The Many Expressions of Tristan

I just discovered my toes!

Jason took me to the Hungry Belly for dinner on Monday. Tristan found the ceiling fan, so he was entertained the whole time we were there!

Mother's Day

Our first Mother's Day! This is Ivonna and Emily Long. She is a month older than Tristan.

Tristan and Emily. Notice how he has his hand on her back! :)

A day in the life...

Daddy told me if I put my fingers in my mouth like this...and blow really hard, I can whistle!

I take my binky out of my mouth and hold onto it so I can put my fingers in.

My first day of convention preps!

I love bath time!!

Updates

I'm sorry that I have not updated in awhile. Jason, Tristan, and I have spent the past week moving into a new house. We are only about a mile from our last rental, but we have a little more space. Jason and I have been spending our spare time cleaning, unpacking, repacking, etc. Preps started on Saturday here, so we helped get ready for convention, too. I have lots of pictures that I would like to put up once our computer is up and running again. Tristan rolled over yesterday for the first time! He was at Carolyn's for the day, and he went from his tummy to his back! Jason and I spent a good portion of the evening trying to get him to show us his new trick, but he just smiled and cooed at us. Last night he also grabbed his toes for the first time. What an interesting discovery! He is lifting himself up quite a bit when he is on his tummy. He just looks around studying everything he sees.

I have made the decision to stay at home with Tristan instead of going back to work in the fall. I am very excited about this decision. We have been debating whether or not we can pull it off, but we are going to go for it. I had two interviews lined up for fall teaching jobs, and I canceled both of them. I hope that I didn't burn any bridges for the future, but the opportunity to stay home with Tristan can't be passed up. So, now I only have 19 more days for a loooong time!

Jason and his brother Shawn have been framing the spec house. They have all the walls framed in now. Today they were going to start on the roof. (I think that is the next step.) Everything is going well for us here in Chelan. We are looking forward to heading to Minnesota the end of June for Kale's wedding!! Take care, and look for pictures soon!

John Deere

Tristan's John Deere outfit from his Great-Aunt Laurie.

Watch Tristan giggle!

Drool King

Beautiful Sunday Afternoon

We spent Sunday afternoon with Paul and Patty Doede. Tristan loves to hang out with his "Grandpa and Grandma". :)

4 Months!!

Tristan enjoys the exersaucer that he got from Carolyn Anderson. It is perfect for him at this age! It has been just in the past week that he started holding onto toys and bringing them to his mouth. Now he needs to be entertained with toys...great... :)

Tristan at 4 months

Randy and Amy Anderson passed their crib on to Tristan, because their kids are too big for it. We really appreciate it! Tristan is still living in the closet, but now he has a nice big bed to hang out in!

Where's Tristan?

Tristan

Tristan wants to look just like his Daddy!

Here's the cute outfit you gave him, Jess!

House

The house hasn't been worked on very much at all the past two weeks. Jason and Shawn have been doing a job developing roads for a new development that is going in. They have the contract to do all of the dirt work for the roads and preparing the lots. The basement of the spec house is pretty much framed in.

April Pictures

Tristan holding the Easter Egg he found!

"My Grandma loves to spend quality time with me changing my diaper. I have her well-trained!" :)

Wisconsin Pictures

We went to see some condos downtown that Dad sold the wood for. Here is Jason and Tristan checking it out.

Then we went to see Garrett at work. They are working on some condos downtown. TKL construction is my cousin Travis's business. Garrett works for him as a framer. Andrew Fonder is in the background.

Tristan on the Sky Track. He is wearing his baseball uniform, because it was the Brewer's opening day.

Mom and Tristan are very tired after a long day!!

More Pictures

Estee with Tristan

Echo has had 25 of her own babies, but she doesn't know what to do with Tristan.

Mom and her grandson.

Tristan and his relatives.

Cammy wasn't going to be able to make it. She called Saturday morning to see what we were doing and tell us that she wished that she were there. All of a sudden she walked in the door! What a great surprise!!! You can tell by Tristan's expression that he was surprised too!

Andrea with Tristan.

4 Generations!!

Estee and I.

More Trip

Tristan standing against the wall.

Woah! Not anymore!

Garrett in his house with the nice floors he just sanded and refinished. They were hiding under a layer of carpet! Who would put carpet over beautiful wood floor like this!

Kale meets Tristan.

Kale eats Tristan!!

Watch this video of Kale making Tristan laugh.