpillar puppet and Issac watches with interest.

At the Zoo!

Isaac plays with a crab puppet at the zoo.

At the Zoo!

We've been going to the zoo a lot lately. This particular trip was five hours long!!! But it was super fun and we took two buses and one train to get there. The Oregon Zoo is great.

At the Zoo!

Isaac takes one of many naps during our trip to the zoo. Zzzzzzzzzzzz

First real hair cut!

In preparation for the wedding, I took the kids to "Castle Cuts" to get Makaela's bangs straightened and to get a trim. This is the place to go to get your kids hair cut. Half of the entire place is kids toys for the kids who are waiting to occupy themselves with. It's great. Here Makaela sits in a sports car and gets her hair cut. She seemed a little worried, but overall, did very well.

Makaela wears spray-on-sparkles and pretty clips in her hair after her first hair cut.

Makaela's and Isaac's room. It's a little tight, but sweet.

Isaac is wearing the onsie that we tie-dyed for Makaela before she was born.

Waaaaaaaah