Weller Family Circus

Land's End

2011-02-25T20:41:00.000-08:00

We just ordered the girls new coats from Land's End and we couldn't be happier. The best part is that they have 'grow with me' sleeves where we can remove the stitching in the cuff to allow more length in the arm.
Here are a few pictures we took yesterday morning before work/school enjoying the tiny bit of snow we got.

No More Cribs

2011-02-25T20:29:00.000-08:00

My baby Abigail is now in her own twin bed. Tears...for Momma! She's very excited but has only slept one full night in her bed alone. It's a work in progress, right? I met my very best friend Alison to pick up the headboard and footboard she found for me. You must check out her blog http://themoderncottagecompany.blogspot.com/ and see all that she does. She's an incredible interior designer!
The bed needed to be sanded and painted and I did all that last Saturday in the frigid sunny wind! I love the gray color as it's the same color as Isabelle's bed but I might repaint it white and embellish the headboard with a letter 'A.'
Here are some before and after pictures.

I really need to repaint and decorate their rooms...desperately! Maybe Alison can help me!

Pizza Night

2011-02-25T20:05:00.000-08:00

One of our favorite nights is Friday Night Pizza Night! We normally pick up a u-bake pizza from our local pizzeria but we've also been known to bake and even barbecue pizza. We love pizza! At least Toby and I do and I hope we'll pass this on to Isabelle and Abigail. Since it's cold and it doesn't make sense to barbecue last Friday I picked up already made pizza dough, pepperoni, Mozzarella cheese, Canadian bacon, arugula and pizza sauce from Trader Joe's.

I floured the cutting board and had each girl roll out their own mini pizza.

Isabelle was so good rolling out her own dough.

And adding sauce with the brush!

Abigail loved getting her hands dirty!

And adding the pizza sauce.
And lots of cheese!

Toby and I love pizza with pepperoni, Crimini mushrooms, red onions, cheese and arugula.

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I'm back...almost a year later.

2011-02-18T15:40:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday! I'm looking forward to the holiday weekend.

I can't beleive I haven't taken the time to blog about my family. I'm ashamed but I'm here to announce that I'm working harder to post regularly.

Here is a video of Abigail showing us some of her new signs she learned at school. (It's a little long).

The girls really loved Valentine's Day at school this week. We made Valentine's for their class last weekend (glassine bags filled with mini-playdoh and candy).

Tonight we're going to make individual pizza and watch a movie.

I'm happy to be back!

I'll be back soon.

Easter 2010

2010-04-07T20:42:00.001-07:00

The Weller Family had a wonderful Easter. It was Isabelle's 3rd year at the annual Harvey Easter Egg hunt and she is finally understanding what it's all about. Although, she wants to pick up an egg and open it before moving on. Abigail had a fun weekend too.

We watched the Snohomish Easter Parade after the egg hunt. Nana & Papa Davis joined us. Sunday we celebrated with the Weller family. The girls were sure spoiled.

March 2010

2010-03-18T20:31:00.000-07:00

It's been a wonderful month of March. The weather has been amazing! Here are some pictures to capture what the Weller Family has been up to lately. We went to Deception Pass and the girls loved throwing the rocks and collecting teeny tiny white shells, went to Harvey AirField to watch our friends sky dive and inbetween worked on the yard and enjoyed their company.

Deception Pass

Harvey Airfield, Snohomish WA

Good thing they had a play structure for the girls to play on.

It's been way too long!

2010-02-26T16:27:00.000-08:00

I bet our lack of posting on a regular basis has caused most of you to give up. We're sorry! I hope you can understand.

Today Mom stayed home with the girls. Isabelle was sick and it's awfully hard to take just one to school. So we had a nice morning together. We made doctor's appointment for Isabelle. We found out she has strep throat. Poor girl.

Our weekend consists of a birthday party on Saturday and I'm hoping to see a very dear friend on Sunday.

Here are some recent pictures of our beautiful girls!

And, the best Daddy & husband these girls could ask for!

Festival of Pumpkins in our home of Snohomish!

2009-10-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

This is the month our town comes alive! We have several pumpkin patches and corn mazes. Our two favorites are Craven Farms and Stocker Farms. We have a bit of a connection with Stocker Farms as a few years ago I worked one summer before Isabelle was born at Stocker Farms market and the pumpkin patch in October while Toby drove the hay ride and was in charge of the pumpkin cannon during October. The Stocker Family is an amazing family of loyalty, hard work and love.

This past weekend we toured Stocker Farms and looked at all of the beautiful pumpkins and squash. Tonight is our 4 year Anniversary (wedding was located at Lord Hill Farms with pumpkins and caramel apples) and for dinner we had spaghetti squash with turkey herb meatballs and steamed beets. It was delicious.
How quickly life can change in 4 years but we wouldn't change a thing!

Harvest Celebration Farm Tour

2009-09-26T20:47:00.000-07:00

Today, September 26th 2009 we decided to take the girls to one of the farms participating in the Harvest Celebration Farm Tour. We chose Full Circle Farm in Carnation. The girls enjoyed coloring, making lunch bags, balloon butterflies/flowers and the hay ride. The horses were beautiful and so were all the organic vegetables.After the farm tour we went to Snoqualmie Falls. It was a beautiful day! We had hoped to visit Ames Farm but the girls were tired and ready for a nap. The entire family actually napped today. It was heaven. Here are some pictures of our family day!

Finally A New Post!

2009-09-24T20:03:00.000-07:00

WOW! Where does the time go? I haven't posted since July and now it's Fall. My apologies. Since my last post we celebrated Toby's birthday, my birthday, painted the house and just last weekend celebrated Abigail's 1st Birthday. We had a party--Abigail did great and Isabelle loved helping unwrap the gifts and testing out all of the toys. Both girls loved the carrot cake cupcakes.

The weather is incredible and our dahlias our blooming and beautiful. We're looking forward to the pumpkin patches and Halloween.

Here are some recent pictures.

July Summer Fun

2009-07-21T21:32:00.000-07:00

We started swimming lessons at Forest Park in Everett. It's a beautiful facility and both girls are enjoying our time in the water together. This past weekend was Kla-Ha-Ya days and we watched the parade with the Mundy family. We're also beginning to sand our house to paint in a few weeks--hopefully we'll have enough energy to last us through the rest of summer. It's been a wonderful warm summer--we couldn't ask for a better one.

4th of July Weekend

2009-07-06T20:43:00.000-07:00

This weekend we celebrated our nation's Independence. Toby & I were fortunate enough to get off a bit early on Thursday and make good time picking up my Dad from the airport and getting back to Snohomish. We took the girls to the Snohomish Farmer's Market and through town on a nice evening.
We are getting better and better at our barbequed pizzas. We made two. One had a tomato sauce with thyme, oregano, rosemary, minced garlic, sliced crimini mushrooms, red onion, pepperoni, mozzarella and grated parmesan. The second had drizzled olive oil, minced garlic, thyme, oregano, ricotta cheese, mozarella, grated parmesan and torn basil leaves. They were excellent!

Most of the weekend we spent in our backyard trying to stay cool--it was hot! I enjoyed an evening with my girlfriends celebrating Sara's birthday, a wonderful 4th of July party celebrating cousin Brady Austin's 1st birthday and doing a little bit of yard work. All in all it was a great weekend.
Abigail is trying so hard to walk and has 4 new teeth coming down. She's a trooper!

Happy Birthday Sisters

2009-07-06T20:21:00.000-07:00

This month we celebrated Lisa & Tracey's birthdays. We love you both so very much!!

The End of June

2009-06-25T21:27:00.000-07:00

I don't have much to report. We had a wonderful Father's Day. We had breakfast with Toby's parents that morning, Toby relaxed that afternoon, and the evening we had dinner up at Nana & Papa's house. We also celebrated Lisa & Tracey's June birthdays. It was a wonderful evening. Here are a few pictures we've take this June. We're looking forward to the 4th of July!

Isabelle loves to paint!

Abby is getting so big!

Our happy Abigail. She learned to push herself up today 6-25.

*sad side note: Michael Jackson passed away today.

Snohomish River Trail

2009-06-13T21:18:00.000-07:00

We love living close to downtown Snohomish! Every chance we get we like to walk to the Bakery and then along the river trail. This particular trip we threw rocks into the river and blew bubbles. It was a good day!

June

2009-06-13T21:10:00.000-07:00

We're enjoying the warm summer days and evenings. We love our big backyard and trails through town. The Snohomish Market has started and Isabelle looks forward to walking to the market with Nana every Thursday. Here are a few pictures from Isabelle's birthday.

Isabelle's Birthday Invitation

2009-06-04T16:49:00.000-07:00

Toby and I drew Isabelle's invitation for her 2nd Birthday. Toby did a beautiful job drawing Isabelle. Unfortunately, we ran out of time to mail it to the family so instead we emailed it. I'll upload pictures soon.

Happy Birthday Isabelle Katherine!

2009-05-26T20:30:00.000-07:00

Today our beautiful girl turned 2! We wonder where the time went. We've had an amazing year--she's mastered walking, running and almost jumping and has an incredible vocabulary! We welcomed in her baby sister, Abigail and have enjoyed the two of them getting to know one another.

We had a 4 day weekend to spend together and enjoyed every minute.

Saturday we worked in the yard and filled up the pool, Sunday we took a trip to Whidbey Island and Isabelle enjoyed throwing rocks into the ocean, Monday we played outside and barbequed pizza and today we opened presents (new bicycle), had breakfast at the Bakery, went to storytime at the library and had cake with Grandma Weller and burgers at Red Robin with Nana.

Giraffes, Lions and Penguins Oh My!

2009-05-25T14:56:00.000-07:00

The Saturday before Mother's Day we went to the Mom & Me at the Woodland Park Zoo. We all wore our cute t-shirts and looked at the animals. Isabelle enjoyed the giraffes and the new penguin exhibit and went on her first carousel ride--she was a bit scared.

After the zoo we toured Daddy's office (Isabelle thought it was the coolest thing) and we had lunch at the Sculpture Park. We wrapped they day up with a barbeque at the Wellers.
Toby and the girls fixed me eggs Benedict on Sunday and presented me with a beautiful card!

Well Check Appointments

2009-05-04T19:49:00.000-07:00

I took the day of on April 24th to take the girls to the pediatrician. I was very anxious and I hoped the girls wouldn't be crying after their shots. It was one thing going with Isabelle but having Abigail made me a bit nervous. We arrived 15 mintues early which was good but they weren't able to see us early. As soon as Isabelle saw the door to the doctor's office she stopped and started to walk backwards. I was surprised she recognized where we were.

All in all the appointment went well. Isabelle was a very brave big sister and Abigail was a perfect patient. I was so happy and proud of them.

Here are the statistics.

Isabelle Katherine

23 months

Length: 36 1/2 inches (97%)
Weight: 30 lbs 4 oz (89%)

Head Circumference: 19 1/2 inches (94%)

Her next visit will be at 3 years!

Our next milestone--potty training & weaning her of the Pas (pacifier).

*Dr. Cumming's (doctor) comment "She has a very advanced vocabulary and speaks very well. I can understand everything she is saying."

A few favorites right now: Winnie the Pooh, digging in the garden, playing with her buckets and water outside, smiling with all of her teeth, helping Mom make dinner, building forts with Dad, waking up a wee bit early to lay in bed with Mom & Dad, helping with Abigial, talking to Siber & Berkeley, putting on her rubber boots, saying "Bless you Mommy" after Mommy sneezes. She's afraid of bugs and wants nothing to do with them--and washing her hair. She doesn't like water in her face.

Abigail Elise
7 months
Length: 28 1/8 inches (95%)
Weight: 19 lbs 8 oz (90%)
Head circumference: 17 1/4 inches (74%)
Our next visit will be at 9 months (no shots)!
Our current mission: Adding more solid foods to her diet, crawling.

A few favorites right now: Abby loves to smile and takes incredible pictures. She's rolling, pushing herself up and moving her legs but has not yet put everything together. She loves making Isabelle laugh and loves interacting with her sister. She too is enjoying Winnie the Pooh. Abigail still loves her bottle but is enjoying bananas, sweet potatoes, prunes, apricots and applesauce--we're still working on green beans and peas. As you can see from this picture Abigail's hair has stayed long but is almost blonde. She also loves watching Siber & Berkeley cross the room and if they're lucky enough pull their hair. Abby loves to grab and pinch everything--ouch!

How quickly they grow!

Weekend Fun House

2009-05-03T19:48:00.000-07:00

As the weekend comes to a close, I remember the fun we had.

Daddy borrowed this from a friend for Isabelle's 2nd birthday but we thought we'd get a practice run in. It was a lot of fun--even for Momma!

And Daddy too!!

Rocking Chair

2009-04-28T20:54:00.001-07:00

I was given an adorable childrens rocking chair from my girlfriend Alison. We just recently painted it the most beautiful blue. I think it's stunning and I wanted to share! Isabelle loves it.

fun moments

2009-04-25T14:26:00.000-07:00

Here are a few photos from the past couple of days that we hadn't posted, but wanted share.

Snohomish Garden Sale

2009-04-25T14:09:00.000-07:00

This morning was the Snohomish Garden Sale at The Farm. We found a few things to fill some of the holes in our yard from the plants lost this winter. Isabelle, though, was more interested in the jungle gym/slide/playtoy in the corner of the field. It was a great time and we are looking forward to getting our new additions planted.

Missing the Sunshine

2009-04-22T20:22:00.000-07:00

This pretty much sums it up! A warm afternoon in our backyard is wonderful! Come back sunshine.

Warm Weekend

2009-04-21T19:14:00.001-07:00

It's been too long and we apologize. With the warmer weather over the weekend we over exerted ourselves and after the girls were in bed we had no energy to write. Saturday we planted our first garden. Mixed greens, spinach and our favorite arugula.

Isabelle enjoyed playing in the wet dirt. We cannot wait to watch it grow. Isabelle enjoys helping Mama make salads for dinner.

a year ago this week

2009-04-16T20:15:00.000-07:00

We were browsing through some photos from last year at this time and cant believe how much our little Belle has changed. We are looking forward to introducing Abby to summer in our backyard.

Splish Abby Splash

2009-04-14T20:20:00.000-07:00

To Isabelle's delight, Abby loves to make a mess at bathtime.

Easter Weekend

2009-04-13T19:21:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning the Mundy family joined us for the Easter Egg Hunt at Harvey Air Field. It was not raining but it was very wet. We all had our boots on, Isabelle and Baker with their Easter baskets and Abby and Brady warm and comfortable in the double stroller. The hunts were divided by age groups. Baker & Isabelle fell into the 3 and and under category. "On your mark get set go!" Isabelle just stood there and said "Baker? Baker?" She had no interest in picking up plastic eggs and putting them in her basket. Daddy helped her gather a few while Brent and Baker managed to make it a bit further into the field. After the hunt we watched the Easter parade through town. We found a good spot and watched the Panther band and various tractors and shop owners throw candy to the crowd. The frightening part came when the SeaFair pirates sailed down the street in Moby Dick. Several of them walked alongside the ship scraping their swords "Arrye"! I remembered from last year how loud the cannon sounded when it went off and in anticipation I covered my ears and Abby's. Toby and Isabelle were watching as the jug full of sparkled fire crackers was kicked towards them. Is this safe? BOOOOM!! Everyone shook and babies started crying. Toby had to take Isabelle away because she was frightened. Abby had no idea. I think I was more afraid than she was. The rest of the day consisted of dying eggs and getting ready for dinner up at Nana & Papa Davis's house. The girls had a lot of fun with their aunts, uncles and cousins.
Sunday--Happy Easter! Abby enjoyed looking at her chocoatle bunny "Hopper" while Isabelle enjoyed her new crayons, eggs filled with jelly beans and her chocolate bunny "Flopper" too. After Eggs Benedict Daddy took Isabelle outside to find the eggs the Easter bunny had left. That afternoon we celebrated Easter with the Weller family over at Aunt Debbie & Uncle Jeff's house. She enjoyed seeing their bunny Moose and two kitties Max & Bandit. Thank you for the wonderful food, candy and Easter baskets filled with goodies. The ride home was a bit intense with the heavy rain but we made it home safely. After baths the girls opened up their gifts from Grandma & Grandpa Weller--new spring outfits and a fun book!

Our First Blog

2009-04-08T20:52:00.000-07:00

Here we are creating out first blog entry. It's kind of intimidating. What do we write?

We hope that this medium will help us communicate more frequently with our friends and family. We know we'll have plenty of happy tales of Isabelle, Abigail, Siber and Berkeley. Our daily happenings molding into our story. The Story of the Weller Family.

We hope you enjoy!

Love,
Toby, Michelle, Isabelle, Abigail, Siber and Berkeley