Hank and the Farm Animals

No, these animals were not at Kelsey Creek Park. Instead, they were in a Sears store in Bellevue...and no, they are not real. Who will buy the $800.00 horse and other ridiculously expensive animals...not us!! But they make for great photo ops when the sales people turn around.
(You'd look scared too if you were sandwiched between those hogs!)
(The horse is a little better...) (But the calves are the best!)

P-Town!

A few weeks back, we went back down to Portland. It had been way too long since we had seen everyone, and Hank was a real trooper. He did well in the car (phew!) and then did great entertaining while we were there. He got to see both great-grandmas (BOTH! Yes, he has TWO!), and a lot of family and close friends...and even a cat named Ralphie!

Notice how he's grabbing for Ralphie in EVERY picture-hehe

Yes, there was pie...strawberry rhubarb to be exact...THANK YOU, G.G. (WINNIE)!

Hank and his Tutu (Grandma...in Hawaiian!):

Winnie found this great hat in Great-Grandpa Bill's things...it made everyone laugh the whole trip! Not the best shot of Hank, but really, it was so goofy to see that hat on his Grandpa, totally worth it-hehe

Great-Grandma Mac was a wonderful hostess (as usual). It's that Southern Hospitality! We ended our visit with "Game Night" at Aunt Anne and Uncle Wink's house...they gave him the CUTEST outfit...stay tuned for pictures of the little guy in those (he has a bit more growing to do, but he'll be ready to rock those madras pants in no time!).
Hank was so good...we let him drive home-hehe

Happy Easter!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

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!

6 Month Pictures!

They're here! I'll post more later (Hank is ready for "mommy-time"), but I had to put a few up because they're so dang cute. I'm so happy they captured his infamous "scrunchy face" that he's been working so hard on this past month.

April 1 and it's snowing...

This is not an "April Fool's" joke...it really is snowing. UGH.

Grandpa and Tutu visit from Portland

This weekend, Bret's parents came to visit and Hank was quite the charmer. Each time he saw them, he'd stare and then break out into a BIG smile (and he'd scrunch his nose, of course). Very sweet! We also took Hank's six month pictures with both sets of grandparents...what a lucky kid. I can't wait to get those back!
Right after the picture below, Hank knocked over all three of the pint glasses at the table (one beer and three waters). There was liquid EVERYWHERE (B and I ended up with wet pants and shoes)! Thank goodness we didn't go to our favorite fancy French place and instead stuck with a brewpub. Needless to say, it wasn't the first time it had ever happened (judging by the multiple tables with little babies at them, I could understand) and the waitresses were very sweet .Bret got more work done on his tattoo (the pin-up's shirt and shoe are almost complete) while Hank got to spend some quality time with his P-town grandparents.

Scrunchy Nose

Lately, Hank has learned this new thing to do when he smiles...he scrunches his nose all up and usually also raises one side of his upper lip (a la Elvis). He cracks us up when he does it (and I think he might just be starting to understand that!).

St. Patrick's Day!

On St. Patrick's Day, the big news was that I (Mollie), actually cooked! Bret was amazed :)
We had corned beef with cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and green beer, of course! Fun, Fun! And just like Hank's shirt says, he's just a "wee bit" Irish.

50 Year Old Garden Gnome

We find the best part of this picture the fact that Hank hardly looks like himself...instead, he seems to have channeled a 50 year old garden gnome (I mean, he even looks chubby for once!). I bet cousin Paula never thought we'd get this much use out of the gnome hat!

Universal Remote Control

So, we usually are fighting to get our remotes out of Hank's mouth...so the other day at Babies R Us, I bought him his own remote. It makes sounds (in English, French, and Spanish...so it's called a "Universal Remote"...get it?), and he loved the music!