The Harris Family

People who don’t live in Seattle are often surprised to learn how beautiful the summers here are. This summer has been a typically great one weather-wise: sunny and clear nearly every day, with temperatures in the mid-70s/low-80s. Perfect for outings to the park with Elsa!

Below are a set of pictures which span from Elsa’s half-birthday on June 25 to this weekend. Elsa is on the verge of becoming mobile; she pantomimes crawling motions on her stomach, but she’s not quite strong enough to pull herself along yet. She grabs everything within her reach these days, and she’s especially curious about shiny objects, cords, and anything she hasn’t seen before. Elsa also likes to bang on the computer keyboard; she performed her first search today—unfortunately, it was a string of z’s, f’s and b’s and no results came back.

She’s making an increasingly wide range of sounds now as well: da-da-da, low growls, rolled r’s, and high-pitched screeching are among her current favorites.

We’ve taken Elsa to the splash park just a few blocks from our house a couple of times over the last month. She likes the water and, hopefully, she’ll be able to start swim lessons before too long!

On the fourth of July, we sat out on the deck and barbecued, and Elsa had a chance to play with (and taste) the American flag. Then, we watched people set off fireworks over Lake Sammamish before going to bed.

Lynne’s parents have been here for the last few weeks along with Great-Grandma Salva; you can see pictures of them together in the set below.

It won’t be long until Elsa’s scooting around the house; it’s time to put the childproofing effort into high gear!

Elsa – July 2009