One of the toughest things to do is get out and about with a baby, but we've been fortunate to have visiting family to help us take us around.

Dinner with friends: Wentina & Nick (3 photos) We ate yummy Szechuan food at a place we'd enjoyed before with a previous c.group...[more]

Dinner with friends: Sandra & Brian (4 photos) We went out to a local Irish pub, The Celtic Swell, with c.group friends Brian & Sandra...[more]

9/07: Cruising with Q (19 photos) We went on the annual Quest Lake Union cruise when Corin was 15 weeks old...[more]

9/07: Quest summer picnic in the park (16 photos) Quest Church threw one last gathering for the summer. Corin, naturally, was a big hit...[more]

8/07: Picnicking with the midwives (21 photos) Our midwives at Expecting the Best throw a picnic every year for their clients to get together and celebrate...[more]

8/07: A walk through Discovery Park (24 photos) Despite attending church near Discovery Park for several years, we'd never actually taken the time to explore its trails...[more]

8/07: Dinner at Susan & Andrew's (10 photos) Our friends Susan and Andrew invited us over for dinner, and it was great to catch up with them and introduce them to Corin...[more]

7/07: Sailing on Elliott Bay (18 photos) We signed up for a sailing tour of Elliott Bay with Steve's parents; we imagined a somewhat leisurely drift through the water like the sailboats we saw from the cruise ship. Instead it was an America's Cup race...[more]

7/07: Viking Days at the Nordic Heritage Museum (4 photos) We're teaching our child all about marauding on the high seas: The day after Corin was a pirate, he got to be a Viking...[more]

7/07: Lavender Festival (15 photos) On 7/7/07, we packed everyone into the car and took off for Vashon Island, home of the annual Lavender Festival. We drank lavender soda, ate lavender shortbread, harvested lavender, and created lavender wands...[more]

7/07: Seafair Pirates Day (5 photos)

7/07: Pike Place Market (16 photos) We've been to Pike's Place Market enough times that we mostly forgot to take photos of it, but we have about a hundred of Corin looking oh-so-cute as he was extremely happy that day...[more]

6/07: Leavenworth (3 photos)

6/07: Argosy Cruises' Locks Tour (13 photos) The locks tour on Argosy Cruises takes you from Elliott Bay in downtown Seattle, through the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, and into the freshwater of Lake Union. You get a good view of the Seattle skyline, a taste of the commercial fishing district, and then the residential neighborhoods of floating homes...[more]

6/07: Point Robinson Lighthouse (12 photos) Corin's first excursion out of Seattle proper was crossing on a ferry to Vashon Island with the Caldwell parents. We have no pictures of the sleepy 2-week-old's face, so this is more a pictorial of our leisurely journey to the Point Robinson Lighthouse...[more]

6/07: Olympic Sculpture Park (17 photos) The Olympic Sculpture Park opened in January this year, and it made for a good first outing with Corin downtown. No tickets to reserve, no schedule to keep, no promptness whatsoever. Just a stroll around the park...[more]

3/05: Anne Lamott (1 photo)

9/04: Bumbershoot Arts Festival (4 photos)

8/04: Bellevue Botantical Garden (7 photos) The Bellevue Botanical Garden has at least some variety of flower blooming year-round, so even though we went in late August, there was still plenty of beauty...[more]

8/04: Aimee Mann concert (4 photos)

7/04: Shakespeare in the Park (2 photos)

6/04: Museum of Glass (4 photos)

4/04: Queen Mary Tea Room (4 photos)

4/04: Wine at the Shoreline (10 photos)

4/04: Tulip Festival (3 photos)

2/04: Langley Mystery Weekend (7 photos) Despite the horrific annual offing of one of its citizens, Langely is a beautiful town and has great shops...[more]

1/04: Pride and Prejudice (3 photos)

11/03: Seattle Cooks (4 photos)

10/03: Edgar Allan Poe drama (4 photos)

9/03: Puyallup Fair (11 photos) Ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, stuffed animals, and families. It doesn't get much more American than that...[more]

9/03: Northwest Trek (9 photos)

9/03: Bumbershoot Arts Festival (8 photos)

8/03: Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest (3 photos)

7/03: Aimee Mann @ Zoo Tunes (1 photo)

7/03: Shakespeare in the Park (5 photos) Every summer we go see Shakespeare plays put on for free in the local parks...[more]

7/03: Bite of Seattle (2 photos)

4/03: Rock-Bottom Remainders (7 photos)

2/03: Langley Mystery Weekend (7 photos)

1/03: Bainbridge Island (4 photos)

11/02: Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (16 photos) We went to see a play of Little Women in Federal Way, so we took the opportunity to stop at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. It was a foggy weekday, so it was nearly deserted...[more]

10/02: Seattle Art Museum (1 photo)

10/02: Northwest Bookfest (1 photo)

5/02: Woodland Park Zoo (5 photos)

5/02: Museum of Flight (4 photos)

5/02: Pacific Science Center (4 photos)

5/02: Seattle Aquarium (3 photos) One visit was to the Seattle Aquarium, where we saw the sea otters fed. One in particular kep swimming back and forth, then brushing its fur back, as if wanting us to agree that it was very cute...[more]