Hayden Elijah

Our friend Leia had her second baby on December 30!


Here I am holding Hayden Elijah at 2 weeks old. He's wearing the socks I knit!

Lotus was not jealous, just curious! So sweet.

Howard & Joey

Howard and his four-year-old son Joey came to visit us from Chicago. They stayed two nights. It was so great to see Howard again and to meet Joey!!

in front of our house with Raw-lo the dog (spelled phonetically, not correctly)

I have never seen a dog in a baby swing before but the kids loved it! And I suppose the dog liked it too!

Solana and Joey had fun swinging him back and forth.

Solana had a blast running the dog home! He never slowed her down to a walk.

Miss you guys!

Merry Christmas!

David & Lotus

Valerie & Lotus at the botanical garden

Grandma Irma, Solana & Lotus

Lotus

Betty, Valerie, and Terry

one year old

Here I am (Anita) turning one:

And here's Lotus turning one!

playground days

some Fall photos

Lotus playing at the mall. There's Solana in the background!

collecting the Magnolia cones

Solana in the tree, Uncle Bill, Lotus, and Marilyn at City Market

Emerson and Lotus

Uncle Bill and Solana making a list of Solana's friends

Thanksgiving weekend

Solana gets her face painted (by me) quite often now. This one came out pretty good - I think it looks like a butterfly anyway.

Raziya and Uncle Bill. She came over Friday night and we played Trivial Pursuit. David won of course.

Solana had fun at the beach Thursday afternoon.

It was so nice and sunny out finally!!!!