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January 9, 2004—

Yep, the city of Portland was snowed in for almost an entire week. We were fine, the car worked beautifully, never got stuck for more than the blink of an eye, carted our family and friends around town while everyone else was holed up inside. We didn’t take a lot of photos, probably because Mom & Dad weren’t feeling super well (bad hot dogs at Costco we think) and plus it was TOO COLD! 20 degrees? What is this, Moscow?

Want news of Christmas? Everett may not understand the “Jesus’ birthday” stuff but he definitely understands how to unwrap presents now. He especially loved his gifts from Aunt Betsy (the dumptruck & hard hat seen here) and Uncle Michael (a full set of tools & another hard hat). He’s a regular little construction worker, that boy. Loves to pound & dig & move heavy equipment. He also was a huge fan of some books with animals in them, especially the kitten book (Aunt Abby reads it the best). He has been making great strides in animals sounds: his daily quiz goes something like this.

monkey says: ahhh ahh ahhh oohh
cow says: bb-bb-bb-bbooo
cat says: mooaaaa
dog says: oouufff, oooufff, oouufff
duck says: kack! kack! kack!
bird says: kawk! kawk! kawk! Or “tee-tee-tee”
owl says: hhhooooo, hhhoooo
frog says: up, up, up (where did he get this?)
once in a while he’ll throw us all for a loop and make up a sound, or copy a real-life sound with eery exactitude (mom’s attempt at an elephant’s trumpet was done to perfection). Is he the cutest ever? Oooufff.

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