spring is here '09

wow its been a long time but a fast winter it seems. A lot has happened in those winter months. orin taj is talking , alot, and much clearer every day. its's very awesome to see the day to day progression. he is able to ride across the porch on his big tricycle now using the peddles! he was a big help w/ chopping wood this season and helping w/ the fires and kindling, man I couldn't have done it w/o him. hes helping in the garden already we are going to plant some forsythia bushes today. orin has a new red shovel, which is one of his favorite words, which he will break in today.
more to come....................................

summer has come and gone

hello and greeting, we have been out of touch, it has been a busy summer, lots of learning and growing. We visited my Great grandparents in south carolina, it was hot down there. mama and me went to the park almost every day and played on the slides and in the river. By the end of the summer I could slide down the big one all by myself. We went to a few music festivals and had a great time at all of them.
we visited Ashville recently and visited with friends all the way from wisconson. They have a daughter my age and we splashed in the creek after a walk through the woods.
stay tuned more fall photo's coming soon

sping time pleasures

spring has been much fun in the mountains. We are doing some gardening and landscaping. I love to help in the garden! I am walking a lot now, sometimes across the room! It makes mama & papa smile and clap. mama and I go the park a lot and meet w/ friends and play all day. fuuuuuuuun

Birthday trip to Grandfather Mtn.

the day after my birthday we went to Grandfather Mtn. It was a beautiful day and we saw many very old rocks. Some were estimated to be over a billion years old, wow, I am only one.
we had lunch on the edge of the world, or so it felt like. we also saw a bald eagle, a bear and and mountain lion at the zoo.

April was full of events

Greetings, Its been a while,and we have had a lot going on sinse then.
We traveled to South Carolina to see Grammy and meet a lot of family.
It was a little over whelming, but we had agreat time. I got this awesome wagon, that
I ride every where in.
we traveled to Georgia next. It was a much longer drive, but I did great on the ride, I must get that from my mama and dada. They were big travelers. We did lots in ga. We visited the garden home & freelove, we got to play in the clover and I climbed 5 big steps!! He showed us all of his garden beds. we stayed at honey and peters house and got to spend time with them all week. I dug in some flower beds, played with lego blocks, and became very social on my visit.
we met dada back in Athens after 4days apart, I was happy to see him.
we walked around the Classic city all day, got caught in a storm and then stayed and ms. marylynn's house. She is very nice.
We then drove back to Boone and about half way stopped and had lunch w/ Grammy and Pa.
What a long good trip it was......

3/13/08

Greetings,
I went for a hike today with mama and papa, I love to watch the trees and wave to them.
we saw lots of robins on our hike, its a sign that spring is close by. we hiked to the top of Rich Mtn. and it was nice, I fell asleep by the time we got to the top though. It was a comfortable ride for me in the ergo. We saw this neat root that circled out from the hillside, that is the picture of me and papa.

3/8/08

Orin has figured out how to clap. He loves to dance also. he is also standing for a second or two; usually letting go, but today he stood up w/o pulling up.