Make New Friends, and Keep The Old

One is silver and the other gold.

Last week, Zoë and I went on a road trip adventure up north to Seattle and Edmonds. We stopped at Seattle Pacific University to have lunch with my cousin, Michaela, then continued on to the cozy town of Edmonds, right on the edge of the Puget Sound to visit and old friend of mine.

Bethany and I have been friends since we were 12, but have been in and out of touch for the last few years. After moving to Portland, we both have been saying "We need to get together!" and finally made it happen. And it was wonderful. And Zoë made some new friends. BOY friends. :)

Here are some pictures from our adventure:

Playing on the beach by the Puget Sound

We had such beautiful weather all three days!

This girl LOVES the waves

Sandcastles

The boots didn't last long. Barefoot just like her momma!

The trio decided to start a band :)

We took a ride on the ferry across the Sound. It was so fun!

"Oooo! Oooo! Look at that!"

Zoë decided that she really liked holding Everett's hand. :) 

Ice cream sandwich time out on the front of the ferry - 

Zoë enjoyed being pushed around by the wind.

Coren enjoyed his ice cream sandwich as well :)

Bethany and Everett

Look at those beautiful smiles!

We went to downtown Seattle for dinner, and once again, 

Zoë decided she wanted to hold Everett's hand, instead of momma's. :P

After dinner we drove around Seattle and savored a gorgeous sunset.

What a gift it is to have a childhood friendship carry into adulthood! Thank you Bethany and Weber boys for a wonderful time! We will see you again soon. :)

Big Girl Bed!

It is time.

Up to this point, Zoë has been quite happy and contained in her lovely crib. She is tall, but hasn't had the arm strength to pull herself up...until today. I decided it was time to test her abilities and asked if she could climb up onto the diaper changing table this morning. After a little bit of effort, she did. Eek!

 

So, Daddy spent a few minutes unscrewing the front, and viola! Big Girl Bed! Zoë was VERY excited and immediately put all of her stuffed animal friends on the quilt and started jumping. (So, we had a little conversation about one of her favorite songs "Five Little Monkeys" - "Remember Zoë what happened when the monkeys fell off the bed? Yeah, 'ouuuwww' is right! We don't want you to get owies on your head either." :)

Currently, Zoë is in her room with the shades drawn attempting her first nap in the Big Girl Bed. So far, nap time has consisted of several attempts to open the door and repeated knocking. But now she is quietly talking to her friends. I'm getting hopeful - at least for her to have some "quiet time" if not a nap. We'll see what happens!

It is all a little bittersweet. Happy to see our little girl grow up and become her own person, but sad to see her moving out of all-things-baby. We cherish the sweet memories of her almost-two years of life, and at the same time, look forward to the crazy adventure still ahead of us!