Picture Famine

Sorry for the long lapse between posts. Life has been incrediably busy and good recently. We have had a ton of great barbeques and we are really enjoying our friends, neighbors and family.

Our camera has not been working very well. I think we need a new battery or new camera. And we are also trying to figure out our video camera. I am hoping to post videos someday.

Baby True is so amazing. We enjoy him more and more each day. He is 9 1/2 months old. He can cruise around the whole living room with now problem and will occasionally stand on his own. He loves eating cheese, rice and vegetables. Fruit is a little sour for him but he is slowly beginning to eat it. Miguel and Noni (my sister's kids) are the greatest thing in his life so far. When they come running in the house he gets VERY excited and makes dinasour noises that crack us up. He also has started to laugh in his sleep which is very endearing. Pretty much he is the cutest baby in the entire world.

The picture was taken by our friend Christinen who is a professional photographer with some amazing skills. Her website is
christinerenee.com
I highly recommend her if you are looking for pictures of babies! She is great with babies and it was a great experience having her take pictures of Baby True. She comes to your house and makes it really easy.

Thanks everyone for reading our blog and being such a wonderful support to Matt, baby and I.

Swimming at Uncle David's and Auntie Gretchen's House

Alaska Report

It's been a long time since my last post. We have been to Alaska and back, we were there for the 11th annual Alaska Ablaze Alaska Native Family Camp. Baby True did wonderful and enjoyed himself very much, he was charming on the plane and didn't cry one time!

The camp is in Mentasta Village (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentasta_Lake,_Alaska) . It was beautiful there and we loved hanging out in the village and just "being". We had a great time every night under the big top and were encourged to further seek after the Creator.

We then went to beautiful Delta Jct. and hosted a powwow on the front lawn of my mom and auntie's motel. I am always amazed at how my Dad makes this powwow happen. It was the first time for Dad to wear his new regalia. He looked KEEN! Uncle Tom, Auntie Margret and Aunt Sue were there from Oklahoma and it was great to see them. Uncle Tom and Aunt Margret were in Hawaii for Ted's wedding and it has been awesome to get to know them better. I didn't take pictures the whole time I was in Alaska but Lis is going to email me some that I will post as soon as i can. Until then check out our friend Ruby's blog she has pictures of the powwow. http://gameranchinginalaska.blogspot.com/

More soon!

Mini-Matt

we love baby true

He's just so darn cute.

He seem's to really want what he shouldn't have. Isn't that the weirdest thing? Cord's, knifes, hairbrushes, are way more cool then his toy's. In this picture the laundry basket was the coolest thing.

Auntie Lala

Mommy and Daddy are for sure Baby True's favorite people. But when Auntie Lala get's here most evenings he get's really excited and recognizes Lala. Lael is trying to make him say Lala for his first word's. :)

It's all about Baby True!

Long time, no blog!! We have had a crazy month so far. But here are a few pictures to make up for the long absence. Baby True is divine and is doing so many interesting things. He has the army crawl done and is doing a lot of rocking back and forth on his hands and knees. He finally has a tooth poking through. It's making him a little grumpy but so far he hasn't really screamed about it. More soon!

This picture is a little girlie but Auntie Haunani bought it so we tried wearing it to Haunani's Luau but Daddy put his foot down.

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!