Summer Love

Momma Post: Ruby's becoming her own little person more and more each day. We're having a wonderful time getting to know her personality and falling more deeply in love with our daughter. Ruby's very inquistive, spends long moments taking in her world and finds joy in interacting with it. We love how she chuckles as friends and family engage in conversations with her. This week she's discovered the following: the fun of pulling grass; had to slowly climb up on mom or dad; spitting out cheerios, bananas and bites of pancake; and that it's more fun to stay up late than go to bed early, like the preferred 8:00pm timeslot.

We had an eventful weekend. If there was a theme it was the continuation of our Portland Parks tour...exploration in Cathedral Park and St. Johns; a New Orleans style concert with the Fitzpatricks, Tiffany and her cutie Tage in Fernhill Park; and Carson's 1st Birthday in Sellwood Park. The picture above of the moms and babies (Mommas' Loves), include from right to left: Ruby and me, Beth and Carson, Kara and Conner, and Marta and Elysa. In the other photo, Ruby is wearing her McMenamins' Ruby Ale t-shirt thanks to Meg Maitland. Plus, a big thanks to Dad and Janet for hanging out with Ruby, while we had a much needed date night. Also, a thank you to Anne and Peter for a lovely World Cup breakfast.