Memorial Day

Today is my day to remember Paige.  I miss her, love her, and can't wait to see her again.

Out on the trail....

Whenever the weather is decent and I get home in a timely fashion, our little family goes for a walk on the trails that surround our house.  Mostly we just go on one trail over and over again but it is a good one.  Esme is just like her mom, she loves the outdoors. She loves exploring and touching and even tasting all that it has to offer.

Technical problems

So I have a great video all ready to go but I am having some technical troubles.  I will try again tomorrow to get it uploaded....sorry!

A little haircut...

So as I continue to figure out how to care for a 1 1/2 year old one of the things I have mentioned in this blog before is Esme's totally awesome/out of control hair.  The past few weeks I had been noticing that it has been looking a little shaggy so I decided it was time for a "real" haircut.  Paige and I went to the same stylist for many years and she graciously offered to give Esme and little trim whenever she needed it.  So we packed up the car and headed in for a trim.  Esme slept most of the way in, the salon is in Seattle, so in this first picture she looks a little groggy.  The haircut experiment was short but at least we got the back of her hair trimmed before she decided that she was through.

 Getting all ready for the haircut

 Jennifer had to move quick because every time she cut Esme's hair, Esme would look around to see what she was doing to her.

 Of course the next morning her hair was back to it's usual awesome self

(note the awesome christmas pj's)

New Eating Arrangements and a Visit to the Office

Now that Esme is becoming a "big girl" she has little interest in me feeding her.  So I got her this kid's table so that she could begin to practice eating at the table.  She loves it and now yells at me if I even try to peel her banana's for her.  At dinner Esme and I eat together at this little table, more to follow on that in a future post.

 I was lucky enough to get a visit at work from Esme, Jane, and my sister Kay.  They stopped in for a bit and then we had lunch together....such a treat!

Spending Some Quality Time with Mother Nature

As summer begin's to peek it's head out from behind the clouds the Cahoon household is spending a lot more time outdoors.  The other day I came home from work to a beautiful, albeit cool afternoon, so Esme, Stanley and I spent a little time enjoying the sunshine...and the leftovers from many, many days of rain.

 Esme and Stanley

 That is Esme in the distance telling me that we are going to wrong way...we normally go up to a little bridge.

Happy Easter!

Growing up my family didn't really celebrate Easter weekend.  We never had Easter baskets or presents to speak of.  We just had ham, scalloped potatoes and warm rolls. I never really thought twice about it until I spent an Easter weekend at my aunt Marty's.  Much to my surprise when I awoke Easter morning there was an Easter basket full of candy.  My cousin Ben got a bigger basket and a big package of markers, funny the things you remember.  I also remember that even though I had never had an Easter basket I was still jealous of the all those markers!  Anyway, the point of this story is to say that it is not hard wired into my head to get Easter baskets or really celebrate Easter in that way but I made an effort to get Esme out and enjoying the festivities.  On Saturday we had fantastic weather, sunny and warm, so Esme and I spent most of the day outside.  Sunday was back to the same old, same old so those pic's are inside.  Enjoy....

Our little Easter Egg Hunt

 Esme didn't really understand what was going on but she loved holding the bucket and mixing it up the other kids

 Esme in her new sunday Easter dress...wondering around the halls during Sacrament Meeting

 My work had a model home furniture sale so I picked up this little kitchen set for Esme and Jane to play with

 This was my main Easter present to Esme.  And it wasn't even meant to be an Easter present per se.  I found this Vespa several months ago but thought that Esme was a. too small to enjoy it at that time and b. I wanted to get some decals to make it extra special.  So I took it over my friend Matt's house and he added the Esme decal's on both sides.  Very cool....

 Needless to say...she loves it!