life in Seattle

Whitney playing her favorite game, Slap-the-coffee-table

Early morning snuggles in bed

"Look Ma! One hand!"
Daddy had a lot of fun taking pictures of Tucker in this monster outfit. It's too small now, so it won't make it to Halloween. No worries. We have a good surprise up our sleeves for costumes. He loves playing with the plastic kitchen spoons.

Tucker ready to take the dogs out in the morning.

Tucker on his tummy just plain cute.

Both babies playing in their pjs in the morning.

The awesome doorstop. This provides hours of entertainment. See video below for more doorstop fun.


Whitney loves to pull herself to standing at the window and look out. The ledge is a great height to help her pull to stand. She is very impressed with herself.
This file cabinet is also at a great height to practice pulling to stand. And to bang on, both very impressive baby skills.
Whitney taking a break from all of her play. She doesn't have her jeans on anymore because she crawled out of them. Oh well. Resting is very serious business.


This week hasn't been terribly exciting. Probably a good thing the week before we move, to have a calm week. Most of it has been watching the babies really learn to move. Tucker finally has grasped crawling. Rocky was his motivator. Rocky was Tucker's body length away. Apparently it was a distance that wasn't too intimidating. Especially if moving that far would be rewarded by being able to touch Rocky's paws (which he hates, by the way). So that's what Tucker did. He rapidly military crawled to Rocky. Poor Rocky. He didn't know what hit him. Previous to that moment, that baby wasn't a threat. Only Whitney. Now Rocky knows. And much to Rocky's dismay, Whitney also crawls over obstacles, something that Rocky is very good at being. Rocky hates being crawled over.

Some things that makes Whitney laugh or smile is looking at herself in a mirror and digging into Mommy or Daddy's mouth, like she's about to do a root canal on wisdom teeth or something. The hair on their Thing one and Thing two dolls makes her laugh. If we tickle her face with their hair, she will laugh. She loves materials. She hates being on her back for a diaper change, so if I give her something with a material to feel, she will be still long enough to change her diaper. She especially loves the feel of her hair bows and her tights.

Now that Tucker can move himself around, I can get other things done, like dishes and laundry, when they are awake because he can entertain himself better. I love that. Perfect timing that they are mobile, but not very mobile yet where not having baby locks is an issue.

We tried to go to the art museum this week, but went to the library instead because it was closed. Oops! Oh well. I got a great idea from the Taiwan mom about putting the babies back to back in a baby swing that day, so the walk to a closed museum was worth it. Which worked out great because on Thursday afternoon, there was not a cloud in the sky, so we went to the park and I did just that with them. Put them in the swing back to back on the playground. And realized I left the camera at home. We had a great time enjoying the sun. Spending time at the library was also nice because they have a table that is low that has toys attached to it. Whitney learned to stand up and sit back down on that table.

Anyway, we will be moving out of this apartment this week, so I will be doing my last Seattle things while we are still downtown. Enjoy the pics!