Jujube Sunset

Spent the afternoon with Jen and Julianna. Forgot my camera -- again. *head hanging in shame*. Thank goodness Jen sent me this photo of Jujube sitting on her mat playing with her toys this evening. She is 6 months and my guesstimate of her weight was 19 lbs 6 oz. She has her 6 month checkup tomorrow so we will find out just how accurate her grammy's guess is :)


When I headed over to Jen's this morning, I saw a large smoke column on the north side of Cape Meares -- a debris burn was my guess. When I got back into town on my way home, the smoke from the controlled burn had settled over town and the air had that shimmery glow from the low angle of the sun reflecting on the smoke particles. I figured tonight's sunset would be grand and I was not disappointed.

When I got home, I watched the sunset and took this shot when it had the most color.


As always, click the picture to biggify it -- there are some spectacular colors!

August Sunset

I've been derelect in taking care of this place. It's not like I've gone anywhere - my car's brakes went out the beginning of the month and goes to the mechanic on the first -- when I can afford to have it fixed. I'm gonna have AAA tow it there since it has been sitting for the past month with minimal brakes and I'm not going to risk driving it there. No car means no trips to see Jen and Julianna so I'm jonesin' real bad. I've been making calls for the lake's membership drive during the day and, of course, spending my nights by the virtual campfire at my Late Late Night FDL posts. Was real ticked off that no car meant I could not attend Busted's wedding :( I was really looking forward to seeing him and NG get hitched.

Jen and Julianna spent a week down in CA this month and are back home. Kayla and Karina headed back to their mom's in Alaska the same day Jen flew to CA -- their flights were about 30 minutes apart so they all went to the airport as a group.

Jen posted on Facebook that Julianna rolled over yesterday! Woohoo, now the fun and games begin :) Pretty soon she will be scooting and then crawling and before we know it, she will be totally mobile. Julianna is looking more and more like Jen at this age - looking at pictures of her is like looking through a time machine window back to 1977. I'm hoping Jen will send me more photos so I can share them.

My mom is going to be coming up to see Jen and me in September. I'm going to be sure to get some 4 generations photos. I've not seen Mom since Jen's wedding so it will be great to see her again!

My landlord came and removed the temporary plate at the bottom of the wood stove and is having a new plate fabricated. Gotta have the stove in tip top shape - fall is already here on the coast and the nighttime temperatures are starting to steadily drop.

Still have had only 4 days in a row of sunshine this summer. The picture up top was taken on Wed, Aug 24th which was a sunny day but the clouds came in towards sunset. Luckily, they didn't come completely in before sunset so I was able to see some color instead of the gray. As always, you can click on the photo to biggify it.

4 Months Old

Time has been whizzing by so fast since April 9th. Hard to believe it but its been four months since Jujube was born. Look at what she has found!

She has her mother's skin. Jen sent me this picture and it reminds me so much of Jen at that age. Right down to the thumbsucking.

Hi Grammy

Jen sent me this yesterday with the subject line the title of this post. I talked with Jen on the phone today. Jujube is 13 lbs and wearing size 3 month clothing now. Can't wait to see them on Tuesday!

Six and One Half Weeks

Spent yesterday afternoon at Jen's. I watched Jujube while Jen ran errands. I had a blast! I took this video of her in her bouncer trying to capture a smile -- yes, Julianna smiles now -- but wasn't lucky enough to snag it :( Her bouncer has pink petals that surround the head area -- there's a picture of it below -- but I covered the petals with her blanket for the video.



I also took pictures... a lotta pictures. These are the best of the best:

She's propped up against the boppy in her crib-- isn't she just adorable! I love those socks that look like Mary Jane shoes. So glad I got them for Jen's baby shower. They are even cuter on Julianna than they were in the package. Jen says they don't kick off like some of her other socks do.


Julianna, still propped up in her crib, but she's cooing at me. She is so alert now and I am getting glimpses of her personality. She is so good natured -- if only she would sleep at night instead of trying to be a night owl like her Grammy.

Jujube loves her bouncer! I love how the 'flower petals' on the bouncer surround her head. I almost captured her smile in this picture.

As always, click on the pictures to make them bigger.

Jen said Julianna's appt with the hip specialist went well Tuesday and that Jujube has to wear the brace for an additional six weeks. The doctor was confident that she will not need the brace longer than that.