Good Bye April '08 -- Please Bring Us Some May Flowers!!!

Can't believe April is over in just 3 short hours.....How did THAT happen?? Here's a fun little photo I forgot to post.

The Cinas had a wonderful month, despite the not so wonderful weather. Snow in April, who would have known??


Charlotte is starting to talk, really talk. Just today, in her own unique way of saying things, she said.....

1. I did it (more like I didt)
   
2. Jacks (aka--Jack)
3. Knee
4. Cat
5. Catch
6. Dog
7. Miss Anne (her teacher's name)

She's on the verge...the dam is gonna break...watch out world...Charlotte Cina is about to speak...and for that we are forever grateful!!!

Playing Catch with Dada...

She seriously looks like she's ready to fake a pass to someone in this photo.

Just Jack (the cat) and One Tired Pud

Charlotte and I went to check on Jack tonight. He's doing great and his mommy & daddy will be back from their honeymoon tomorrow night!

This photo was from yesterday when I got home from work. Charlotte has been a little congested the past few days, otherwise she's doing great. She feel asleep in Victor's arms before I got home from work...she proceeded to take a 2 hour late afternoon nap (got her second wind) and kept us hopping last night.

Charlotte's New Favorite T-shirt

Got home tonight after spending the evening with Kim & Karen (celebrating Karen's b-day, which is Wednesday). The t-shirt I had ordered for Charlotte was delivered to me (via someone at work), so I was able to bring it home tonight. After hugs & kisses when I got home, she kept pointing and saying "book" at my book and then when I showed her the t-shirt, she giggled in delight and held it up against her body (the first photo)...

This second photo Victor had to turn the t-shirt over and put it up against her for the photo.

I'm happy, now we have matching "Will Walk for Money" "Will Relay For Life" bright green t-shirts we can both wear!

Sunday Evening .... Another Great Day

A couple of fun shots of Charlotte tonight as her & Victor were winding down from a fun Sunday. Victor mowed about 1/3 of the yard (we thought it was suppose to rain today, so he wasn't planning on mowing), but we took advantage of the nice weather. Charlotte enjoyed yelling "Mow Dada Mow" at the top of her lungs again this afternoon.

The two of them are currently watching a couple episodes of Looney Tunes (which I can't stand), but they both thoroughly enjoy!!!


Here are a few of the baby/toddler hats that I've been working on. I took a finishing/embelishment class for hats this afternoon. I'm still working on the I-Cord (antenna) for the bee caps...Right now, they are just gonna be black/yellow striped. Got some great ideas for toppers for the other hats I've been working on. Ironically the knitting shop that I go to is called the Knitting Bee (how appropriate)! I'm taking a lot of yarn to work on at night in Hawaii or even on the beach or by the pool....knitting really does relax me (as long as I'm not on a row that I'm having to count or decrease stitches on).

Gabe's First Communion

We attended the gathering at Karen/Dave's house, after Gabe had his first communion this morning. I knew Charlie wouldn't sit thru the service, so we opted to just celebrate at their home after the fact. Thanks Karen & Dave for inviting us.

Here are a few fun photos from today.

The six million dollar kid.....This photo just reminded me of the TV show, Six Million Dollar Man....Go Gabe, Go!

Mr. BBQ himself, Dave!

Karla & Andy.

Karla and Ava getting ready to give Grandma H. some "hi-fives".

Amy showing me her muscles.

Amy & Karla riding down the slide together.

Karla looking pretty darn cute!


Grandma H. getting buried with stuffed animals (courtesy of Miss Ava).

Saturday Evening Wrap-up...

Wow, what a busy day! Charlotte and I are hanging out with the doggies tonight. Victor has a 9+ hour war gaming session going on today. Hopefully he'll be home a little earlier than last night (after the bachlor party for Shawn)...

I want to thank Kim & Andy for watching Charlotte for us today! THANK YOU!!!

Charlotte and I got home around 6:40pm from another set of twins turning 2, birthday party at the Little Gym. Charlotte had a great time. I chose to leave my camera in the car and just run around with Charlotte. She had a blast as always.

Here's a semi-decent photo of the pud and I tonight. I'm getting better at aiming and actually getting both of us in the photo. She totally cracks me up. She was reading in the living room and I brought the camera in---I asked her to come stand next to me and smile for the camera...this is what I got....not too bad for an almost 2 year old.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Pre-wedding Fun for Susie...

Josi is in town and Lori drove up from Eugene last night. We took Susie out for a few hours of fun. Pedicures at her favorite spot and then a yummy lunch at the Cheesecake Factory!

Great minds think alike. Lori & I got Susie the same gift (gift card) from the same place -- VS.


Susie & Maria (the gal that owns the salon) and always does Susie's pedicures.

Lori & Susie while we were getting our pedicures.

Saturday Morning Fun at Cornell Estates Quilt Show

Rosemary & I attended the quilt show in Hillsboro this morning. This quilt she made a few years ago. It's a pattern she purchased while visiting Norway. It's hard to explain, but it's an interactive quilt. Each square has a button in the center and you can move the points in or out to change the overall pattern. Very cool.

This quilt was amazing. 4" blocks, 168 of them....Amazing work!

I loved this paper pieced landscape quilt.

Cool water color quilt.

Early Saturday Morning.....

Relay For Life FUNdraiser at Baja Fresh...

How CUTE is this.....Matthew feeding Charlie rice at Baja Fresh.


Isn't Matthew just the cutest!

Here are Charlotte, Maddie, Matthew & Rachel singing "Happy Birthday" to Uncle Dean!

We had a great turnout, so far, at the weekend fundraiser for Relay For Life of Hillsboro at our local Baja Fresh. They will be donating 15% of the net sales for all the folks that bring in a flyer for Relay. Charlie & I met up friends from work and Tim/Rachel/Maddie/Matthew showed up -- so Charlie had lunch at a different table with them, while mommy visited with her work buddies. We also ran into folks from the RFL City of Hillsboro teams and mommy's upline at CTMH Wendy, her sons Gabe/Ben and a bunch of Wendy's friends. Very cool

If you read the blog, live in the Hillsboro area -- go eat at Baja Fresh this weekend!!!

It's a Beautiful Morning...

It's Friday. It's not raining (right now). Mommy doesn't have to go to work today. Charlotte woke-up HAPPY once again...it's all good! Notice all her HAIR!!! She got a bath right after I took these photos this morning....hair is under control once again.



This is what things looked like this morning when she got up. Notice that her PJs are totally off and nowhere near her. Good thing we still keep her in a onesie underneath.

Thursday Afternoon Fun

Victor & Charlotte went to the new Whole Foods that just opened up yesterday to check things out. Apparently she had a great time getting all sorts of fun food samplers from around the store. Charlotte got lots of compliments on her "cuteness factor".

She also got her hair trimmed today. Her bangs and just a little from the back. It's so funny that she'll let a total stranger trim her hair, but if she sees me coming with a comb or brush -- she RUNS the other direction.

After dinner Charlotte and the WaWas (her name for doggies) spent a lot of time playing and having fun together. Notice the actual sunlight behind her in the picture. We actually saw the SUN this afternoon.....I think it was just a big tease....still no sunny weather in sight....Come on already, it's almost MAY!!!

I'm a Little Beehind.......

When a picture is worth a thousand words--you MUST post to your blog!!! ;-) This photo totally made my day!!!

Thanks, Trina, for the photo of Little Miss Piglet (and letting me post it). I'm gonna call NM to see if I can get "The Pud" a onesie like this also!!!

Another Knitted Hat by Mama

Hey, guess what? Mama made me a purple cap for Relay For Life! I know it looks blue in the photos, but it's really a nice dark Relay purple! Thanks Mama!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

She LOVES this book. I was moving laundry around early this afternoon and it was a little TOO quiet.....When I went to look for her, she was in the living room (reading lamp turned on) and she was sitting in Grandma's reading chair, reading/talking/looking at this book. She loves to say the couple of foods in it that she can actually say "nana" & "cheese" and she signs "sunshine" on the page with the giant sun.

Thanks Karen Russell

WOW--What a great day of classes! This lady ROCKS in my book! I was lucky enough to take both Karen's photography class (was suppose to be 7 hours, ended up being 8 hours) this morning & afternoon. Then took her "Interactive Scrapbooking Class" tonight. Poor thing had taught in Salem last night and didn't get much sleep, but she was GREAT!!!

She literally wears samples of what she's teaching during classes, so she can't lose what she's working on and she can take it right over to the students.

What totally cracks me up about the photo below....I had a gal in the morning photography class take the photo and it didn't dawn on me to actually "check" the photo she had taken (just assuming it looked great). She didn't zoom in on just Karen & I and the two gals to the right of us, kinda looking tired & out of it....these were the two very same gals who were so wired in the first class and kept asking Karen questions, great questions, then totally lost all steam by the end of the 2nd class. They really were pooped, I just didn't realize how pooped until I saw this photo.

I also gave Karen's daughter Annie (who's 3 months older than Charlotte) one of the bee hats that I've been making. My only request was that I get a photo of Annie wearing it. Karen asked me if I sold them -- I told her that it wasn't my pattern (but I'd received email consent from the pattern designer - Susan B. Anderson) to sell the hats for Relay For Life. Karen asked me if I had any to go (not yet), but she told me I should get some ready because if she posts a picture of Annie wearing the hat, she needed to be able to tell folks where they could purchase one.....So, I'm gonna try and whip some out over the next few weeks (in all my spare time--after Charlotte is asleep) and see what happens....All the profits will be going to Relay For Life, so I better get busy.

If you are into scrapbooking and ever get the opportunity to take a class from this lady -- DO IT. She lives in Southern Oregon, but teaches all over the U.S. and out of the country AND she's terrific!!!

A Fork and Some Eggs.....

So this is how we started eating breakfast this morning.....


Oh forget it...it's just easier to pick them up and shove them in by hand!!!