Cute Picture

Here's a cute picture of Arlie and Andi playing together in a box fort Andrew made for them. In sort of matching outfits. Same pattern, different cuts at least.

I need to catch up on photos but I have June off so you should definitely be looking forward to more frequent updates.

Speaking of, Andi took her first steps unassisted last night. I happened to be home sick and it's really exciting it happened when we were all together. She was after a errant Cheerio. Today Andrew said she was just a little walking fool!

Awards

I received a nice award from the Washington State Patrol, "District 1 Communications Officer of the Year". Since Chief Batiste works out of District 1 it was a pleasure to get the award from him, he's a pretty amazing leader of our organization and I enjoy working with him.

He was also gracious enough to stay after the ceremony and let us award recipients get some family photos.

I also had an official picture taken with Governor Christine Gregoire but didn't get one on my camera. Guess I'll have to wait and see how that turned out (crossing fingers I don't look idiotic). I had straightened the heck out of my hair but then it wouldn't stay in a very good bun - we're not allowed to have our hair touch our collar while in uniform. So. . . I'm not thrilled it looks so crazy in these pictures but at least it wasn't touching!

Something Fun

I though I'd add a fun video today as well. Arlie likes playing WII fit - especially the "chicken" game. She's not very good at steering yet but she's definitely got the flapping part down.

Thanks Papa Don!

ETA: Sorry the video isn't currently working it must be Blogger issue since it's working when I go to edit.

Poor Andi

So apparently talking about how busy you've been and that things are returning to normal tempts fate and you end up spending the day in Mary Bridge Children's Hospital emergency room.

Panda Bear has had a low fever for a couple days but yesterday she was too weak to sit up or crawl. In one particular heartbreaking episode while I was getting Miss Monks dressed to leave, Panda Bear collapsed on her belly and could only move her eyes up toward me. When I rushed over to pick her up she was limp as a noodle. Scary.

I managed to drive normally to the ER. (In my job we come across drivers rushing people to the hospital and driving dangerously to do so. Unless you're in a marked emergency vehicle with a trained driver it's incredibly stupid and unfortunately a lot of them get into accidents - which doesn't help their poor passenger out one bit). I felt like throwing up the entire time and I obsessively kept reaching back to touch her.

After a bunch of tests the doctor is pretty sure it's a bad bladder infection. I'm not happy she's in pain but I am happy it's relatively easy to treat. Today she seems in lot better spirits and has more energy already.

Hey. . .

I figured instead of beating myself up over not writing awesome posts every time I'd just give myself permission to sometimes throw a silly picture on here and not agonize about the lack of content. Sometimes a picture is enough, right?

Hey. Uh, Andi?  You've got something on your face. No. The other side.

Andi's MII

Pretty good, right?