Let it Snow

We are having so much fun living in Mazama. We have about three feet of snow, and each day we take Ana on some adventure. She loves cruising in her pulk while we ski, or riding in the backpack while mom and dad snowshoe around the valley. This time with her is priceless.

Making everyone laugh

Ana has many tricks now to get us to laugh.
She has such a sweet personality too.

Ambulances

I guess Ana can do everything once, and she cashed in her ticket to go in an ambulance. On December 4th, both Ana and Dustin got sick. They both felt and sounded terrible. On Sunday, I was in tears Ana was just so sick. I stayed up all night making sure she didn't get any worse, and as soon as the sun came up I hauled her into Twisp to see the doctor. We were only there about 10 minutes and the doctor called 911, he was concerned Ana was going to stop breathing.
They gave her two breathing treatments before we got in the ambulance, then we were off to Brewster to the hospital. She continued to get treatments every four hours through the day and night, and the following afternoon they let us go home. It was incredibly scary.
She lost a bit of weight, but her spunky personality snapped back within a week or so. Because she was so sick so close to her first birthday, the doctor recommended we postpone her party until she had built her immune system back up.
I hope we will never have to take another ride in an ambulance.

Growing UP

I feel like our role as parents is beginning to be tested.

Ana is on the move and she also is developing a personality.

She makes things interesting by turning on the charm or throwing down in order to get "her" way.

Pumpkins

To celebrate Ana's first halloween, we decided to take a trip to the pumpkin patch with our cousins. Ana, Lola and Lizzy had fun playing with each other

while the parents had fun posing them with pumpkins.

The Commute

Well, this is a snap shot of our beautiful commute to work (until the snow arrives). We love it. It takes about 3 hours, but we are fortunate that we only need to drive in every couple weeks. Our time in Mazama is so special, it is something we will never forget.

Swinging

Today, we spent the morning in Winthrop and ran a few errands... errands as in taking Ana to the park for her very first ride on the swings. She loved it.

Tomorrow we are heading over the pass to work for a few days, and I heard we might see snow, yikes. Fall is definitely in the air, but I'm not quite ready for snow.