Destination Seattle

Welcome Clara Leann

2009-11-19T14:29:00.000-08:00

Mari's gotten all this attention on this blog thus far but now she's going to have to share. Clara Leann was born at Valley Medical in Renton, WA at 9:50 am on Tuesday 11/17/09. She weighed in at 7lbs 2oz and 19.5 cm long.

A couple recent pics of Mari

2008-06-29T08:08:00.000-07:00

Mari's Walking Experiment

2008-04-16T21:22:00.000-07:00

Mari's First Birthday

2008-03-03T20:37:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays

2008-01-03T07:58:00.000-08:00

Christmas and New Year's have come and gone. We had a nice holiday season spent with friends and family. Becky's Mom and Dad came in from Tucson and Will made it up from Mexico. It was pretty cool having everyone around for Mari's first Christmas. She wasn't a huge fan of opening presents (as you'll see here) but for the most part she seemed to enjoy the festivities. She was even a good sport on New Year's eve as mom and dad toted her along to a couple parties in the neighborhood. She also rewarded us with sleeping in on New Year's day (after her 7am bottle of course)!

Here's a link to some of our pictures:
Christmas Pictures

Happy New Year,
Todd & Becky

Mari Crawls

2007-11-18T15:10:00.000-08:00

Becky and Mari's trip to Tucson

2007-06-16T22:14:00.000-07:00

Bike to Work Month

2007-05-18T19:24:00.000-07:00

May is bike to work month so I broke down and bought a road bike at the start of the month. I also joined a team in the Commuter challenge where teams all across Seattle compete for the most bike-commuting miles during the Month of May. Our team is doing so-so. None of our team members have a very long commutes so we don't get that many miles. My ride is about 20 miles round-trip and I get in 2-3 rides a week. It definitely feels good to ride to work and also to save some money on gas!

April III

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April II

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April I

2007-04-30T21:13:00.000-07:00

Friends & Family in Seattle

2007-04-30T20:38:00.000-07:00

I thought it was time to finally catch everyone up on what's been happening with us and the baby. As you can imagine our life pretty much revolves around Mari right now. Mari's doing very well. She's healthy and eating like a champ. At her last doctor's appointment on 4/18 she weighed in at 11lbs. It's been really fun watching her develop. She's now smiling frequently and is on the verge of giggling. She's also recently discovered her hand (primarily the right one) and spends quite a bit of time watching and admiring it.

Over the past few weeks we've been fortunate enough to have visits from both sets of parents, Will, and then Mike & Jessica made the trek from Reno. We had a great time with Mike and Jess seeing the sites of Seattle, bbq'ing, and playing backyard golf. Jessica's about 7 months pregnant so it was great for her and Becky to get together and swap stories about the trials and tribulations of pregnancy.

Mari has her first airline flight this Friday. We're heading down to Orange County for my cousin Kirsten's wedding. We're excited for the rest of the family to meet her.

Check the next post for new pics...

Mari's First Bath

2007-03-11T22:06:00.000-07:00

New Photos Posted 2/23

2007-02-23T19:43:00.001-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/t1wilson/MariWilson

Mari Photos

2007-02-20T12:59:00.000-08:00

Mari Wilson

Welcome Mari Lynn Wilson

2007-02-20T12:48:00.000-08:00

Mari Lynn Wilson was born on Thursday 2/15 @ 9pm. She weighed 6lbs. 9oz. and was 18 inches. We were scheduled to be induced on Thursday but Becky ended up going into labor at 3:30 am that morning. The labor lasted 19 hours but Becky took the epidural a couple hours into it so it was a pretty relaxing day for the most part.

I think Becky and I are adjusting pretty well to our new life at home. Becky's making good progress on her recovery and Mari seems to be doing well. Like everyone says at this stage, she just eats, sleeps, and poops. The grandparents are still with us so we're feeling pretty comfortable for now. The real test will come later this week when they abandon (I mean leave) us. We're a little scared but I think we'll be OK.

Final Days

2007-02-13T19:46:00.000-08:00

We're now 8 days past due. Since nothing seems to be happening naturally, we're going to get a little human intervention from the doctors on Thursday. We have to call in at 6am on Thursday and find out what time to come in to get induced.

Still Waiting

2007-02-02T07:52:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since our last post but there hasn't been a whole lot to report. We're now 2 days away from our official due date and still no baby. My parents just arrived in town on Tuesday. It's been nice for Becky and I to spend some time alone with them before the arrival of the baby. Becky's still be doing very well. For the most part she's just uncomfortable, as everyone said would be the case at the end of the pregnancy. We've finally had a long (1 week) stretch of sunny weather. It's been really good, especially with our new found appreciation for the sun. It has rained a lot but Becky and I don't mind since it means more snow in the mountains!

Check back soon. The next post could be our baby announcement!

37 Weeks

2007-01-17T18:41:00.000-08:00

Well, the end is closing in quick. The doctor has said that the baby is in the proper position and could come anytime between now and our due date of Feb 4th. Here's the latest picture of Becky.

More snow...

2007-01-16T11:38:00.000-08:00

We've continued to get more snow over the last week. Today we woke up to 4 more inches. Here's a funny picture from the local newspaper.

Christmas in Seattle

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Fresh pow at Snoqualmie

2006-12-23T17:18:00.000-08:00

House pics

2006-12-23T17:04:00.000-08:00

We finally posted some pictures of the house we're renting. We're in the city of Tukwila which is about 15 minutes south of Seattle near the airport.

Tukwila House

And if you know anyone looking for a house in Reno here's the link to our house info...
www.3070SevernDrive.com

Griswold Xmas

2006-12-12T19:43:00.000-08:00

Our neighbor finally completed his light display. He started assembling the lights in August and has a dedicated generator to run the display. This picture doesn't do justice.

Some pics from the Christmas tree farm...

Baby Shower

2006-12-10T19:05:00.000-08:00

Went down to Reno this weekend for the baby shower. Click the picture below to go to the album.

Baby Shower

Becky Update

2006-11-30T19:53:00.000-08:00

31 Weeks

Oh, and if you didn't hear we got snow in Seattle...

First Week

2006-11-17T17:40:00.000-08:00

Well, our first full week in Seattle and the first week of work is under the belt. Work went really well. The people I work with are really cool and are going to be good to work with. There's quite a few people w/ young kids so that will be nice when ours is born.

Becky's been adapting well to her new life as a homemaker. She's been keeping herself busy w/ the gym, shopping, and the dog. She's also been working on the cooking skills :)! We also found a house that we're going to move into the first of December so that's a big relief. The Reno house is now on the market so we're crossing our fingers that we can get it sold. You can check out the website HERE. It turned out pretty well except for a few spelling mistakes.

There's good news on the snow front. Most of the local resorts opened up this week so I'm looking forward to getting up to the mountains for some snowboarding. Unfortunately my gear is with the rest of the house in storage so I won't be going until we get moved into the house.

REI

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The dog run out back

Building I'll be working in
Us in front of headquarters
Cafeteria

Our Temporary Apartment

2006-11-11T15:36:00.000-08:00

This is the apartment we'll be shacking up in for a few weeks until we find a more permanent location.

Mt. Hood

2006-11-11T07:51:00.000-08:00

The second day of our trip took us from Bend, OR to Seattle. The first day was weather free and then on day 2 the snow and rain began.

Baby update

2006-11-05T20:02:00.000-08:00

Becky at 24 weeks. We're now starting the 28th week.

Seattle bound

2006-11-03T16:31:00.000-08:00

As some of you may or may not know, Becky and I are relocating from Reno to Seattle. After 5 years w/ IBM I've decided to leave and take a new job with REI as a Software Engineer. I'm going to be working for their online division at the headquarters in Seattle. We'll be in Seattle permanently on Nov 10th.