The Challeges of a Mother!

So I have been trying to get Gabriel to understand it is a little hard to do things when Brig is awake... Now he can somewhat understand what I am talking about. I guess on the bright side she is already wanting to help mommy! So I shouldn't complain too much. Her favorite chore is laundry. She loves unfolding all the clothes that mommy just folded!

Gabriel's Triahlon

Gabriel competed in his first triathlon Aug. 13th. I was really nervous for him because he really didn't have much time to train. He surprised me though! He did great! He finished in 1 hour 14 minutes. I was really surprised when he didn't pass out when he crossed the finish line. He had to pace a little but that was it! He is now trying to get me to do it with him next year.... HA I told him maybe I would do the bike and he could swim and run!

 Sportin' his number! Go 52!

 Swimming the 400 meters

 10.2 mile bike ride

 And the 5K! Almost to the finish line.

 Gabriel pacing just after crossing the finish line.

Seattle

After our wonderful trip to Hawaii we couldn't just go home! Gabriel had a show to go to in Seattle. So instead of me flying home with the baby I went with him. This actually helped a lot! That flight home would have been in the middle of the night and this stop also help Brigitte adjust to the time zones.

Luckily we stayed downtown too so Brigitte and I could go do somethings! Seattle is a really fun place but there are some REALLY strange people there!

 Brigitte was a VERY big fan of the tram! I had to take her out of the stoller so she could watch the world go by! This is like a 1 minute 30 second ride but she loved every second!

 The I believe 9 story Macy's. With the top floor being an acting studio.

 Teenagers in Seattle don't mow lawns for cash in the summer they sing in front of the first Starbuck's . These kids were making bank! There were even a couple $10 bills in there. They were singing Wonderwall and people were singing with them. I mean who doesn't know that song?

 Yes, those flowers are only $20! It was HUGE!!! If we lived in Seattle Gabriel would have to come home with flowers all the time!  

 This was Brigitte's favorite band. We had to stop and watch them twice!

 

 The famous flying fish market. I never had my camera ready when they would throw the fish. It isn't a small fish either!

 Space Needle

 So this girl is semi-famous I guess. As you can see she is in the Street to Stage contest by Sprint. She is now in the top 4. Funny thing though... if you go to the contest page and watch her video I was there the same day they filmed her. I was trying to stay out of the camera guy's way. I now see I should have gotten in his way! lol

 Brigitte makes this face every time with the lemon but she always wants more! Makes us laugh every time!

This dog was outside QFC aka Dillon's. It was funny to see a huge grocery store right in the middle of downtown that you have to take an elevator to get into. Anyway... he was outside waiting for his master with toys but wanted nothing to do with them. Brigitte really wanted to play with him of course!