News from Chloe, Brendan and... Sky!

Back tracking!

2012-02-03T13:18:00.001-08:00

Check back a few posts for pictures finally posted under "Sky in Hood River" !
Thanks Michel and Christin for the pictures!! and Janis for sending them :-)

Le bain... le film!

2012-01-30T20:25:00.000-08:00

On trempe, et on revise l'anatomie de base, Sky assure comme un fou :)

Soaking and reviewing French basic anatomy, Sky rocks it :)

La brosse a dents dans le bain!

2012-01-30T20:10:00.000-08:00

La grenouille va briller!

Je me suis dit que j'aurais peut-etre un petit peu plus de succes avec le brossage des dents en essayant dans le bain, mais en fait non! :))) Ca le fait toujours autant marrer, et il se brosse toujours aussi peu les dents!

I thought I might have a little more success with brushing Sky's teeth in the bath, but no! He still thinks it is just as funny, and I can't brush his teeth any better! :)

Oh ho ho... Mon premier eskimo!

2012-01-19T21:09:00.000-08:00


"J'en ai deja pique un, et je crois que je vais m'en faire un 2e!	!"

Brendan est rentre ce soir, et pour celebrer, on a fait eskimos en dessert. Un pour Brendan, un pour moi, et je "partage" le mien avec Sky....... Voyez plutot comment bebe partage!! :D

Brendan came home tonight, and to celebrate we had ice cream for dessert. One for Brendan, one for me, and I "share" mine with Sky........ Have a look at how baby shares with me!!! :D

Sky in Hood River

2012-01-13T13:14:00.000-08:00

Finally I am posting some pictures from Hood River! Pictures are mostly from Michel and Christin's friend :) Sky and Claire (and little Matthew!) had lots of fun: the bath, the swimming pool, chirstmas gifts, skiing/sledding, playing the park... you name it!

Happy new year!

2012-01-13T13:08:00.000-08:00

I made some sweet little cards... they are on their way to our house, and then I'll send them out to you guys soon! In the mean while, here are some recent pictures of little Sky! Corine & Olivier were with us a few days at the beginning of January, and then we visited Brendan's family near Hood River in Washington. Sky got to see his cousin Claire, who is 2, and his brand new cousin Matthew, just 7 weeks old! We drove the van to Washington, and stopped on the way in McCall Idaho, to visit our friends Brandi and Jeremy, where we shot their bows, went sledding, and had a great time. If I ever get chased by a bear, I'd better hope I can outrun it, because I sure won't be able to shoot it!!!! Brendan and Jeremy got up early and skinned up the local resort slopes to get a free run before the crowds. They also went for a run up above the lake to catch the view while we checked out the playground by the lake ;) In Washington, we took the little ones to the pool, went sledding, and did a few climbing trips to a sweet little bouldering gym in Portland. We did a late Christmas, new year, all together celebration with Brendan's parents, brother and sister in law, and the kiddos got tons of fun gifts. Sky did really well during the long car drive, we stopped once in a while, in rest areas, and in parking areas, to let him loose a bit. One of our stops had a tractor, a fork lift, abandoned right there, and Sky loved driving it for a bit! Made it all worth the 25 hours of driving!

J'ai commande de belles petites cartes pour la nouvelle annee, mais on les attend au courrier, je vous les envoie des qu'elles arrivent! En attendant, voila quelques photos de Sky! Corine et Olivier etaient avec nous a Boulder quelques jours debut janvier, et apres on est partis dans le Washington, pour rendre visite a la famille de Brendan. Sky a rigole avec ses cousins, Claire qui a deux ans, et le petit Matthew, tout neuf, juste 7 semaines! On est montes avec le van dans le Washington, et on s'est arrete en route dans l'Idaho, chez nos copains Brandi et Jeremy. On a fait du tir a l'arc, de la luge, et les mecs sont montes en haut des pistes de Ski au leve du jour pour une petite descente avant les foules! Brendan est alle courrir avec Jeremy, pendant que Sky Brandi et moi sommes alle au parc pres du lac. Je suis nulle en tir a l'arc, mais j'ai peut etre une chance contre l'ours si je pique un sprint! Ensuite nous voila partis pour Hood River, dans le Washington, on on a fait de la luge, emmene les petits loups a la piscine, et un peu d'escalade en ville en salle a Portland. On a fete Noel, la nouvelle annee, et tout un peu en meme temps, les enfants ont tous ete gate! Sky a ete super mignon pendant les longues heures de voyage en voiture. On s'est arrete de temps en temps dans les aires de repos pour le laisser gambader, et des fois seulement un parking sur le bord de l'autoroute, a defaut d'autre chose! Cela dit, le dernier parking avait un vieux tracteur gare la, et Sky adore conduire les tracteurs ;) Ca valait le coup de faire 25h de voyage ;)

Hut Trip

2011-12-25T11:07:00.000-08:00

Brendan and Synthia

Pots and pans are the best!

Gouter assis sur la passoire

Sky and Eliot, ready to brave the cold on day 2!

We did a 2 day hut trip with Eliot And Synthia to Ken's cabin! The trail was a lot flatter than we were all hoping, so it made for an easier way in, but we didn't get to do much downhill skiing for the way down!! It snowed overnight, so the little potential downhill was killed by the few centimeters of powder. We skinned up, and down :) Eliot and Sky shared Eliot's double chariot, and they looked pretty comfy.... until Sky lost his mind after a few hours of riding.... "Let me ooooooooout!" :D The hut was really cute, and the little wood stove a total hit!

Fishies!!!

2011-12-06T17:01:00.001-08:00

Brendan is working today and even though it is sunny, it is freeeeezing outside, so I took baby to see the fish at the Aquarium in Denver... total success, Sky loved it :) He was just sort of disappointed he couldn't jump in with the fish, but loved everything else. He clapped his mouth all afternoon, imitating the fish, and kept pointing at the fish in the tanks, and running around to see more of them :)

Hueco Trip

2011-12-06T16:38:00.001-08:00

We just spent a week in Hueco Tanks, TX, and my Mom met us just for the week-end. We had some awesome weather, and it just got cold in the end. The van is everything we wanted it to be and more, and is just what we wanted to travel with baby! Brendan's work all paid off, and the van is really nice :) Corine came with us and watched Sky when we climbed, and it was really deluxe to have her to let Sky be, play and nap, while we had the day to play.

Comme les grands

2011-11-19T20:53:00.001-08:00

Comme les grands, Skyouche mange des oeufs brouilles au petit dejeuner quand il fait la grasse matinee, et comme les grands, Sky mets sa frontale quand il fait nuit! Et comme un petit qui s'eclate, il joue dans le sable ;)

Sky et Eliot : on partage le gouter!

2011-11-07T20:57:00.000-08:00

C'est pas Hollywood, et c'est un peu fonce, mais ils sont tres mignons les deux loustiques ensembles!

Sunny winter days at the park!

2011-11-07T12:38:00.000-08:00

Il y a un monstre au bout du tunnel!!!

Seems like Sky could spend his awake existence at the playground :) So we almost do! Here are some pictures from a couple of days ago at Chatauqua, and this morning at Wonderland Lake. The tunnel was a total hit this morning ;)

Snoooooow!

2011-11-02T10:06:00.000-07:00

It snowed a foot of snow overnight... let's go out and play! I was supposed to go to Colorado Springs for a class, which got canceled because of the weather... yay, it feels like a snow day!

Pictures from Petaluma!

2011-11-01T13:11:00.000-07:00

Hehhe, here we go, I got lots of nice pictures from Janis and I had a hard time picking just a few, so here are a bunch! Sky with Janis and Michel, and then with the sheep, chickens, cat, and in the swing, on the climbing wall, in the sandbox... SKY EVERYWHERE with EVERYBODY! Janis had bought a pumpkin to carve, and Brendan carved Pacha in it ;) Sky had some annoying diaper rash, so we let him rock the leg warmers and vest without pants or diaper to go out for a walk, and let him be just naked, like all babies love, when we were home! :D

The boys... and Tom Waits!

2011-10-31T17:05:00.000-07:00

Brendan got Tom Waits' last album, and has been playing it for two days. He went to work with the CDs this morning, and Sky keeps pointing at the stereo looking at me like I don't get it!!! :)))))

Road Trip!!

2011-10-30T17:31:00.000-07:00

We took a couple of weeks and headed out for some climbing in Wyoming and California:

We met up with Brandi and Jeremy in Sinks Canyon, climbed for a week, camped out in the van next to the river, built some campfire and ate some home made Elk jerky from Brandi and Jeremy :) The weather during the day was perfect for climbing in short sleeves in the sun, and we woke up one morning to a small layer of slushy snow, to Sky's delight! Brandi and Jeremy were awesome! They watched baby, played with him, belayed us, the whole deal, it was very sweet!

Then we met up with Sean and Dana in Tahoe, climbed some routes here and there to warm up, and headed up to the Star Wall to check out Warp Factor. Brendan got on its extension A steep climb named desire. Sky and Sean did some rock-chalk art, and Sky was pretty psyched about his magnificent piece! Sean was belayer extraordinaire, and belayed us a ton. Dana had some cave exploration party with Sky in the meanwhile ;) We are so lucky to have people like these two around!!

We got the van worked on in Sacramento while we stayed in Tahoe, got it back even better than before, and drove to Petaluma to spent some sweet time with Brendan's family. Sky's mission was to try out the new playground built by Michel! Michel got on a mission with the swing idea: Janis said it started with "let's get a swing", which turned into "let's flatten out the yard to put a couple more things", followed by "we'll have a couple truck loads of dirt and sand put here, and some wood bark too" ... to end up in a pretty amazing playground in the yard! Sky got to spend some very special time with Jaja, Michel, the dog, the sheeps, and the chickens!!

We did one more stop before heading home, we stopped by my parents' new house in SF! Right by the beach... very sweet spot, and a cool little house. We spent a day and an evening right on the beach, hung out with my brother and my sister, and it was so nice. Brendan and Arthur went climbing while Sky, Fefe and I walked along Crissy Field, awesome sunny afternoon, then had an awesome pasta dinner with Arthur, Fefe and a couple friends, and headed home the next day. It felt like all our stops could have been at least twice as long, but they were all short and sweet, and to be done again!! Here are some pictures of all of that!! Overall Sky did really well in the long hours of driving in the van, he parties out in his car seat, and thinks the van is pretty cool :) xoxoxo

~~~ I just realized I have no pictures of Petaluma or San francisco, I guess the camera got packed, and didn't make it out :(I know Michel and Janis have some good ones of baby Sky in the swing and with the chickens, so hang tight, I will get some from Janis! :))))

Petit panda deviendra grand!

2011-10-13T13:39:00.000-07:00

Sky ce matin... en pleine forme. Au p'tit dej, pancakes et banane! Sky dit que ca lui plait :)

First trip with the van!!

2011-10-11T22:06:00.000-07:00

We road tested the van with a sweet little 2 day road trip ... and it was a total success! We went to Rifle for the week-end with Corine. Brendan did an amazing job with the van, and EVERYTHING worked!! The shower, the heater, the rain tarp, we tried it all, and it's all working as he was hoping it would :))) Brendan made a little to do list of things to get fixed before our next road trip, but pretty much the van is ready for action! Sky had a blast playing with Miko, throwing his ball, walking in leaves, throwing and eating dirt, and best of all... driving the van ;)

En velo avec Eliot :)

2011-10-02T22:27:00.000-07:00

Biking buddies...
Yes! They finally let us loose!

"Hey you!"

Eating cheese on the go!

We went for a bike ride with Eliot, Synthia, Tom, and Tom's dad Jean! We rode around Boulder on the never ending bike paths.... Babies in trailers, grown ups biking! And we stopped to feed the critters :)

Banane-framboises au p'tit dej

2011-10-02T22:21:00.001-07:00

Walking, here I come!

2011-09-25T11:40:00.000-07:00

Real men take care of business first thing
in the morning... Before putting a diaper on!

Sky, this morning, got up, escaped naked, made a phone call, and started walking :D He has been taking a few steps on his own this last couple of days... and I finally caught him standing up with the camera!

Quick Sacramento-San Francisco trip!

2011-09-25T11:36:00.000-07:00

The van finally got its engine swapped! It was 2 weeks later than we thought, so we only had a few days to go get it instead of the planned 10 days :( So we flew to go pick it up in Sacramento. We met up with Michel and Janis in Sacramento, and spent the night at Jimmy and Bobbie's, Brendan's aunt and uncle, after going out for dinner with Brendan's grandma, and Bobbie's dad :) The next day my Mom met us in Sacramento with my brother. I drove to SF with baby, while Brendan drove the van back to Boulder... I saw my family in SF, and then flew back home with baby. We did have time to check out the ocean, the waves and the sand, and Sky thought it was pretty freakin' sweet!

Rocking the sunglasses!

2011-09-13T22:25:00.000-07:00

"My gifts were cool, but can I get your glasses too?"

Loving the sunglasses... :)

Hugging and feeding the racoon...

2011-09-13T09:07:00.000-07:00

Au Parc avec la voiture de Synthia

2011-09-13T09:02:00.001-07:00

Un an!!

2011-09-12T21:38:00.000-07:00

Happy Happy Happy Birthday to our little guy!!!

Et voila! Ce week-end c'etait l'anniversaire de Sky... 1 an! On est alles faire griller des saucisses, et se balader avec toute la bande :) On a chante Joyeux Anniversaire a Sky toute la journee, et il a eu plein de beaux cadeaux... Il a souffle sa bougie sur les genoux de son pere :) Je ne mets que quelques photos pour l'instant, je vais regrouper toutes les photos de tout le monde, et mettre les belles sur le blog... Bon anniversaire Skyouche!

Bouldering in Estes

2011-09-09T00:17:00.000-07:00

Last week-end we went bouldering in Estes with Chad & Melissa, and their little one, Camden. We got mislead by the 80 year old ranger, got some sweet hiking in with little ones in the saddle while desperately hoping to see the boulder jump in sight, and finally found some rock to get on! Finding the rock never seems as easy as the book says :) Once there, the big people climbed, and the little people had a party on the pads! Not sure which ones had the most fun ;)

Baby sitting and getting things done!

2011-09-09T00:07:00.000-07:00

Brendan decided to get some work done on the closet while I slept after working the night before: Sky seems psyched to help out!

Premiere carte d'anniversaire!!

2011-09-07T21:46:00.000-07:00

Sky a recu au courrier sa premiere carte d'anniversaire... et ca va etre dur de suivre la marche ouverte par Mamou... une carte puzzle! Sky etait tres concentre, et tres fier de lui aussi, il s'aplaudissait a chaque piece qu'il separait du puzzle :) Il en a goute quelques unes, juste pour etre sur que ca n'etait pas un cadeau comestible... on ne sait jamais.

Sky got his first birthday card in the mail from his great grandma: a puzzle card... so much fun :) He was really concentrated and proud of himself for separating the little pieces. He couldn't resist tasting a few... just to make sure it wasn't an edible card!

Mmmmm, yabon le melon!

2011-09-01T23:54:00.000-07:00

Il en a mis partout le petit cake, mais il a bien rigole... et il a mange du melon! Il n'a pas eu que les epluchures... comme les photos le feraient croire ;)

Water fun on Pearl Street

2011-08-27T14:45:00.000-07:00

Lots of kiddos, and lots of water... what else do you need to have fun?

A table comme un grand!

2011-08-20T22:31:00.001-07:00

Almost one, and sitting at the table! Having some Babybel for snack :)

Presqu'un an, et assis a table! Le babybel pour le gouter, c'est la base :)

Le parc avec Corine

2011-08-20T22:30:00.001-07:00

At the park with my MoM, Sky reaaallly wants to eat the rocks, and seems to enjoy the swing ;)

Au parc avec Corine, Sky aimerait vraiment manger les petits cailloux, et aime beaucoup la balancoire !

Climbing in Rifle in August

2011-08-20T22:28:00.001-07:00

We went to Rifle for 3 days with my Mom, and we did it again, because it is so nice for everybody, we split in two teams: Sky and my Mom go climbing some hard routes, while Brendan and I chill in the flip pac and play in the river all day.... Nope, no typo :) Sky ate a bagel for breakfast, and took a pretty chilly bath in the river water in his bathtub! I thought he would get chilly and took him out early, and he screamed to go back in, so back in he went!! Then cuddled in his rocking tie-dye PJs, and went to sleep in his mini sleeping bag between Brendan and me :) My Mom and I rode in the back seat of the pick up for the drive, and we can't wait to upgrade to the van!!!

La fougasse et le train

2011-08-02T11:06:00.000-07:00

Playing @ the park

2011-07-27T21:42:00.001-07:00

We went for a walk with Eliot and Synthia, and stopped by the park afterwards... It is a whole new world now that Sky can stand up! He is super psyched at the playground!

Photo Session @ Yo Mama

2011-07-27T21:39:00.000-07:00

Standing up!

2011-07-26T10:25:00.001-07:00

Sky pulls himself up now... on anything! He isn't walking yet, but it shouldn't be much longer, as he walks so much and so fast with our hands :) Our little man is everywhere, and so happy to finally explore a higher level of shelves ;) He is still taking 2 good naps a day... all that crawling and standing seems to make him tired in the end! He fell asleep in the Chariot a few days ago... after we went food shopping... and beer shopping! He eats just about anything, as long as it is mashed up, and seems to be less picky with foods than Brendan... for now :)

Rifle with an awesome baby-sitter!

2011-07-26T10:14:00.000-07:00

We went to Rifle for a couple of days last week with my Mom: Brendan and I climbed together for two full days, which hasn't happened to us in... 10 months! While Sky and Corine hung out all day next to the river, in the flip pac, strolling up and down the canyon. I think everybody was pretty happy that way!! We went with the flip pac, which is still in business for now, as the van is getting its case taken care of! Brendan is spending every minute of his "free" time (after climbing, work, and cuddling with his little dude) working on the van. The van got a paint job in LineX last week. Brendan installed new bumpers, a rack, took off the old roof rack, changed the skylight, installed the water heater, and took out the old fridge so we can replace it with ours. It is looking better and better every day, and we are super psyched to start using it! It still needs a new engine, and Brendan will finish up the electrical soon too.

Faire les poussieres!

2011-07-14T21:11:00.000-07:00

Sky aime beaucoup le plumeau!

Our new ride!

2011-07-14T16:01:00.000-07:00

We decided to get an upgrade! The flip pac is still an awesome road trip vehicle, but we are going to try out our new van, which will hopefully be all set and ready to road trip this fall :) In the meanwhile Brendan has installed a hand-weaved net for Sky in the flip pac. We just spent a few days in Rifle last week. We got rained on a fair amount, but still got some great climbing in, both of us. We just bought a 1986 VW van, which Brendan went to go get in Las Vegas! He flew down, and drove the newly purchased van to Colorado! Brendan has since been working a bunch on it, despite very little free time... and made a list of thing he is planing on getting done for our sweet ride :) The plan is to swap the engine (so that we can actually register it in Colorado!) and make it as good as the flip pac: hot water, heater, baby and passenger friendly for long driving hours, etc. Have a look!

Pour faire le clown... il y a du monde!

2011-07-09T21:39:00.000-07:00

Sky is becoming a really funny little dude, laughing, making faces, and loving life! We went to a birthday party this afternoon, and Sky came back with a sweet yellow helium balloon... :D The new coolest thing though, after the balloon, is to stand up in his crib!

Sky est de plus en plus comique, il fait le cake, fait des grimaces, et rigole tout le temps! On est alles aux deux ans d'une petite copine cette aprem, et Sky est revenu avec un beau ballon... La derniere de Sky cependant, apres avoir rigole avec le ballon, c'est de se mettre debout dans son lit!

A quatre pattes!!!

2011-07-04T17:58:00.000-07:00

Pool in the yard

2011-06-29T15:46:00.000-07:00

Home sweet home! Summer in Boulder is sooo nice. Brendan is at work, and I am home with our little guy. It is super hot, so I got a little inflatable piece of crap pool to dunk Sky, and he loves it! I put the pool, just outside our deck, in the grass, and it was pretty sweet!

Denver Botanical Gardens

2011-06-28T22:59:00.000-07:00

We went to see the plants with Audrey in Denver! and tonight Sky was tired...

Brandi and Jeremy!!

2011-06-28T22:54:00.000-07:00

Yay!! Brandi and Jeremy made it to Colorado from Idaho... and got Sky a pretty cool onesie... which says "I only tie my shoes to climb 5.13"!!!!!

EURO TRIP 2011!!!

2011-06-28T22:17:00.000-07:00

We just got back from a 6 week trip to Greece and France. We started in Greece, climbed in Kalymnos for 3 weeks, then flew to France. Greece was amazing, we had some really nice days just the three of us, and met a Canadian couple with kids, with who we split climbing days: the dads in the morning, and the moms in the afternoon! We have to go back with a sailboat ;) The climbing is amazing, tuffas, tuffas and more tuffas, and the island is small and sweet, with perfect beaches for Sky :). We flew to paris, visited my grandma, then drove to Gap, and climbed in ceuse, then on to Valence to visit some friends, the Montpellier to see my friend Lucie and her 1 yo JUSTIN, with whom Sky partied! Then we swang by Brendan's aunt's house in Montalivet, near Bordeaux, and swang by Soulac for more family action... Then up to nantes to pick up my brother, and to Vannes to see my grand-parents. The finally headed back to Paris to fly back to Boulder!! Sky is just the baby we wanted: perfect little traveler, super happy all the time, and so fun to be with!! I split the pictures in different posts, by city! ENJOY!! xoxo -Chloe

Montalivet (Bordeaux)

2011-06-28T22:11:00.001-07:00

We drove to Bordeaux from Valence, to visit Chantal, Brendan's aunt. We also saw Lionel and Alexandra, Brendan's cousins. Lionel's kiddo, Ethan, showed us how he rocks the bike, and we ad lunch at Lionel's on the port in Soulac. We ran on the beach, and let Sky have it in the sand, the weather was perfect for the beach!

Ceuse (Gap)

2011-06-28T21:50:00.000-07:00

This was our French climbing destination. We rented a room in a Gite, La grange aux loups, and spent a week climbing in this awesome place. We met up with Ethan, a friend from the States, and hiked up with baby about an hour uphill every climbing day, but it was absolutely worth the sweat! The weather turned to rain the last few days, so we will have to go back :)) Brendan and Ethan retrieved gear in the rain, but the two seemed to actually have enjoyed the wet rodeo session!!

Valence

2011-06-28T21:42:00.000-07:00

We went to Valence to visit some friends, Corinne et Duduche. We went to see the work of a crazy french postman, who spent 33 years building a trippy palace, by hand: son palais ideal. We ate awesome food, ran along the Rhone and in the forest, and even barbecued thanks to Duduche, despite the crappy weather! Sky gave Corinne & Duduche a sneak peak at being grand-parents, and tested out the sweet baby bed they kept from when their boys were little... good old little bed!

Vannes

2011-06-28T21:31:00.000-07:00

We swang by Vannes, to see my grand-parents, Papou & Mamou, and picked up my brother on our way to Brittany. We ate crepes and apple cider in Nantes, and visited Arthur's sweet little art expo in a bookstore. We then headed over to Vannes for a couple of days. Sky met more family, spent some sweet time with his uncle, and celebrated his 9 months birthday with a gift from his great-grandma! We also all went and had a nice lunch "Chez Edgar" :)

Ozoir (Paris)

2011-06-28T21:26:00.000-07:00

We visited my grandma close to Paris. Sky instantly loved the pond in the yard... he would gladly have dunked in! He played with Minnie, and whatever they were doing, they were psyched, I think Sky was playing with a fancy French contraption to separate the egg yolk from the white... but he didn't care it ws just fun to shake it around! He also rode the laundry basket, among other fun things! We also did a lunch with Gwen, my cousin, and my uncle.

Sky in Greece

2011-05-22T06:18:00.000-07:00

We just spent 3 awesome weeks climbing in Kalymnos!!!
Here are a few photos... more stories and pictures when we get home :)
xoxo

Mom in town :)

2011-04-21T19:53:00.000-07:00

My mom came to town for few days and we had a good time hiking around (despite less than perfect weather) and playing with baby :)
This coming Tuesday (April 26th) we leave for a 6+ week trip to Greece and France for some climbing and fun! Updates with pics may be delayed until our return...we'll see :)
-Brendan

7 months!!

2011-04-16T21:15:00.000-07:00

Our little dude is now 7 months... and getting cuter and cuter every day......!

Hawaii

2011-04-16T10:05:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome trip... We stayed on the boat with my parents for a short week... and it felt sooooo short! Too short! But we had a super sweet time there :) We hung out on the beach, went surfing, went running, and even found some climbing! Yup. My Mom was the best... she hiked with us to the crag, and babysat while we climbed, really, it doesn't get any better than that! We could see a bunch of whales from the top of the crag, it was sooo sweet. We hiked around with my parents, saw some crazy plants, which sky just loved, had some sweet little picnics, and got back to the boat every night. Sky had his own little travel tub, and spent some quality time with both his grand-parents and my sister!! Fefe met us for the last couple days in Honolulu, and stayed after we left. Baby had a really good time in the sand, but wasn't so psyched about the waves... they are big and scary in Hawaii... :)

La baignoire de voyage...

2011-03-25T19:08:00.000-07:00

Pendant qu'on fait nos sacs... Sky joue dans la baignoire gonflable de voyage... a sec, dans le salon!!

While we pack our bags... Sky plays in his inflatable travel bath tub... dry, in the living room!

Eating fun!

2011-03-23T21:48:00.000-07:00

La Boite a Vache

2011-03-21T21:40:00.000-07:00

MERCI SYLVETTE!!

Climbing in Clear Creek

2011-03-21T21:34:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of our day on Saturday: we went climbing in Clear Creek, half an hour from home :) Sky was chilling out and napping in his Peapod while we climbed routes. It was a first to be out climbing routes with our little guy... we've only bouldered with him outside. He did awesome, took a huge nap, watch us climb, and had some banana!

Voila des photos de Samedi: on est alles grimper a Clear Creek, a une demie heure de la maison :) Sky etait penard dans sa petite tente pendant qu'on grimpait. C';etait la premiere fois qu'on faisait des voies avec lui,m jusque la on avait fait que du bloc avec bebe... Il a ete sage comme une image, a fait une super sieste, nous a regarde grimper, et a mange de la banane!

Assis tout seul...

2011-03-18T22:07:00.001-07:00

Sitting up on his own, and loving it!

Le Parc... encore!

2011-03-17T17:57:00.000-07:00

Les memes, en pleine action :-D

Le Parc

2011-03-17T17:06:00.000-07:00

La balancoire et le petit cheval... Trop bien le parc!

Six Months!

2011-03-11T21:30:00.000-08:00

Sky just had his first half birthday! It is so cool... Here are some recent pix of the little man.

Sky vient d'avoir 6 mois! C'est trop cool... Voila quelques photos recentes du petit bout.

PS-Yay, my parents are doing well, on the water in Hawaii!! I can't wait to see them...

Who needs toys...?

2011-03-06T19:13:00.000-08:00

All you need is a bag of pasta!

Qui a besoin de jouets...? Tout ce qu'il faut c'est le sac des nouilles!

Tummy time action

2011-03-05T20:41:00.000-08:00

Tummy time is finally fun for more than 30 seconds!

Sky supporte enfin d'etre sur le ventre plus de 30 secondes!

Eating solids!

2011-03-05T20:30:00.000-08:00

We started solid food! Oh my... First some rice, then some squash, yum! He did ok with the spoon, and we were pretty entertained watching him ;)

On a commence a manger autre chose que du lait... On a commence par de la bouillie de riz, et puis de la puree de courge, s'il vous plait! Il s'est pas mal debrouille avec la cuillere, et on a bien rigole ;)

Testing out the high chair...

2011-02-27T21:44:00.000-08:00

Mes pieds... oh mes pieds!!!

2011-02-22T23:22:00.000-08:00

Having fun @ home

2011-02-22T23:15:00.000-08:00

Sky found his second foot last week, and can hang out forever, just rolling around and playing with his feet, I think it is pretty awesome... and totally get the name for the yoga pause called happy baby! We also have been using the backpack a bunch... pretty much every day... and Sky does really well in it, holding his head really well, looking around, and... napping in it ;)

Finally...

2011-02-22T23:08:00.000-08:00

We are still loving Hueco, but it is going to get boring for you guys... It is pretty much more camping with baby, and more climbing with baby! So here are some more pix from our last Hueco trip! Life is so much fun with Sky right now!!!

xoxo

Sky and the flowers

2011-02-16T22:26:00.003-08:00

We had a baby party at our place, and I bought flowers... Sky loves them! I let him have one and tear it to pieces :) and we were nice to the rest of the bouquet.

So cute... just hanging out at home

2011-02-14T09:13:00.000-08:00

Sky's life in pictures: having fun surfing the Boppy while Brendan sweats on the taxes, riding in the backpack on my back, now that he can hold his head, and looking pretty good with the hand-knit cat beanie Minnie made him :)) This baby is so much fun, the three of us are loving life together every day!

Third trip to Hueco

2011-02-14T09:12:00.000-08:00

Post coming soon... :)

Ca rigole

2011-02-03T13:14:00.000-08:00

Sky rigole avec sa girafe...

Hueco #2

2011-01-28T21:42:00.000-08:00

We made it to and back from Hueco a second time... and this time was much sweeter: Brendan didn't have the flu, and baby knew what it was about! Driving to Texas always seems like an adventure into weirdness, until we get to the boulders. Sky slept some, but less than last time, for the drive, and thus slept much better at night there :) He hangs out in the crash pad while we boulder, or walks around with one of us while the other one climbs. We actually met up with Ethan and Mark from SF in Hueco, and they took us along on their climbing tour, so we checked out a different climbing area and it was awesome. In Hueco there are several areas you cannot go to without a guide, Jen took us, not only was she our guide, but she also got her baby fix ;) It was sweet to hang out with these guys, and Ethan sent strong! The flip pac is really nice the way Brendan worked it: Sky took a warm bath in front of the heater his second night and seemed to think it wasn't so bad! We got on a few different problems, but Brendan sent "Loaded with power" (V10), and "The Egg" (V9), and I did "Speed Bump" (V7), so we were both super happy. Sky got to hang out outside, smiled and babbled a bunch, so we think he must be pretty happy too... We're going again in a couple weeks :))))

PS- Et au Texas, tu peux te faire frapper a McDo!! Voir 1ere photo... :D

Le Bain

2011-01-22T18:46:00.000-08:00

Chatauqua Park

2011-01-22T18:35:00.000-08:00

We went for a hike in the snow before I went to work a few days ago. Sky got some new sunglasses... it's pretty bright out for him facing out with the sun reflecting in the snow! I walked with the babe, and Brendan ran... next time we trade :)

Friday morning run

2011-01-14T21:41:00.000-08:00

I thought running was mostly a leg work out, but it turns out running with a stroller on a trail, uphill, in the snow, is a full body work-out! We ran the South end of the Mesa trail this morning.... So much fun to run with the boys!

Baby with a view

2011-01-13T20:07:00.000-08:00

Turned 4 months, holding his head, and started riding facing the front! It makes him so happy :)

First trip to Hueco Tanks, TX

2011-01-13T20:03:00.000-08:00

Sky made it to Texas! We took a short little road trip to Hueco at the beginning of the week. We bouldered some, tested the hot shower (and it's killer!), played with baby, camped with baby, and drove back home :)

Sweet chair!!!

2011-01-05T20:21:00.000-08:00

Check this out! Sky is sitting up :-) and is sooooo cute!!

Almost 4 months!

2011-01-04T22:28:00.000-08:00

Sky is now 14 lbs!!! I can hardly believe it! He is trying really hard to sit up now, and starts to grab things... We are going to start going to Hueco this week, we'll have to bundle baby, it's super cold over here.

Tahiti

2010-12-30T09:08:00.001-08:00

Victory! I finally sorted thru the pictures... we have soooo many! We went to Tahiti for 9 days to visit Corine & Olivier on their trip. We flew to Los Angeles, and then Pape'ete. Sky did awesome in the plane. Air Tahiti gave us the front seats with lots of room, and they provided us with a baby bassinet which clips in to the wall... pretty sweet! So Sky pretty much slept the whole time... ouh yeah baby :-) My parents picked us up at the airport, and we spent the first night at the "Yacht Club de Tahiti"! We sailed over to a first close by beach for starters, and then we sailed to Moorea. I hadn't sailed forever, and totally got sea sick! Brendan and my mom took care of Sky, while my dad got us where we wanted to go, and I was puking overboard... in lovely pretty blue waters with palm trees, and coconut trees in the background... he! Sea sickness stops as soon as you stop though, and Moorea was really awesome, so it was all worth the puky times. We hung out on the beach, did some snorkling, and spent time on the boat... It was pretty deluxe, and super cool to see my parents and spend some time with them on their pacific journey! Sky took his first dip (followed by many more!) in the pacific, and thought it was quite alright I think :P We were afraid of the intensity of the sun there, and even super covered, wearing hat and home-made sunglasses by Brendan, Sky got burned around his eyes... guess we didn't put the sunscreen close enough to his eyes, and he got a bit red :((( But he peeled, and all was well after that! My parents's sail boat is neatly rigged up for living on it, even with a baby! Sky spent most his days naked, peed on my mom a bunch, and wore diapers to go do stuff! Here are some pictures!!

Noel!!!

2010-12-25T12:35:00.000-08:00

Fefe est arrivee ce matin, on a fait Noel!!! C'etait le premier Noel de Sky! Fefe lui a offert un super bonnet en panda pour sa collection privee :)

Tahiti!

2010-12-25T12:34:00.000-08:00

I have so many pics, I need to pick a few... Coming soon!

Ca rigole devant la glace!

2010-12-12T18:37:00.000-08:00

Il s'est fendu la poire toute la matinee, c'etait trop mimine, je vous fait la video... devant la glace donc! Par contre les discours c'est pas Hollywood...

Quand il se marre....

2010-12-12T18:35:00.000-08:00

... on voit son double menton!!! Sky a decouvert le miroir recemment, il adore, je ne sais pas de qui il tient ca ;)

Ready to go!!

2010-12-11T21:47:00.000-08:00

We leave for Tahiti on Monday... yahoooo! We are meeting my parents on Monday night at the airport... I can't wait! We each packed our shorts and swim suit, including Sky :) and very little of everything else, except a huge load of cloth diapers for Sky! Sky is going to have to go from super bundled freezing temperatures to naked in warm water, and back again in the cold.. we'll see how he does, I am sure he will do well :) He now sleeps thru the night every single night, we are so lucky to have such an awesome little guy!!! Here are some baby bundled up pictures, and the next ones will be when we get back in 10 days, of baby on the beach!!! xoxo

Tuesday night at home

2010-12-07T20:33:00.000-08:00

This afternoon I went in to work for just a few hours, getting ready for my first night back tomorrow night... mmm, I think I am ready, but I am going to miss the boys! We made some milkshakes tonight, and tried out Brendan's latest little purchase: some glass straws! Sky is so much more interactive now. He smiles at himself in the mirror, looks around, reads books, and is too much fun!

Sky's first flight!

2010-12-05T13:22:00.000-08:00

We flew to San Francisco for a few days, to see my sister and Brendan's family. We flew in to SF, spent a night at Fefe's place and got to see the city again!! Then we went to Petaluma, and stayed at Brendan's parents, where Sky met new family members! Michel and Janis had a full house: Sean and Christin were there with their little one Claire, who just turned 1, and there was also Marta, Brendan's aunt, and Shirley, Brendan's Grandma :)) We just got home last night. Sky did awesome in the plane: our little man slept the whole flight both ways! He ate before and after, and slept on Brendan's chest on the way there, and on mine on the way back... sweeeeet! The real deal however will be next week: we are meeting my parents on their journey, and flying to Tahiti for 1o days!! The 2h flight was the warm up for the 15 h trip coming up ;) xoxox -Chloe

Chilling out with Sky!

2010-11-28T20:18:00.000-08:00

It is chilly here, so we bundle Sky a lot ;) We were hanging out in the kitchen counter together tonight while Brendan took a picture!

Ca caille chez nous, alors on emballe Sky ;) Ce soir on etait pose penards dans la cuisine, et Brendan nous a pris en photo!

Sky and Audrey!!!

2010-11-24T22:04:00.000-08:00

Audrey put together an awesome baby shower for me, and she finally got to meet Sky last week!!! People get us confused at work. She would tell them "Chloe is the one with the big biceps and the big belly"... Sky knows her voice for sure... no doubt he could tell from inside who was a crazy patient and who was Audrey... :)

Sky is growing so fast!!

2010-11-23T20:54:00.000-08:00

Our little guy is looking more and more like a little baby (instead of a newborn!) with his eyes wide open and sweet little faces and smiles, we love him so much!!!! We are still wondering if he is cuter awake or asleep... ;)

Encore des photos de Sky!

2010-11-21T20:57:00.000-08:00

I am a train ticket!!!

2010-11-20T20:57:00.001-08:00

Arthur got us an awesome little onesie: Sky can be a BART ticket :)))))

I can't walk...

2010-11-20T20:54:00.000-08:00

... But I have some sweeeeeet shoes!

Merci Corinne et Duduche ;)

La Banane et Moi

2010-11-13T19:27:00.002-08:00

Petit essai avec une video de Sky... !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBRnaQgFfnE

Babygros en polaire

2010-11-12T11:22:00.000-08:00

Vive le polaire quand il neige dehors!!

Fleece is awesome when it snows outside!

Snooooooooow!

2010-11-11T08:10:00.000-08:00

This morning is the first white morning!!!

Sky still thinks it's ok to get his morning nap in though... :)