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Get Well Soon, Dad/Introducing Dr. Claire

brieanne — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:51:17 +0000

I know, I know, it’s been a while. I’m skipping the excuses and just heading straight into the post.

SO.

My dad had his knee replaced on Thursday (icky), and so the last few days have been spent hanging out with the family and with Dad, taking turns entertaining him at the hospital. I have to say I’m guessing one of the highlights was his visit from Dr. Claire.

(on the left, Claire walking with Uncle B. She had to hold a hand through the parking lot and she chose Uncle B; on the right, poor dad and his plethora of hospital bracelets)

Dr. Claire came in her scrubs with stethoscope around her neck help PopPop get better, administering “medicine” and also giving him a card she had made him. She loved asking PopPop lots of questions, and watching him recline and sit up in the hospital bed.

Aside from hospital time, I got lots of kiddo time but yet again I left my camera, so these iPhone snapshots had to suffice.

Here we have Conor and some rapid bead-flinging action, and Claire coloring with her chalk.

Overall it was a nice weekend with family, just unfortunate circumstances. Get well soon, Dad!

Sunny San Francisco, Part II

brieanne — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:26:00 +0000

Whoopsies, this is a little more belated than I intended it to be; nevertheless, here it is. Part II of our sunny day in San Francisco with the munchkins. Gosh I love these kids…I feel like Colin Firth in his Oscar acceptance speech when I think about them (the part about the stirrings in the upper abdominals and dance moves). Anyhoo…onto the photos!

a taste of kara’s…

the aftermath of kara’s…

yeah. go ahead, just try and tell me those photos didn’t make you happy!

Sunny San Francisco, Part I

brieanne — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:26:02 +0000

On Sunday my sister called to let me know that she and her fam, including her inlaws, were headed to San Francisco on the ferry, and would we be able to join for a few hours? I have been itching to see everyone, so of course I jumped on the opportunity. Brandon and I grabbed some breakfast and then headed to Pier 39 to meet up with the gang. Here is part I of the beautiful sunny afternoon! This post will be mostly Conor photos, and the next one will be more heavily Claire.

Ugh, don’t you want to just pinch those squishy cheeks? Also, notice the pirate ships on his sweater–there’s a skull and crossbones on the back. Christmas gift courtesy of Auntie & Uncle B.

Christmas Day!

brieanne — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:54:38 +0000

A little belated, but here are some photos from Christmas day. I didn’t take too many since I spent most of the day playing “fort” with Claire, which consisted of me laying on my old bedroom floor under a blanket with her.

“Auntie B! Come in the fort with me!”
“Where’s bunny? Need bunny in the fort. And little bunny in the fort. And teddy in the fort. Where’s bunny?”
“It’s dark. I’m afraid. [she flips the lights on and off multiple times] It’s dark in the fort. Where’s bunny?”

When I wasn’t going in and out of the blanket with Claire, I was hanging out with Conor and just all around enjoying being Auntie B.

Anyone else see Claire’s Cindy Lou Who resemblance? And how big is Conor???

Christmas Eve

brieanne — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:16:17 +0000

I’m finally getting around to taking photos off my camera from the end of the year so here’s the first batch–Christmas Eve! Our tradition is to spend Christmas Eve at my Grandma’s house (my Mom’s mom), where we feast, sing, laugh, and celebrate. Here are some photos from the evening…

Unca B helping Claire

Cousin Laura helping with Claire and Aiden

The whole family (well, those who were present)

The cousins eating…

All in all it was a very pleasant evening–it doesn’t get much better than good times with family!

Yosemite!

brieanne — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:31:51 +0000

Phew! It’s been quite a while, and it’s been bothering me that I haven’t had a chance to post. I have been so busy that it took me weeks to download my Thanksgiving pictures compared to what I usually do, which is download them as soon as I get home from a trip or an outing. Chalk + Dot has been going quite well, but it’s also been time consuming, especially with my overwhelming work schedule.

Anyway, enough about that! Time to rewind time back to Thanksgiving. Brandon, my parents and I went to Yosemite for a wintery Thanksgiving escape. We were lucky because there was a snowstorm the few days before we arrived, so there was a thick blanket of fresh snow. It was so absolutely beautiful and serene! As I’ve started writing this, I realize it’s going to be a 2-part post…I have WAY too many pictures to post them all at once!

We arrived Thanksgiving day, and just laid low at the Tenaya Lodge, drinking wine, playing games, and eating.

Friday we got up early, rented some snow shoes, and trekked out to Mariposa Grove to catch a glimpse of some giant sequoia trees. The road was closed out to the grove, so we had to hike in and then snow shoe around once we got there. It was breath-takingly beautiful!

It’s hard to see, but the snow was sparkling like mounds of sugar.

The fresh air, the beautiful scenery…it was the perfect day.

Note the red arrow–that is Brandon standing in front of Grizzly Giant. They aren’t kidding around when they say those trees are giant…

After our invigorating hike we went back to the lodge to clean up, play more games, drink more wine, eat more food, and watch the Oregon Ducks play. That’s all you get for now! More to come on the Yosemite trip…

Little Man + A Little Something

brieanne — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:20:40 +0000

So, for starters, that “exciting side project” that I referred to a couple posts ago (here) is getting launched on Monday, so stay tuned for that! I’ll do a little blurb here directing you to where you can get more information, etc. I’m hoping the side project doesn’t really affect this blog, but the reality is that there will probably be less posts here due to the time spent on the other thing. That said, I am going to do my best not to let Come Blow Bubbles fall by the wayside! I want to continue my “online journal” of life with updates about things like my ridiculous cats.

Alright, enough about that. On to Little Man! I did a couple sneak peek photos last post, but now for the rest (or at least a few more). Baby expressions crack me up…

This one says “I don’t know, why are you asking me?”

this one looks like little man is caroling

Oh the many faces of Little Man! How very cute he is…

Couldn’t Resist

brieanne — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:49:01 +0000

Okay, okay…after talking to a friend about taking pictures of Conor recently, I was too antsy to wait to post at least one…or three. The little man is growing up so fast (can I mention how adorable it is that Claire sometimes calls him ‘Little Man’?) and I realize I’ve barely gotten photos of him, especially when you compare it to the numbers I had taken of Claire in the first 4 months of her life. Anyway, without further ado, the Little Man himself….

Don’t you just want to rub those cheeks and give that little man a squeeze?

Happy Second Birthday, Claire!

brieanne — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:14:35 +0000

Last week was Miss Claire’s big 0-2 celebration! I can’t believe that little smooshie muffin has turned two already! My, how time flies. We celebrated with a party in the park with family and friends, so here are some pictures from the day.

Her friend Decklyn

Cousin Aiden

The Birthday Girl (and who knew bark was SO much fun???)

And of course, Little Man, aka Conor (I know, I’ve been a terrible aunt and haven’t taken many pictures of this cutie fella)

The birthday girl and her schmancy Nemo cake made by Meme

mmmm…cake…meanwhile, Conor takes a moment of contemplation

And a little family portrait of Decklyn and her parents

Overall it was a lovely (if not a little blustery) day! Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Claire.

Happy Birthday, Aiden!

brieanne — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:38:03 +0000

A few weeks ago (the day after we got back from Hawaii), I went out to my hometown to attend my cousin’s 1st birthday party (Aiden is the son of my cousin). It was a pool party, and I was designated pool buddy for Claire–no complaints here, but I didn’t get as many pictures as I would have liked (I also didn’t get any Conor snuggle time). I did, however, get lots of Claire/Auntie B time, so that’s always fun. I can never get enough “I love you Auntie B.”

Anyhoo, here are some snapshots from Aiden’s birthday party!

getting family photos is tough enough, but add infants and toddlers…yeah. good luck.