Port Townsend Vacation!

Well, I'm not sure if you can totally call it a vacation.  We're here in Port Townsend because of Colin's residency week for his masters.  He normally comes alone but since it's summer break, we thought, "What the heck?  Why don't we make it a family affair?"

Luckily, Colin's isn't busy all day, so we have time to do things as a family.  He normally has meetings/sessions in the morning, and then one in the afternoon or early evening.  Between sessions, we have hit the beach, hiked and explored the bunkers, and shopped downtown (well, I have done that, primarily).

We are staying in a great studio "cottage" in a large home right across the street from Fort Worden park where Colin has his meetings.  A bit small, but it's a great deal and perfect location.  Aberly's bed is tucked in the "hallway" (pretty much a 3 x 4 space) between the main room and the bathroom.  It works perfectly since we can close both doors and she can sleep without distraction.  Slipping by her at night when we need to use the bathroom is careful event, but we manage.

While on vacation, Aberly figured out how to crawl.  We knew she was close but the 2nd day of being here, she figured it out and is continuing to expand her movement.  She's still a bit hesitant and seems to get tired of having to do it, but overall, it's broadened her horizons for sure!

On our way up, we stopped by my aunt Kathy and uncle Gary's place in Gresham so family could see Aberly.  She was a bit vary of the new faces, but got comfortable after a half hour and played till we left.  

It's continued to be a busy summer for the Price's.  Once July hit, we hit the ground running!  Yard and house projects, walks/hiking, gardening, and visits with friends just to name a few.

We've spent a lot of time with Colin's family.  We've had birthdays, the 4th of July, and Colin worked with his brother Connor to build two new retaining walls for his mom's yard.  The boys lucked out and got most of the work done before the 90 degree weather hit this week.

For the 4th, we started out at church for an early service, and then headed to the annual Bend Pet Parade followed by a church BBQ/Potluck.  Aberly got worn out by the Pet Parade and needed her morning nap, but she fought it trying to watch all of the people.  She finally lost to the nap.

For 4th of July evening, we had a BBQ at Nancy's.  Connor, Kevin, and Chrystal (Kev's girlfriend) all were in town and we had a great time!

Our special friend visit was from Paige and Anna Heacock.  Anna and her husband used to live in Bend and were great Young Life friends, but they now live in Roseburg doing Young Life.  Paige is a month older than Aberly and it was fun to see them together.

Besides all of our busyness, Aberly has changed a lot in the last month.  She is champ at eating all kinds of foods and loves feeding herself finger foods.  She has figured out rolling over and practices going back and forth around the living room and her bedroom.  Besides putting everything in her mouth, she has advanced to trying to bang them on things or together.  Her newest challenge is figuring out crawling; right now she scoots backwards (which makes her mad getting further away from things) but is starting to push up on her knees and hopefully soon she get the forward movement.

We hope your summer is going as well as ours!