Should we worry?

This is where I found M's baby yesterday:

Bendy Baby

Yesterday M and I went to the gymnastics place and I actually was able to snap some photos with my phone. Most of my time there is spent holding her hand on the balance beam or fishing her out of the foam pit, so it's not the easiest way to take pics.

Playing with the parachute

On the bar

In the foam pit
On the mats
Working the trampoline

UPS?

I'm wondering if this means my UPS package will be delivered in working order:

Sunday was sunny

When it is February and sunny in Seattle, we go outside:

Slippers and spinning

Dinner. Goggles.

18 month check-up

Mabel had her 18 month doctor visit this morning.

She is 32.5 inches tall, putting her in 90th percentile for height. Head size as well.
26 lb 4 oz, 75th percentile for weight. The running around has been burning off her belly, even if she is a good eater.

Shades and park tutus

Getting Mabel ready for a trip to the grocery this morning:


Fortunately we talked her out of both the shades and the hat.
Later in the afternoon, I didn't even try to talk her out of a pair of tutus before heading to a neighborhood park:

Dishwasher - done

Replaced and cobbled back into our someday-we'll-remodel kitchen:

Runny nose and attitude

It would seem that Mabel has indeed inherited some of her parents' personality traits, including a certain obstinacy. While it may some day serve her well, it will be a challenge for us.

New dishwasher time

Kate ran the dishwasher this morning while she and Mabel ran out and I worked. When they got back and the cycle had finished, we noticed a bit of water on the floor. Hmm...and it trailed back to the dishwasher. Alright, dried up the water on the kitchen floor, took off the base of the dishwasher and setup a fan. Annoying but done. I went back to work. A little later, Kate discovered even more water in the laundry room - under the dishwasher. Crap!

The old dishwasher is now out on the back-porch. A new one has been ordered, one that has leak protection mechanisms, but I don't yet know when to expect it. Paper plates for a bit while a couple fans do their work.

Paper towels - you rock

When I first moved to Seattle, I got a Costco membership. I ended up with gallons of ketchup and a pallet of paper towels and toilet paper among other things. And let my membership lapse. Kate moved out and we proceeded to move the remainder of those bulk goods for years, wondering who and how anybody could ever work through the crazy amount of goods the normal Costco member seemed to always have in their cart.
We now get it. People with kids can move though the Costco volume stuffs and even need to go back on a semi-regular basis.
Paper towels have become the new currency. Used for face/nose wiping, cleaning off the table/highchair/etc, dry milk off a dog that got sprayed while trying to pick-up under the eating-while-walking baby...a million and a half uses, almost all of which somehow seem to orbit around the baby.

Thank you paper towels. And thank you Costco for selling us so many for so cheap.