Our little adventurer

Finn has been an absolute joy lately. He is curious, talkative (we get sentences now!), loving and growing so fast. His sense of humor is developing and it is wickedly witty. There is nothing more deeply humorous and thrilling than being outwitted by a toddler who knows he just got the best of you by using his brains. We are going to have fun raising this boy!

Last week, we hired a nanny to help out during the week for the next couple of months until we go to Alaska. Marie is from Peru and is going to speak exclusively Spanish to Finn during her time with him. She recently married and Seattleite and moved here a few months ago so is really excited to explore the city with Finn during the day. She has lots of energy and perfect amount of love and boundaries. She spent Friday with us and Finn adores her. It should be a great fit for all of us.

Nick has been busy with Nick Hall Photography. In between shoots and traveling, he has been building a patio in our backyard and in general doing the labor to make a cottage garden of my dreams. I am really looking forward to this summer and spending time in our newly re-designed oasis in the city (when we get back from Alaska). Our chickens have started laying in full-production and I have vegetable seedlings growing on my window sill. The leaves are erupting on all of our decidious trees, which have been carefully planted to give us privacy in each window from spring until autumn (by the previous owner). Life feels good right now.