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Hooray for Xavier!!!

Today he lost his first tooth.

It has been loose FOREVER – I think I mean that literally. He already has his grown up tooth half in. It started coming in the week we moved out here. The dentist said it was no problem, but eventually he would need to have braces. The tooth has been loose since then (yes, over four months! Told you it had been forever.

It is his front bottom left tooth. If I remember correctly it was the first one he got in too. His front bottom right tooth is also loose; it is much less loose, but has also been loose since we moved here. He already has the adult tooth in behind that one too.

So tonight he will get his first visit from the tooth fairy. I am having a little trouble deciding what a tooth is worth these days. He is pushing for 5 dollars. I am thinking 2. Thoughts, is 2 too much or to little?

Xavier is SOOOO excited. Some of you will be getting calls tomorrow from him to tell you about his first missing tooth and his visit from the tooth fairy.

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Yesterday the family took a day trip to “The Snowy Mountain” aka Mt. Rainier. The new picture on my blog is one we took yesterday.

I have to admit the trip started off rocky. Xavier got car sick, something that only happens every once in a while but is never fun. We ended up pulling over and he made it out of the car thank goodness. Then Willoweve had an accident in the car and her pull up leaked (at least she had a pull up on). However we didn’t let any of that stop us. Onward to the Mountain!!

It was the perfect day for it.

We drove up to paradise, the highest point you can drive to on the mountain and set out on a trail up. Within 20 feet we were climbing in MOUNDS and MOUNDS of snow. We played in the snow for about an hour. It was fun, Quinn literally laughed all the way down the hill because we were half walking half sliding down the snowy hill side.

It was beautiful, the mountain has a lot more snow on it then it did last time we were there. After a while in Paradise we got in the car and headed down the mountain. We stopped at a Narada Waterfall and Xavier and I hiked down to the bottom together.

Our final stop was on the Nisqually (SP?) river. Where we were able to hike out to and cross over the river. The bridge we crossed was unbelievable a single log, but we all made it over. On the other side we hiked up into the woods for a while. We spent almost another hour in the river bed. It is amazing, you are walking over rocks smoothed out by rushing water from when the river floods but it looks like such a tiny trickle.

God created such a amazing world. To me the mountain is one of the most beautiful examples of this.

I think the kids had a good time and I know Jason and I did. It threw everyone’s schedule off though and I think because of that Willoweve had a particularly difficult bed time. It involved screaming, thrashing and much unpleasantness.

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Shoot me!!! I have a blog. It’s AMY’S Fault.

Sorry Amy but I have to blame SOMEONE.

I used to SWEAR I would never have a blog. Now I have TWO (this one personal and one for professional use). However since moving to Seattle I have been working really hard to keep up with everyone. I have found myself reading Amy’s blog daily and it has really helped me keep up with their lives in Ohio.

That started me thinking, maybe it would make it easier for friends in MD to keep up with us if I had a blog.

Also Jason and I want our monthly newsletters to be about Ethos more then about the family. But I wanted to have a way to keep everyone up to date on what is happening in the family. So a blog it is.

If you want to catch up with the Douros family here is the place to do it. I promise to try to respond to all comments in a timely fashion. (The KEY words in the proceeding sentence being TRY and TIMELY! )

Now a word to all my friends and family in MD and everywhere. I miss you so much. SO MUCH. I love Seattle. I love the area, the weather, the people, I love it all. However I am lonely for my friends in a deep way. Some days things happen and all I want it to call you and chat. But there are three hours separating us, not to mention the almost 3,000 miles, and do you really want to hear from me at 11:00pm to have me vent about my kids difficult bed times– I seriously doubt it.

I am about to say something truly HORRIBLE (so if you are easily offended please stop reading NOW), if I am honest, and I try to always be honest, deep down inside I hope that you all miss me as much as I miss you. Not that I want you to be lonley and miserable, but I guess I just hope that you guys are thinking of me when I am thinking of you. Ok Ok I am REALLY not miserable. I am exaggerating. But I am lonely for all of you.

I just really miss you all.

So check back often. I will try (again TRY being operative) to update daily to keep everyone informed about life in Seattle. And how our family is adjusting. I promise to try not to be this mushy all the time.

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