general adorability

She can hold her own bottle now. She likes it.

I call this her "hobbit" hair - when it hangs down in her eyes. Note the resemblance.

See what I mean?

Here she is eating cheerios for the first time. She wasn't sure what to make of them at first. She loves them now, though.

Greatest face ever.

Post-pigtails.


enjoying her ring-toy. She hates it when the rings are on there. She'll tear them off promptly and throw them so she chew on the yellow part without obstacle.

who me?

snow in May

On Sunday, we took a family drive up to the top of Mary's peak, the highest point in the area. While at the summit, we let Mae play in the snow for a moment (or, if you listen to Jenn - I made her Jenn put her feet in the snow.) She didn't like it.

crawling

She crawled today. Only for a second - but she did it!

She's still struggling a lot (lots of tears of frustration) - but I've got a feeling that it won't be long before she's completely mobile.

She does this a lot - goes up on her toes. And then she falls forward and cries.

Determination

Distraction

Family Ties

Over the first weekend of May (our 5th Anniversary) we made a special appearance at my family's Family Reunion. It was sort of formed between my niece, Sarah, getting baptized into our church, our anniversary, and two of my brother and sister coming home from missions for our church to Kiev, Ukraine and Pocatello, Idaho (respectively).

Here are some....highlights....from that trip:

Family Portrait at Kayak Point State Park (yes, we are intentionally matching)


Maeby with her Nana & Grandpa Eskelsen


My Parents with all of their grandmunchkins:



We visited the famed tulip fields in Mount Vernon, Washington - this was a first for both Maeby and Jeremy.

It's a thing with my family to have pictures of everyone "smelling" the tulips - my dad forced all of us as kids to do this as well....(tulips don't have a scent).


Family photo in the fields.

Maeby with Nana & Grandpa again.

Discovering the inner workings of a tulip up close and personal (yes...she later ate it - the photos are on flickr)

Having fun together in the fields....good times :)

Getting very tired from walking (I don't know why she'd be the one complaining) and discovering inch by inch another tulip.

We ended on a high note by attending a Mariner's Game. While we didn't win, it was a blast - especially listening to some of Maeby's older cousins shout various.....chants, insults....etc to the players (My favorite is from Ilse (pictured below in the white sweater behind my mom) "Get a homerun or you will die" - too bad her older brother convinced her that was inappropriateand not at all motivational *sigh*)

My mom & Maebs watching the game, Aunt Emily behind Nana:

Maeby sporting her awesome Mariner's onesie - it truly is one of my favorite shirts she owns. (Her Aunt Amy in the top right just got home from Idaho)

Oh the gang - this was not only Maeby's 1st baseball game, but Jeremy's as well

Behind us is Ilse, Jon, Emiliy with Tommy on her lap, David (just home from the Ukraine) and Dave's friends - Zach & Bruce.

Grandpa and Maeby - he eventually got her to sleep for the last few innings (even through almost all of the 10th (it went into overtime))

Maeby chill'n with her Aunt Amy!

While it seems as though it'll probably be a VERY long time before we have another reunion (if ever) Maeby enjoyed herself immensely. She loved the attention :) Here's hoping she can see them all again soon!!!!

Maeby's first football match

I've always had hopes that my kids would share my intellectual inclinations. That being said, if they're into sports, I'll totally support them in that as well (not that the two are mutually exclusive by any means.) Well - it looks like Maeby might just be a football/soccer (pick your name) player, as evidenced by the following video:

By the way, that's Mae's cousin Jayna on the receiving end. This was the day of her first game. She did awesome.