citilife: christie, markus, and willa: 2008-11

Willa-Daddy Day - video from Seger Park

Markus took this video from his new Blackberry and uploaded it to Google video. I'm embedding it here so you can see it. It might be grainy because it was shot using the Blackberry instead of a proper video camera, but you'll hear the noises and be able to see Willa heading down the slide head first. That's the only way she goes down when she does it herself - what a daredevil.

Leaf Peeping in the Wissahickon

On Sunday we went on a family excursion to the Wissahickon, near our old house in East Falls. It's beautiful at this time of year because of the leaves and it provided all three of us with a good opportunity to do some walking. Willa particularly liked walking in piles of leaves.

I'm feeling lazy and don't have time to edit the album, so you'll see lots of pictures if you click on the link. View the ones you really want to see. :-)

20081109 - Leaf Peeping at the Wissahickon

Finally, Busy Bees (Willa's daycare) was closed yesterday, so Markus took the day off. We call those Willa-Daddy days. She loved it! They went to the park and she played for almost an hour. Markus took some video on his new Blackberry (his new favorite toy) but I haven't been able to post it because it's on his phone and this is Christie writing the post. Here are a few pictures, though. Willa climbed up on the bench all by herself and was very proud. We call her a climber monkey because she's at it all the time.

20081111 - Willa conquers a Seger Park bench

Bathroom Catch-Up

Wow, we're late with the pictures! We take photos each day but Markus only posts them on Facebook and we haven't had much time to update the blog. We had an Election Night party, a day of recovery, and a neighborhood party this weekend.

The bathroom is progressing. We didn't order enough bullnose tile initially because our design changed after we started construction. They're special order tiles so some things can't be finished (like the toilet) until after the bullnose is in and installed. Anyway, the shower and tub are now tiled and all of the tile is grouted. We are meeting with the glass guy tonight for the shower door, and I think the marble for the counter and shower base and thresholds has been ordered. Soon, soon, I think we will be done! Oh yeah, they're supposed to paint this week, too.

If you don't feel like looking at all of these, the best ones that show most of the bathroom and capture what it looks like right now are in the Day 16 album.

For now, here are links to the days 8 - 16 (current):

10/31 - Day 8: