Tanner J Kempton

In case you missed the memo, Ellisha has been pregnant the past 9 months or so.  As of February 19, at 10:08 am, pregnancy officially ended (for now:).  The result?  One cute little boy.  We named him Tanner because that was the only name that we liked, "J" because that's Jake's Dad's middle name.  No, it doesn't stand for anything. No, there is no period.  It's just "J".  Turns out that was also Jake's gpa & great-gpa's middle name too, though we didn't find that out until afterwards.

Anyways, here are the first 3 weeks (almost) of his life.

SNOW!!

So for the past week we've been hearing about a supposed 'snowpocalypse' that was supposed to hit this weekend.  I had my doubts when I woke up this morning and it was raining, but the weatherman came through for us!  It started to snow/sleet when we went into church, and by the time we left to go home there was 2-3 inches on the ground.  Seeing as how hilly streets outnumber snowplows by 5-1, it made for a very interesting drive home.  Yes, we did crash, but only into the curb while coming down a really steep hill.  Only damage was to my pride.  Enough talking, time for pictures.

 This is my wife. She is hot.

 The view from our balcony

 Ellisha's new snow boots.  Teddy (my parents dog) chewed through her last pair.

 Helping Ellisha sit down to make a snow angel

My snow-dragon.  I kinda lost interest by the time i got to the head...just pretend.

 Two very pregnant women.  Yes, we built a pregnant snowwoman.

Ellisha started swapping pregnant stories with the snowwoman

 

An angel that hasn't quite learned how to fly yet

A Charlie Brown Halloween

We went to a friends house the week before Halloween and carved pumpkins with them.  Jake carved a masterpiece of "Trogdor the Burninator", and I carved an easy, classic pumpkin face.  You can tell who is the more creative one. 

 

Close up of Trogdor

So this is where the Charlie Brown part of Halloween comes in.  We decorated a room for our ward trick-or-treat, and dressed up to go along with the theme.  It's the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

Jake even made me a house...

On Halloween, Starlie and Nate came so Nate could visit elementary schools in this area.  It was so fun to go trick-or-treating with Tye and Emma!  Can't wait till we have kids to take.  They stayed with us that whole week; we sure had a good time!

Fun in Seattle

Just a few pictures of what we've been up to lately.  We love living here, in West Seattle, mostly because it's the least city-ish part of Seattle that you can live.  We love the Alki trail and beach (that's where I go walking every morning), and the other beautiful parks in West Seattle. 

We have not been biking as much as we would like, but seeing that the watermellon in front of me is growing, it's a little more comfortable to walk.   We do love biking along this trail though.  And we are so happy that we live so close!

You can even see my little bump.  This biking day was in September, so I'm a little bigger now.

Last Saturday we went on a date and took the water taxi from Alki/West Seattle to downtown.  It was very fun, and a beautiful night to be on the boat and walking around Seattle.

View from the water taxi on our way back to Alki

You are probably thinking that this is a really random picture to have up.  Well, I know, but it was a funny story.  So we were at REI, just for fun, and stopped to try out these cool backpacking chairs.  If you look at the picture, you'll see that there are only two legs, so you need to use your own legs to balance.  They really are easy to sit in, but my first attempt did not prove so.  I can't really squat down fast right now without losing my balance, so I took it easy trying to sit down.  Before I knew it, the chair had slipped out from under me and I was on the ground with a husband laughing his head off.  I guess I must have looked pretty stupid.  I decided that low chairs, especially ones that you have to balance in, are not made for pregnant people.

A pretty morning while I was walking.