The Seattle Aquarium

Thursday, Mom and I took Anali to the Seattle Aquarium. One of her favorite "words" lately is fish, which she says like "sh, sh" as she makes the sign for it. She was beside herself when I let her reach in and pet the starfish and other sea creatures (it's allowed). She wanted to climb in, at one point. Our favorite was the octupus, who would swim right up against our faces and give us quite a view.

Time with Friends

Susan, Jasmine, and Anali at the Carbon River.

Isaac and Natalie DeBoer "cuddling" with Anali.

Running in the sand at Spring Canyon where Brandon's 10th high school reunion was held.

Summer Fun

Swimming at Lake Tapps.

Anali is really taken with her Daddy lately. She rarely cuddles, but when they hug, they hum together in some strange sort of loving dissonance. It's off key, but endearing.

Brandon feeding Anali. After I fed Anali, she fed herself, stole food from her friend Jasmine's breakfast plate, then crawled on Dad's lap for another bite to eat. Her appetite made our loads easier to pack up. Here we are camping on the Carbon River with our friends the Dumontets. Though the tent frightened her at first, she became fascinated by it and spend a good fifteen minutes walking around and bouncing on the Thermarests. First camping trip: successful.