Wedding Bells

Our family had the opportunity to go up to Seattle for our friend, Christine's wedding....this was Maeby's first wedding experience, thus we MUST document it! Here are some fun pictures.....

See Mae, that's where Mama & Papa were married.

Playing on the grass, around the fountain - good times :)

Jenn's dad and Grandpa would always point out the different flowers....Jeremy is doing the same for Maeby.

We got to meet/see lots of friends - we met Erica & Brad for the first time, and many others. Here is Maeby with our friend Sarah Allen. Since there were so many cameras we didn't take a ton of pictures with ours, so we'll have to wait until we get them from other people :) Maeby LOVED Sarah's necklace; she wouldn't let go.

We were really glad we got to go up for this. It was a very special occasion for our whole family.

gobble gobble gobble

When she eats, Maeby is often heard to make a noise not unlike what the offspring of a Tauntaun and a Turkey would probably sound like.

That's this:

(the non Mark Hamill one)

+ this:

It's probably my favorite noise in the whole world, and encapsulates satisfaction, weirdness, and personality all in one quick "labble gobble labble"-like sound. I've done my best to try and capture it on film; however, whenever the camera comes on, she grows reticent. Still, in the following videos she does it a little bit, which will have to suffice for now. She makes her "gobble gobble" noise very quietly (comparatively) several times in the second video. You can also check out her cool sign-language knowledge and general brilliance.

Enjoy.

maeby goes camping

Last weekend we took the hobbit on her first camping trip. We cruised down to Sunset Beach (near Coos Bay), where we enjoyed two days of rain and fog on the coast with Jenn's sister Karen and her lovely family (plus, their awesome neighbors whose last name I either don't know or can't recall.)

Here are photographs:



She spent most of her time hanging out in her stroller around the campsite. She'll stare at the fire for hours.




With cousin Sarah - whose name she tries to say but can't quite yet.

My goal this summer is to be in more pictures with my family, relinquishing camera duty temporarily so that Maeby will actually know I went on family trips with her when she looks at these photos some day.

Playing with the flashlight in the tent.

She loves the blow-up mattress, confusing it for a bounce house surface.

Sharing a moment with Katie.

Eating cheerios in the wild.

Check out this store we found in Coos Bay:

Crazy, right?

This next one is actually a fluke - Jenn accidentally had the shutter open way too long, resulting in a series of whitewashed photos that are actually quite splendid, I think.

I love that hat.

Here we are drawing snakes in the sand - something my Mom used to do with me.