3 new photo galleries

by Amy ~ July 20, 2010

It’s been a long time since we’ve posted pictures so we have 3 new galleries below. You’ll be shocked at how much Gabriel and Zara have grown!

4 months old – Burg visit: The babies are just over 4 months old now and we’ve had a great month! They are starting to coo and laugh a lot more. Gabriel is nearly able to roll onto his stomach (just inches away from going the whole way over!). They love their play mat and Gabe can spend hours just tugging on the animals dangling overhead (Zara has less patience for it!). At last check Gabe was close to 15 lbs and Zara was over 13 lbs! They are also getting very long! We’ve been very fortunate that they’re sleeping through the night now. Generally we put them to bed around 8:30pm and they wake up around 6 am!!

We took our first flight with the babies and were upgraded to first class both ways! (too bad neither of us will have airline status next year – so it’s back to the crappy seats next year!)

The trip to DC was amazing; the babies slept the majority of the way. We rented a hotel suite in DC and a bunch of our friends came out to meet the babies. Unfortunately, I didn’t take a single picture while there but we had a great time catching up with our friends! Thanks everyone for making it out to see us!

We then spent a week in my hometown visiting my family. We had lots of people eager to cuddle the babies and mom cooked some yummy food so it was a very relaxing week for us! Unfortunately, when we returned to Seattle, Gabe and Zara were wondering why they weren’t being held all day (and I was wishing I had mom to cook for me!)! The weather was unbearably hot back east – it has been a cool summer in Seattle so going from 60 degrees to 100 is quite a change!

We were also able to visit with my aunts, uncles, and a few of my great aunts. It was great to see everyone! I wish we could just smoosh the east coast with the west so we could be closer to my family without having to move back east!!

View photos of our visit to PA.

3 Months old! The babies turned 3 months old and my sister Patty, and friends Sue and Emily came to visit. We had a great weekend and the weather was beautiful! We went to Pike’s Place market, the Fish Ladder, and a few other hot spots. Pat, Sue, and Emily spent time spoiling the babies while Z and I had a rare date night out.

View the Month 4 photos.

Tug boat races: Each year there are tug boat races in Seattle. We’ve always wanted to go but this was the first year we made it to the races. There were boats of all sizes and it was a beautiful day to be outside. Unfortunately the tug boat horns are pretty loud so the babies were not thrilled when one boat blew the horn right in front of us.

Check out the photos from the Tug boat races.