Hiro and Everett

Josh and Charity were here for Matt's birthday. Everett and Baby True had a good time with each other. Matt took these really good pictures.

Matt's Birthday Party!!!

It was a HUGE success. We had a great time. The rain threatened to ruin the event but held of. I am not sure how many people were there but we ate, danced and listened to the band. Here are some pictures.

Pictures of Daniel's graduation!

We took Baby to the graduation ceremony, he got a little hot because it was a million degree's so we took of his shirt. Super cute!

Friends

Hello dear friends,
Here are some new pictures with Hiro's buddies, Devin and Baby Judah.

Visitor's!

We have had amazing run of visitor's and it has been INCREDIBLE! The Muto's, Alma and Devin, Grandpa, Charis, Uncle Cal and Daniel and the Sawcheko's!!! Jen and ANdrey just left yesterday!!!!We miss them already. Enjoy the pictures.

Devin and Alma visit Baby Tru

Devin and Alma are hanging out with us until Sunday! Devin is 11 days younger than Baby Tru and they are having fun getting to know each other.

POWWOW

Baby Tru went to his first Powwow on Friday and watched Miguel and Noni dance for the first time. Grandma and Grandmpa bought them new outfits and we got them new moccasins at the powwow. It was very moving to see them go out into the circle for the first time. They were a little apprehensive and when the called for the Tiny Tot's special, Abi had to go out with them. They were very pleased when they realized that after the dance they got fruit snacks and two dollars each! :) They were super cute! Check them out.

Cousins UNITE!

We had a fabulous day on Saturday. We drove with Ojichan and Grandma Cathy to Vancouver to visit Josh, Charity and EVERETT! It was so fun to see them all, Everett and Baby Tru are catching up with each other in size but Everett being 5 months older is doing stuff that Baby Tru could only dream of. Here are some pictures! It was baby Tru's first time in the baby swing and he loved it. We can't wait for them to grow up and play together! BTW - Charity can me some amazing cookies.

Auntie Lis

Baby Tru was just lamenting that Auntie Lis hasn't visited in quite a while. He can't wait to see her in June for Auntie Abi's graduation!

rolling=moving

Just a quick post with this picture. Baby Tru is rolling everywhere and is impossible to keep contained. We do put him in the playpen but according to cousin Noni, "Baby Tru doesn't like to be caged." anyways last night he go away from us and tried so hard for about 15 minutes to get into his basket of toy's ect... It was really hilarious.

Pictures of Baby Tru Eating

Crazy, good times

Hey everyone,

We have been crazy busy. Here is a quick rundown.

We closed on our new house on January 25th. As soon as we got the keys we got busy repainting and tearing down wallpaper. We were completely moved in by the 31st. Big thanks to everyone who helped with the move, we couldn't have done it without you.

On February 7th we flew to Oahu and then to the Big Island for my brother Ted's wedding. We had a fabulous time and are so happy to have Jill and Jordyn Meadow as new members of the family. The wedding was incredible and we had a great time dancing and drinking (ED):) jk Another big highlight was seeing Lis and Ed and the Kona Chinen's. Little Hilly was also there newly sprung from NZ and she loved getting to see her new nephew.

We then flew back to Oahu to spend about a week with Mom and Uncle Glen. It was so fun to see the family and for Baby Tru to get to meet everyone.

We were really bad about taking pictures during the trip. Sorry!

Baby Tru has been amazing as usual. He started to roll over (almost 4 months old) on Ted and Jill's wedding day, Fab 10. Now we really have to watch him because he can quickly roll from one side of the room to the other. He landed his face in a heating grate the other day and was not really pleased. At his 4 month appointment he was 16 pounds, matt weighed him yesterday and he was 18 pounds. He laugh's and giggles all the time and is really showing his personality. We started him on a little rice cereal tonight and we will give him poi tommorow.

I promise we will be posting more often. I had 2 stomach flu's and one really nasty cold in Feb. Then we all got a nasty cold in March!!! So forgive us and enjoy a couple of pic's of Baby Tru in all his glory.

Love,
Colleen, Matt and Baby Tru

ps: check out the way cool outfit from Aunty Lisa in Everett. It's great because it keeps him really warm when he is rolling around on the floor.

We bought a HOUSE!

Crickey!
Crickey!
We can't believe it. It's a crazy miracle! We are buying a very nice duplex with Lael and should get the keys tomorrow. We were fortunate to qualify for Section 184 Housing (Native HUD housing) and our getting a great deal on a house with a big yard for baby Tru to play in. We are so blessed and our going to paint this weekend and move in completely on Sunday.

The other great thing is that BOB is moving in downstairs!!!! WAHOOOOO!

It just keeps getting better and better.

We are busy moving and baby Tru is doing well. He has had some tummy problems recently but according to the Dr. it's nothing to worry about. He is enjoying tummy time for about 10 minutes and then he is through with it and wants to be on his back where he can observe and supervise the action.

Keep praying and thinking of Mentasta Village there have been two deaths there recently and one little girl, Jessie in the hospital with lukemia. If you want to visit her she is at Children's in Seattle.

Matt has been doing amazing design work and recently did a new website for RW Anderson Construction. It's his first website using flash. Check it out at
www.rwandersonhomes.com
I know I am his wife but I really think he is wonderfully talented. Not just with the technical stuff (which he taught himself) but his eye for design and knowing what will look good - I think that is the real gift!

Lots of love!

Lots of December Pictures

Brothers

Mom and Dad on their anniversary

Cousins

Pictures from December

Tummy Time

Doting Grandparents

Happy baby meets Upit for the first time!

Time Flies!

Sorry for the long gap in our posts. We had an extremely busy holiday season and I didn't have much time to post. Although we did take some great pictures that I will add!

Quick recap of December!

Jen and Andrey Sawchenko
Our lovely friends (who we shared a house with in 2003) visited from Thailand! Baby Tru was thrilled that they could take some time off from their very important work in Chang Mai to spend some time bonding with him. We had such a good time catching up and hearing about the work they are doing. Andrey is the director of the Thailand office for International Justice Mission, http://www.ijm.org/and Jen is working on the Thai/Burma border. It was amazing to hear the stories of how the Creator is using them to love and serve the poor. It was also a major highlight to briefly see the King and Queen of Narnia, Lou and Marilyn (Andrey's parents), we have spent a lot of time at their house in Canada and it was great to see them again.

Two Months = SHOTS!
Oh, the dreaded shots! It was an awful experience. We had absolutely no fun getting Baby Tru's 2 month shots. I wasn't prepared when I went in to the Dr.'s office and I was a bit stunned when the informed me that Baby was to receive not 1 but 4 shots. He did okay with the first shot but by the time the 3rd and the 4th was administrated he was FURIOUS at the injustice of this world. I felt really horrible and though more than once that I was a terrible mother. Baby was sleepy and grumpy for about 3 days. Why wasn't I warned?

Echohawk Invasion
Mom, Howie, Lis and Ed all arrived on the 22nd. We had a gloriously fun time. Christmas day we went to Ted and Jill's house and ate enormous amounts of food. We had prime rib, turkey and ham. It was delicious and really great to finally see Ted and Jill's new house in Tacoma. It's an amazingly huge house and it was fun to see Jordan in her element, we also met Jill's mom, brother and sister-in-law, who proved to be very nice people.

Night of Serenity
It has been SO divine to have Ojichan and Grandma Cathy living in Seattle! We are very greatful to know that baby Tru will have at least one set of grandparents who live so close. We celebrated Christmas at their house with Josh, Ben, Court and the kids the night of the 22nd. Cathy made her world famous Christmas cookies, it was aserene, peaceful and sugary Christmas night that we all immensely enjoyed.

too cute

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