Brie's 1 year stats

We just went for a doctor check-up yesterday and met out new doctor.  We liked her and found out:

Brie's stats

Height:  29 inches - 55th percentile

Weight:  18.2 pounds - 13th percentile

Brie checked out great.  The only question the doctor had was  "Why is your daughter's face slightly orange?  Did she get into something today"

I told her that it must have been from all the sweet potatoes Brie eats and the doctor was like "oh yeah, carrots do that too." 


So I went to the store and picked up some baby food that was mostly green stuff and we'll see if we can get rid of Brie's orange skin tone.  :-)

And it was a lovely bike ride

Throwing rocks in the water for the splash!

This is the life!

On Sunday evening we explored some of the area on bike.  We rode out to the Association Island RV Resort at the end of Snowshoe Road.  If I was an RV'er, this would be an awesome spot to stay.  You feel like you are in the middle of the ocean or something.  Very beautiful.  All of us enjoyed the ride and the break along the causeway to the RV Resort.

Not my day.

While waiting for the clothes to dry at the laundromat, Brie and I hung out in the car.  I was reading a magazine in the front seat and Brie was in her carseat eating cheerios and chattering away for about 30 minutes.

I went in to check on the clothes and I left Brie in the car hoping she'd fall asleep for her nap.  She was content and in the shade with all the windows down and I had a direct line on her.  It took me about 10 minutes to fold the clothes and as I was finishing up I noticed a police car pull up and look at our car and then get out.  I was thinking "he can't be here about us!"

BUT he was.

I guess someone called and reported a baby in a car. (I appreciate the concerned citizen taking action and I told that to the officer.)

The police man was really nice and said that he just had to come check out the report.  He took our names but because I was just inside the doorway and was obviously watching he wasn't going to do anything.

He didn't even tell me I'd done anything wrong.

But I still felt awful.  

So much so that we just headed straight home afterwards because I didn't want to get called in for having Maddy in the car while grocery shopping.

On my way out of town, I watched disbelievingly as a police car flipped around and pulled in behind me.  All the while thinking, "Really?  Can't be me as I haven't done anything wrong."  AND then he turned on his lights.  "What is up with today??"

So I pulled over and rolled down my window and he asked for my inspection sticker.  (Because we just got it registered we just have a paper one that was given to us.)  So I handed him the paper slip and he was super nice and just told me to tape it on the windshield and to go on my way.

Both police officers were very kind to me.  But, honestly, I don't know what happened today that I had two encounters with the police when I think it's been at several years - possibly since before I even met Mat (8 years) - that I've even been pulled over for speeding.

Knock on wood. I hope I didn't just jinx that.

It's getting mighty quiet around here...

 The sailboats are one by one emptying out of the harbor.  The yacht that was docked next door has taken off for the southern parts of the states.  The water was getting low and because of Hurricane Irene their 3-4 day trip through the Oswego locks (now in disrepair) will now take 10-14 days going up through Quebec and down the coast.  Here's a link to the fishing yacht taking off.  Our view really will be different now without it there. 

It wasn't busy to begin with in this town and now in the evening hours will pass by without a car going by in front of our house!  We've taken to riding our bikes around the area instead of walking. Brie loves it!

For a bit we had Maddy on her leash until she stopped suddenly to smell something and the leash walked her full force in her head.  She now looks like she's had brain surgery and we've decided, for now, that it's safer for her to just trot along with us without her leash.

Now that it is getting dark earlier and earlier we've bit the bullet and actually got basic cable.  It's about the same price as the new Netflix price and since we have always had issues streaming, we are dropping Netflix and will have tv.  It's been at least 8 years since I've had tv in my own home.  Definitely something to adjust to.  So far, it has not been on 24/7.  We'll see how long it takes.  Hopefully that never happens.  :-)

asheville visit

Our Asheville visit was full of fun times with family and friends.  We tried to pack in as much as we could.  For fun, we also throw in a day of car shopping.  It was great.

Our jaunt up Craggy Pinnacle was beautiful!

An evening with friends was full of loveliness.  

Lovely people, lovely food and lovely weather!

Who can resist two babies in a bathtub?

Mat, Brie and I enjoyed a morning stroll around Mars Hill with Gram.

A family dinner of delicious pizza from Papa Nicks.

 

And an early birthday celebration for Brie's first birthday.  Do you think she likes cake?

We had a fabulous time and Mat was able to get some great rides in with friends. (Mat and I also got in a ride together at Bent Creek.)  I forgot the camera for several of our visits with friends from Seattle.  Hopefully, we'll get some from them.  Otherwise how are we going to remember their visit?  Joking.  I find that I like to document everything by taking a picture, but this was a good experience to realize that you can visit with out documenting every single moment!

**You can see more pictures from our trip here. One thing I'm not liking about this new blogger set up is I have to upload photos to Picasa in order to use them in the blog instead of just linking directly to Flickr.

R.I.P. Roja

Over a week ago we drove down to Asheville for a week vacation visiting family and friends.  The road trip down was a trip down the East Coast that the EPA is probably still looking for us to issue citations as we were a blue haze for the last 7 hours of the trip.  Five hours into our drive, the subaru started leaking oil.  Not a slow leak, mind you, but a real leak.  We stopped every hour to pour 3 quarts of oil in which made for an interesting drive.  It went pretty fast because we really did expect our car to die the whole time.  We were hoping that it would die within 100 miles of Mat's parents so that we could get a free tow, but surprise, surprise it actually took us to their front door!

As we were driving down, we were reminiscing about all the trips we had taken with Roja.  We bought her just in time to move out to Crested Butte, CO and spend a winter there.  We drove a couple times to my hometown Delta, UT.  At the end of our winter, we then we drove back to Asheville, NC.  That fall we did a trip out West and then back to Asheville.  Then it went to Florida for 6 weeks and back to Asheville.  Then out to Utah and on up to Seattle down to California back to Utah and eventually back to Asheville then down to the Keys and Everglades in Florida back to Asheville.  Then we moved up to NY and it died a slow death on our way back to Asheville.

I would say we got some good years out of her!

Labor Day Weekend 2011

Not much laboring went on here.  We enjoyed a relaxing 3 days off with a visit from Mat's sister Sara.  It was a multi-sport weekend, we went hiking in the Adirondacks, Wehle State Park and Wellesley Island State Park and then in the evenings we took turns canoeing around the harbor.  For the most part we had perfect weather, just a little bit of rain.

Note to self: NO ICE CREAM FOR BRIE

 

No matter how cute it is when she's eating it by stuffing her face into the scoop on the cone.

Turns out, after the fun of the sugar high wears off Brie is not a happy camper for anyone.  Including the neighbors down the road.