eric's visit

this year i had a great birthday present--eric smith came to visit! we hosted eric in the middle of his west coast tour, after his visit with his sister and the ex-hutterites in lethbridge, alberta, and before his friend jesse's wedding in ellensburg. he happened to arrive in bellingham on december 13th! we celebrated by making his mom's meatballs. (i come three thousand miles to see you and you feed me my mother's meatballs? says eric. but i couldn't help but notice they were gobbled up.)

noah and eric became fast friends, maybe because they're both whiny and like to lounge around a lot. eric was a pro at schleping noah around in the ergo and even putting him to sleep, which is a task. we had a lovely two wind and rain-stormy days with him before he braved steven's pass in his rental car. maybe we'll see him for a longer bit in the spring...


hanging out in the kitchen


noah playing with a frozen cube of sweet potato. not eating it. the boy won't eat food! maybe we should just move right to meatballs.


cozy boys (maybe eric wants a paci too?)