Galen is One!

My little baby is a year old. He can stand, crouch, squat, eat real food, drink from a cup, open screw top lids, hold a ball and beat a drum. He can blow almost well enough to blow bubbles or blow out a candle. He is tender, sweet and charming, and more beautiful than words can express. My sister Elise expressed it pretty well in this photo she took at his birthday celebration at the park on Monday. I love you, my baby Galen!

Good Friends

This is from way back in January, when I had only been back in Oregon for a few months. I worked with these two women at a natural food store, when Elliot was a baby, and they had no children yet. We have been friends for all of these years, and it is rare, but wonderful to get the three of us together at the same time, anymore. Look how many offspring we all have now. These friends, Nikki and Sonja are my friends for life. They qualify as family!