Cherry Blossoms!

UW campus has the most amazing cherry blossoms. We took a family walk today to check them out.

Aurelia's 2nd Birthday

Aurelia turned 2 on March 3! We had a special family birthday celebration with Elmo cake and presents. Aurelia was a little afraid of her cake as she thought she was actually eating Elmo.
Then on Saturday we had a party at the neighborhood park with her little friends from church. All the children had lots of fun!

Update:February

We took a trip down to San Francisco mid-February to attend Allison's friend Christina's wedding. We made the most of the weekend and were able to spend time with Kyle, Jen and Keira in Mountain View and see Orb's parents for a day in SF. It was a magnificent weekend: beautiful weather, beautiful friends/family and beautiful wedding. We are trying to move down to the Sf/Bay area after Orb finishes his PhD - we'll see. Let the job hunt begin! On the 18th Allison celebrated her 27th birthday with a visit from her parents and amazing Cuban sandwiches at Paseo's. And Allison also finally finished her homage to Monet in-the-style-of Seurat painting that has taken 3 years to complete (30X30 of little Q-tip dots). It was a good month!

Update:January

Finally, we are writing an update...long overdue.

January was a wonderfully busy month for Orb as he was preparing for his General Exam taken Jan 27th - which he passed with flying colors. I started a new and exciting quarter into my Flash Application Development program. And Aurelia discovered the joys of jumping/rolling off the couch into a pile of pillows, dancing to music, wearing training pants, playing dress-up, and splashing in her her mini-tub in the shower.