The Green Dress

I love this dress (I think Liz gave it to us actually)! I caught Reina playing with Chris' hat before heading off to the bake sale fundraiser for the soccer trip to Seoul this May. On the way home Reina was quiet in the back drinking from her new water bottle. I was surprised that she drank it all - of course when I went to get her out of her carseat, I discovered that rather than drinking it she had actually dumped it all over herself. She was drenched!

This week was tough (despite being off for spring break). Chris ran a sports camp at Lester (soccer for little kids) and this combined with several soccer games and the bake sale resulted in us being quite busy. I spent the week playing

with Reina and catching up with some friends, so it wasn't a total loss. We're excited about fourth quarter (well, we're excited about it being almost summer!) and for May, when my mom is supposed to come visit.

15 Month Stats

Reina had her next check up with Dr. Krason (same doc who has taken care of her her whole life). Dr. Krason said Reina was doing great. She was 21.5lbs and 29.5" long which are both in the twenty-fifth percentile and she was in the 50th for head circumference. She wasn't worried that Reina wasn't talking since she has about 15 signs and is getting English and Japanese. Reina got two more shots and then will go back for her last two at 18months. I was sad to hear that Dr. Krason will be PCSing, so we'll have to find a new ped.

House - We went by and while they hadn't started digging, there was some large machinery waiting to begin. I think the crane is about the same size as our land!

Summer - We have finally made our summer plans. We will fly to Portland around July 1st, and head up north for the next two weeks. Then we will leave from Seattle to London, see Liz graduate and hang out with the rest of the Eastman's, and then do a bit of traveling in Europe. Then we'll head back to Seattle and down to Roseburg to visit my dad until we head home. I think I'll need a tranquilizer to make it on that many trips with a 1.5 year old...or at least one of us will! We can't wait to see everyone.

Ho Hum...

Reina has finally discovered her taste buds, as she came to her senses about broccoli. This is actually a bad thing, since we can't get her to eat hardly any veggies! Actually she is turning her head at all things that we ask her to try, even though she continues to tell us she is hungry (or signs "eat"). I find it a bit annoying. I thought I had it figured out today at lunch when I sat her in my lap and she spooned her own food in, but then at dinner she would not have anything to do with it. Its strange b/c she eats if she is not in her high chair...pancakes, oranges, raisins - oh raisins. They are her new favorite food. Anyhow.

Reina celebrated Easter this past Friday at daycare. I showed up to find that she was the winner. She some how won a huge easter basket. My first question was, how does a 1 year old win at something? Apparently she happened to find the egg with the right thing inside it!

House news: We met at the land and they had the whole

house mapped out to scale. Then we walked through wall by wall, ensuring that we were happy with where things would end up being and how big they were. Unfortunately the forecasts calls for rain from here on out, so they probably won't start the foundation any time soon.

I've mentioned before that Reina loves shoes. Well, here she is for the first time putting on Chris' shoes. She even walked around. Silly girl...