Blueberry pancakes

Here we are the morning after our big trip eating a giant breakfast including, but not limited to, blueberry pancakes and veggie sausages.

As you can see Hella has no problem diving right into them. This girl loves food!

Impromptu Family Vacation

The Alamo

Here we are checking off the first item on the "Things we have to do before we leave Texas" list.

Everyone sits on a cannon when they see one, right?








HemisFair Park

We couldn't go into the Tower of the Americas due to ongoing construction. Besides, playing with Hulk is more fun anyways.











Cascade Caverns

Another disappointment : Closed at 4pm (we got there at 5:15pm)

Oh well... but look how we can hold her up for a cheesy photo op.








She ran around picking up little rocks and putting them in her mouth. (no, she did not swallow any)

She had a ton of fun!

Time to wash the van!

This is the first time Hella has been able to join us in washing the van. She was very interested in the bucket and all the bubbles, she never left its side.













She quickly figured out all the fun things you can do with bubbles, like paint and eat!













After a hard days playing she went from cute and dry to completely soaked! And somewhere along the way she managed to lose a shoe.












Did I mention that she actually rolled around in the dirt? It's not fun if you don't get covered in mud, right?

The girl she's becoming

Check out that expression...

Almost eleven months old, and she's already got skills you wouldn't believe...wrapping adults around her fingers like she was born to it...

She likes to run.

She insists on feeding herself.

She's up to 4 teeth.

She laughs all the time...ALL the time.

She has no fear whatsoever...especially of her brothers.

She likes the outdoors.

She likes Daddy's kisses.

She LOVES Mommy's.

But nothing compares to her blanket...

Her hair hasn't decided if it's going to be blonde or red...

She's amazing...a word way too small for her...

Her birthday is a little over a month away...book your tickets now, we've got plenty of room...

Pasta...yum

Hey everybody...
















In case you didn't know, Pasta tastes so much better when you cut out the unnecessary things like, say, utensils...
















and go straight for the gold!