Workin' for a livin'

Hank and I got to visit B's work a few weeks ago while I was on break. It felt funny going to my dad's old work, but with my son. A very grown up moment! Everyone there laughed that I probably knew the place better than they did (I at least knew where to find the best pens and notepads-haha). When we were little, my mom used to load the three of us into the car and we'd drive downtown to pick up my dad at the old Customs building...we'd see his work, the bums all around, and all the sights of the city. Now we're starting that tradition again, but with the new Customs building. Talk about a full circle!

B is on NPR!!

B IS FAMOUS! Check him out on NPR today (All Things Considered) or you can listen to the "Planet Money" podcast for the extended interview that came out last week (Episode 55 - through I-tunes...free, of course).

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105907815

Who knows if it will play with news of Michael Jackson dying...weird, huh?

(I got a funny voicemail from my cousin Joe over this past weekend. He said he was listening to his I-Pod while mowing the lawn and just happened to hear Bret's interview on NPR. Pretty funny...but, what I'd like to know is, why is Joe listening to the Planet Money podcast? Planet Money? Really? I never knew-hehe)

(And Bret's co-workers are giving he and Jim (the other guy in the interview) a hard time..."Look, it's one of the SENIOR IMPORT SPECIALISTS featured on NPR...oooohhhh" hehe)

Father's Day Weekend

We started the weekend early and drove down to Klickitat, WA to celebrate Tutu's birthday (June 19th) and then, Father's Day on Sunday. It was great to get to spend time at the river and then to see everyone on Sunday. We got home around 7:00 PM and then headed over to Gma and Gpa Hardy's to continue celebrating.

We're so lucky to have such great men in our lives to look up to and who've raised us right...or, in Bret's case, he is raising his son right :) Cheers to them!

Matching hats!

A card for Dad!

"Helping" him open it!

A coffee mug...since Mr. Hank doesn't sleep, dad's coffee intake has had to increase tenfold!

Grandpa Ewing with his kids (and grandson, of course!)

Hank with his dad, Bret with his dad :)

Giving Grandpa Hardy his card!

My Party through Cam's Camera

For those of you who aren't on Facebook, here are some of the photos taken by the incredibly talented Cameron Browne at my party...

Hank has two daddies...hehe

Hank and Madeline

Florida tourists...hehe

Crazy Outfit Alert!

When B is home to dress Hank on the weekends, I always know that he'll either come out looking adorable or crazy. On this occassion, I was finishing getting ready and I walked into Hank's room saying, "What is it today, cute or crazy?" and Bret laughed and said, "CRAZY!" There were a few outfits strewn around the room (they were much worse than this one!), but this is the one he ended up in. Grandma H, B, and I thought it was pretty cute...Uncle Asher compared him to a Fraggle :)

Baby Legs are the silliest, but most fun!

It was all just to make a good meal...

As you all have probably heard, Hank is not the best sleeper (that's putting it mildly!). After a few particularly rough nights, Bret was attempting to make me a happier camper by whipping up a delicious feast. I came home grumpy to find him hunkered over the stove cooking gnocchi, halibut in a homemade red sauce (with freshly diced kalamata olives, fresh parsley, and other delicious bits), and garlic broccoli rabe. No run-of-the-mill Monday dinner...no way! Did I mention there were tulips...and chocolate chip cookies! Man, is he good or what...

That's when things went all wrong! As he went to finish off the broccoli with fresh squeezed lemon, the knife whizzed through the lemon...and went straight down into his middle finger! OUCH! When I could see air in between parts of his finger, I knew we were in for it. He turned off everything, I packed up the baby, and off we went to Urgent Care. Here is the result...

It's healing up nicely...and the meal was still good (but not quite the same) at 9:00 PM that evening. No...we didn't try and put the lemon onto the broccoli-hehe.

Hank and His Dad

Bret is such a good dad. He's goofy and loving with little Hank and can get him howling with laughter by chomping on his belly or dancing with him. It's real sweet to see and makes my heart swoon everytime. Here are some pictures of our little guy with his dad.At the supermarket, Bret had Hank in the Baby Bjorn. An old man stopped him and said, "Shouldn't the mom be the one carrying the baby?" Oh, how times have changed. How much have I always loved a man with a baby in a Baby Bjorn...now I have one of my own!

I just love this picture soooo much (below). It's just the sweetest thing - what handsome boys!