Let's have some bread, some banana bread...

We seem to have an abundance of bananas in our freezer lately, so it's been banana bread season!  This was one of two loaves Mama made in late August.  Xander really liked it and so did Mama and Dada (and the Fisks enjoyed the other one).  Later, Mama would go on to make a loaf of banana bread containing one cup of chocolate chips in the batter, and another whole cup sprinkled on top!  Sorry this blog doesn't come with smell and taste-o-vision...

Our Last M's Game of 2012

Early in September Mama and Dada dropped Xander off at Gigi and Pappu's so we could go to a Mariners game.  It was nice to have some time to ourselves.  Just the two of us, and the Mariners... and the Red Sox... and a bunch of other fans...

Here are the highlights according to the Mama...

We had some food, yum!

Hey, look!  It's Frankie G!

Hey, look!  We're cute!

The Mariners suck.

The End.

14 month mini overview

Xander was a handful at 14 months.  He started getting a little "tantrumy"and was still struggling with food.  Luckily the food thing was getting a little better and Xander was trying new things and starting to like meal time a little more... slowly...

Meanwhile, Xander was doing his usual being-super-cute thing... here is some evidence.

Sometimes he doesn't even need toys to entertain himself and be a happy smiling little dude.

And sometimes when we use the flash he doesn't get super squinty.  This one really captures his beautiful eyes!

When Mama and Dada get out a kitty toy on a stick to give the kitties some extra exercise, Xander likes to get in on the action.  Xander has liked this particular toy since Mama was picking it out at the store.  Mama would tickle him with it while he was in the shopping cart and he would laugh so hard!  So now we play that same game with the kitties at home.  This is Xander taking his turn with the toy, getting tickled.  He's so gosh darned cute!

Huskies Home Opener

For our first Husky game of the year, we went ahead and dropped Xander off at Gigi and Pappu's house.  We took the opportunity to get a family shot in our husky gear like we did last year.  Unfortunately the sun was hard on some sensitive eyes, but we managed to get a couple decent shots, like this one.

The Huskies faced San Diego State for their first game at CenturyLink Field this season.  Husky Stadium is being renovated so all home games are at the Clink this year.  We schooled SDS for a final score of 21-12.   Always fun to watch a win :)

Dada's 31st Birthday

Dada celebrated his 31st birthday on August 13th.  He took the day off for an extended weekend - which was probably the best part of his low key celebration, not having to go to work!  Over the weekend we had gone to dinner to celebrate on one day and the other day we went to the Brown Bag Cafe in Kirkland for brunch.  We've wanted to try this place out for quite some time and finally made it a priority.  Highly recommended, btw.

Xander had gotten Dada a card and a couple small presents.  

Basically a toy that they could play with together (3 and up for Dada and with supervision for Xander) and some candy.  Mama isn't supposed to get candy for Dada, but Xander wanted him to have his favorites!

After opening presents from Xander and Mama, Dada couldn't help but notice that Muters was playing in the bag of recyclable wrapping and boxes... she's so dang cute!

Overall Dada had a nice birthday and enjoyed some special meals, opening his gifts and taking the big day off.  He got some awesome T shirts and a watch out of the deal - not too shabby.  Mama and Xander are pretty sure Dada likes the watch because he wears it all the time :)  Happy Birthday, Dada!

Muters, you're so silly!

Muters just likes to hang around the house, she's pretty lazy and never does the ironing.  But while we were having sunny days, she would camp out near a pane of glass.  Here she is sunbathing in her own special way.  Sometimes she strikes a version of this pose that we call the "sea otter" - but this version is pretty cute too.

Mariners with the Fisks

Our dear friend Julie won box seats at the Mariners game thru a contest and when she invited us to go with her, we were excited.  Xander and Anthony had only been to 1 game this year (Opening Day).  Xander got decked out in his Ichiro M's shirt and had fun sitting in his own chair (our neighbors had left, so there was an extra chair for Xander to play in).  He looks pretty cute, wouldn't you say?

He played on the seat a bunch and looked below the chair many times to see what he could see.  We didn't let him down on the ground too much because he was going to want to crawl around in all the trash our neighbors had left around.

Amy and Xander early in the game.  Check out Amy's retro M's jacket.  Matching retro t-shirt is underneath as well.  

The game was slow at first until the 6th inning when some runs were scored.  Xander started to get pretty tired and fussy in the 8th inning.  Once he got on his Dad's shoulder, he was out.  He missed the M's getting out of a jam in the top of the 9th and didn't wake up when the M's loaded the bases in the bottom of the 9th and won with a walk off sacrifice fly by John Jaso.  On the stadium TV's we saw Marcus Thames giving John Jason a shaving cream pie to the face, which was pretty funny!  Xander slept through all the excitement and crazy loud roar of the crowd - a real trooper all around.