Water Taxi's & Ferris wheels, Oh My

Oh what fun was had the other day! Our good friend, Kristie took Dylan on quite a fun adventure. First they hit the water taxi from West Seattle to Downtown. Dylan loved it! She told me all about the white waves, how fast the boat went, and the wind blowing on her hair. They were dropped off down at the waterfront downtown which just happened to be real close to the new ferris wheel! Oh Dylan spotted it month ago from the West Seattle bridge during construction "Hey mom, look at ferris wheel! But it doesn't have any buckets.". Then it was "Hey mom, look the ferris wheel has buckets, can we go on it please, please, please!". So you could only imagine how Kristie made her day! Especially come to find out that Kristie doesn't like heights - so she really took one for the team, team Dylan that is. Thanks Kristie!!!!

View from the water taxi.

At the top of the ferris wheel.  They even got a few extra go arounds!

A Visit To Santa

Our good friend, Kristie's office was having a Christmas party and rumor had it that Santa was going to attend. "Oh boy, Kristie knows Santa" was the talk of our house for a few days and Kristie was a ROCKSTAR! So the day came and we grabbed Kristie and headed over to Bellevue. Every one was so nice and sweet and we sure had a great time. Here's Dylan meeting Olivia. I can just hear her now "Hi Olivia, I'm Dylan Clark. I like your dress."


"Hey Mom, look!".

After a few snacks and Christmas cookies - which reminds me of one of many funny stories from the day. When Dylan walked in she headed straight for the snack table and helped herself to a chocolate cookie with green frosting. She ate most of the cookie and then walked away distracted. A little while later Dylan came back over to the spot and saw a man eating the same kind of cookie and says "mom, oh no, that man is eating my cookie!". I thought the man was going to shoot cookie out of his nose he was laughing so hard. Thank god, no CPR was preformed.

Then came the big moment when Santa arrived! Let's just say up to this point Dylan was quite talkative about Santa and the two of them meeting. Upon his arrival she got a bit quiet and I thought "Uttoh". Santa soon settled into a cushy red chair and called all the kids over (about 25) to come sit around him and his little elf. He then called the first name to come get their present. After the second name was called, Dylan stands up (mind you I'm across the room) and says with her hands on her hips and then up in the air in a questionable position - "Hey Santa, I'm thinking you have a soccer team.". "Do you have a dog? I'm thinking you have 9 of them.". Oh man, classic Dylan, not a dry eye in the house. Then she sits down for a few minutes before standing up again and says "Hey Santa, where are your reindeer?".

Then the big moment - "Dylan" Santa says. She jumps up and runs right up and hops on Santas lap. Santa had done his homework and knew about Dylan's bike race so they talked a little about that. Then Santa asked what she's been into and her response "my little people" - Santa hadn't a clue that she was talking about her Fisher Price Little People so he said "You have your people and I have mine".


She got a little shy at the end but all in all it went well.

Then the next little boy who got called up didn't do so good, so Dylan jumped up for a little moral support.

Towards the end apparently Dylan was still full of questions as she jumped up and said "Hey Santa what are your reindeer's names?". She was now testing him - luckily he named them all. Her response "My dog is named Maggie.".

At the end all the kids opened their presents together - I can't believe Santa got 25 kids to all wait patiently to open their presents but he did. Dylan got a cute little alphabet machine which she thinks is so cool.



Thanks so much Kristie, what a fun time. And yes, Dylan still thinks you are a rockstar - we all do actually!

18 Month Check Up

Our little one is officially a year and a half! Holy cow! and so much fun I might add. Dylan has quite the outgoing personality I'd say. She loves to yell hello and goodbye to people she meets (everywhere and anywhere), she's talking & babbling up a storm (I think we might have a little chatty Cathy on our hands), she loves a good adventure, babies, animals, cooking, gardening, water of any kind, food, her dad, her 'puppy' Maggie, books, dancing, tea parties, and coloring.

At her doctor's appointment she weighted in at 27 lbs 6.5 oz (86% percentile), height is 34" (97% percentile), and her head measured 48.1 cm (88% percentile - guess she takes after her dad in this arena). As far as everything else she's right on or ahead of the curve.

Here's a cute little photo from our babysitter Kristie. Looks like they were having fun!