First Halloween post 1: Pumpkin Patch

Halloween is a favorite in the House of Tasha so the celebrating starts early. This last weekend that meant a trip to the pumpkin patch. The weather was beautiful so we took advantage of the day and got some great photos. Tasha also got to interact with pumpkins (and woodchips) for the first time and loved it. We also came home with 100 lbs of pumpkins including 2 huge ones. Its all in prep for our pumpkin carving party later this month. Stay tuned for more Halloween pictures.

So many to choose from

Pumpkin I think I love you

Feed the Beast

So Mommy recently had a magazine drive at school and the mascot was a creature called the Beast. Also called Domo for all you otaku out there. The drive ends in a celebratory assembly and Tasha decided to go as the Beast. The kids went nuts with excitement and Tasha was more popular than watching teachers get pies in the face. She seemed to do well in the costume which bodes well for Halloween and the weeks before when there are many many costumes to wear.

The Beast and her handler

Tons of new photos

I've uploaded a ton of new photos to Flickr. Enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashasworld

SNAKES!!!! and tortises

This past weekend was Tasha's cousin Adam's 5th birthday. There was a big party with the whole family and lots of friends. The highlight was a visit from the Reptileman, an educator and entertainer who runs a local reptile zoo and makes appearances with all types of reptiles at parties, events, and schools. We got to see and touch alligators, snakes (including constrictors, a rattler, and a cobra) as well as a tortise. It was great fun and really amazing to get a chance to get so close to these cool animals. Best of all Tasha definitely recognized the animals and liked interacting. She touched a number of them but her favorite seemed to be the tortise. Not only did she get to ride it but she could touch it and it couldn't get away, unlike Bucco.

Tasha and her cousins Mya and Ava

Tasha and the tortise

Tasha and Daddy get a friendly hug from a constrictor

6 months already

Yet another milestone - Tasha first half birthday. Its hard to believe she's already 6 months old. She now weighes 16 pounds (5o percentile) and is 26 inches long (75 percentile). She's started to wave and clap her hands. Her first teeth are almost here - according to the doctor its any day now. We also suspect she'll be crawling soon since she's constantly up on her hands and knees rocking back and forth. She's even been known to go backwards on occasion - apparently that's a very good sign. She remains super cute. And since some proof is require here are amazingly, super, unbelieveable cute photos.

Official 6 month photo

WOW! THAT'S ONE CUTE BABY!

Camping

D'oh we have our first continuity error - camping happened before Tasha hit her 5 month milestone.

So in mid-August we took a camping trip with most of the Furtado clan to the Olympic pennisula. The four families got two campsites side by side in the Dungeness Spit campground. We had a wonderful time hiking, visiting the Spit, and going to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Forest.

Tasha, Mommy, and Daddy on the Spit

Daddy and Tasha chilling at the campsite

Mommy, Tasha, and the tent

Tasha with her cousins Michael and Sophie

Poppa visits

Poppa visited Tasha for a long week in the middle of September. We had a wonderful visit and Poppa and Tasha got to spend some quality time together. The trip was short but wonderful and hopefully Poppa will visit again very soon.

Poppa makes Tasha smile

Tasha loves her Poppa

Noni visits

Noni visited Tasha for a long week over the labor day holiday. We had a ton a fun and had many adventures. The highlight was probably Tasha's first trip to the zoo. She didn't really "get" the animals - only bucco really seems to register although the elephants might have too. She did really enjoy watching all the little kids - she seems facinated by toddlers. Tasha clearly loves her Noni and really enjoyed the time they got to spend together - even if it was just chatting.

Tasha greets Noni at the airport

Tasha, Daddy, and elephants

Tasha and Noni chatting

5 months all ready

Wow, Tasha just keeps getting bigger and somehow more cute. Do you need proof beyond her Dad's obviously unbiased statements? Well then here are pictures of CBE (Cutest Baby Ever) on her 5th month birthday.

Official photo

Further proof of cuteness

My, my time flys

So we're super behind on blogging now. So what to do? How about recreate what the last 6 weeks would have been like if we had been on top of it. So without further ado a series of post about past event written as if they jsut happened :)