Sunday, August 22, 2010

Another blog

Henry on his first flight
Dad & Henry having a good time at the cabin

Rockin daddy's sunglasses in the store.

Hey everyone!
We are up on the island again. Nothing much new here. Henry has 6 teeth now. He is working on 7 at the moment & still chewing like a mad man. He learned how to sit up all by himself on Wednesday. He did it once, realized what he could do & hasn't stopped since. We are very pleased. It's a little easier for him to entertain himself now. Henry is also scoot/crawling quite well now. He's quick, but I'm sure he will be much faster once he figures out real crawling up on all fours. It's sort of an army crawl at this point.
As far as the adults in the family... we are getting ready to ship out. We are off to Australia on the 14th of September.We are extremely excited, but really overwhelmed also. There is so much to do & not to much time left. We are trying to fit plans with friends & family in, but everyone seems to want the same weekend with us.... We still need to pack up the house & get a storage unit. The basic plan is to get a large storage unit in Ellensburg & throw everything in it. We will store vehicles at various locations and we will be taking only the very basics with us. We are allowed two bags each on teh plane & Henry is allowed one.
Our amazing friends Sarah & Hamish have it all set up for us over there so that the studio/mother in law cottage next to their home is all furnished with everything we could need. They have all the baby stuff Henry will need as well. A crib, car seat, high chair...etc.... We will just pack his clothes, favorite toys, and books for him. We are trying to figure out just what exactly we will need for ourselves. It's a bit easier for Ben to live out of two suitcases for 9-10 months than me. It makes me feel better though that if we forget something we can always just buy it there.
Hope everyone is doing well. We'll be in touch.
-Team Davidson.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Adventures on & off the Island



Bath time is always fun with Henry!


Henry had his first airplane ride on the way home from Blakely!

Tall ship in front of the house





Hey guys!
We are back on the island. We were up here last week & went home to Roslyn for the weekend so Kristen could work & Ben could get some stuff done. We ended up catching a flight off island with uncle Doug & Henry did really well on his first flight! He was looking out the window at everything & trying to figure out what was going on. The next flight he takes may be a bit longer.... Australia is going to put us in the airport/on planes for nearly 24 hours.Hopefully we can keep him occupied.
We are enjoying our time up on Blakely. The weather is so much colder than at home even though we really aren't that far away. We have the heater on up here & the fans going to cool it down in Roslyn. Ben is almost finished with painting. The new cabin/garage is done & the old front cabin is done, he is working on the small old garage today. Next week he will build them a new deck on the back of the old cabin. I think that may be the end of our stay up here.Ben has a few small projects back on the mainland to take care of.
In a few weeks we will begin the move out of our house into storage....not looking forward to it. We are looking forward to Australia though. Can't wait to start this new adventure. We have been keeping a close eye on Hamish's journey on free @ last across the Pacific & he is only a few days out from docking in Cairns. Can't wait to talk to him & hear stories!
I'll write back & keep you all informed on what Team Davidson is up to.
Bye for now!