[ Posted by Ryan Rickerts
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:50:59 GMT ]
It has been awfully quiet on this website. We have lots of good reasons. Big one - we moved. We found renters for our little place on Toad Lake and rented ourselves a family-sized place in town. More on that later - once the interior decoration is all worked out, we can post some pictures. The key thing for y’all to know is… a spare bedroom and extra bathroom for guests! So please plan a visit.
We also took a much-needed week long vacation on the Olympic Coast. Susie has loaded up four separate photo galleries on the right from different parts of the trip. Check out our cutie living it up in the great outdoors!
Speaking of the QP, she is growing faster than we can take pictures. The best part is all the words she is starting to use! Up, down, coat, on, doggy, puppy, kitty, bye bye, hi, Heidi, nose, hat, diapee, vitamin, bike, hot – not all coming out perfectly clear but we recognize them, and she’s adding a couple every week. She knows about 7 animal sounds and can make a bunny face. We are taking her to her second petting zoo tomorrow. This girl loves animals! She also loves songs and dancing.
The cycling side of our lives have been very busy also, helped somewhat by our new location in town. Susie started commuting to Superfeet again now that we’re closer and the ride is mostly flat. I have been pulling Q to daycare across from my work by bike trailer on Tuesday through Thurdsay, which is a treat. I have been very busy putting together a new cyclocross series called the Cascade Cross Series, and racing on the velodrome in Vancouver. In fact, I’m headed up there tonight for my first race as a C. I think we’re getting back in shape! Must have been all that fresh air from vacation.
Lastly, for those who don’t know, my sister is expecting! She’s estimated to be about 10 months along, and feeling rather queasy I hear…
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[ Posted by Susie Rickerts
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:47:54 GMT ]
We would like to extend a huge thank you to those who gave Quincy such thoughtful and wonderful gifts! Wow! We can tell she is not only loved very much by us, but by our friends and family.
Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Cole, Grandma and Grandpa Gerig, Auntie Katie and Uncle Darren, Auntie Dianne, Uncle Chris and Auntie Sweetpea, Auntie Eme, and everyone that sent their love and best wishes for Quincy.
We love you!
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[ Posted by Susie Rickerts
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:02:01 GMT ]
On April 11, 2008 Quincy Pearl turned 1 year old! How fast it went.
We had several mini parties to celebrate. Ryan had a race in Spokane the weekend of the 5th, so we headed out on Friday afternoon. We finally made it to Coeur d’Alene on Saturday morning. I made a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for a party with Ryan’s family. We had a nice dinner and opened gifts from Grandma Jeni, Aunt Katie, Grandma Barbara & Grandpa Buster, and Great Auntie Diane . She was very sleepy, since it all happened late in the evening. But she made it through like a good little trooper. She even enjoyed a nice big bite of cake that Daddy fed her.
See the pictures
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[ Posted by Ryan Rickerts
Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:39:28 GMT ]
Wow, the electronics team is on fire this week! Must be the Leap Day phenomenon.
Look for the “videos” link on the right, under Pages. It will show you all our delightful YouTube videos at once.
Susie will work on adding footage of Q’s new skills, such as crawling, playing catch with Bandit, and more! I will work on archiving the older stuff into a separate page.
Enjoy, sports fans!
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[ Posted by Ryan Rickerts
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:58:44 GMT ]
We put new floors in our kitchen/office/laundry/mud room this weekend. Actually, we paid for a Hispanic guy named “Junior” and his trusty assistant to do it. But we had to move half of our house into the other half of our house, including all 5 of our major appliances, which was logistically challenging. It also made our lives pretty jumbled for about 48 hours.
But it is now done and looks great! Susie was inspired by the open walls to paint, so we even have a new color in the kitchen – it’s called “Honey Butter” (formerly Birds Egg Blue). We will post pictures as soon as the new counter tops and trim is done.
Adding to the challenge, but also very rewarding, was Quincy’s new-found mobility. She started crawling on Friday! Unfortunately, it was while Daddy was at work, but now she can do it pretty much anytime she wants. As soon as she figured out how to flop over that pesky leg, the rest of the movements seemed to follow. She can now cross a room pretty quickly and find something to try and climb. She even managed to boost herself to standing position at the couch! Watch out - suddenly everything in our house seems very accessible.
Susie brought home another form of baby transportation today, courtesy of her boss Bill (or Grandpa Bill). It’s a Tot Rider, something she sits in and can scoot around on her feet. With our new smooth floors, she was on the go in no time flat!
Wow, it sure is different when they can move under their own power. I feel quite occupied by it (literally).
Videos to follow soon.
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[ Posted by Susie Rickerts
Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:47:49 GMT ]
Hello all you Quincy fans! I am starting to load our new website with many of my favorite pictures of Q. She is such a ham in front of the camera that we have a ton!
In the near future Ryan is going to snazzy this up a bit with his ‘electronics skills’. There will eventually be a page that is titled ‘gallery’ with all the photos. But for now, click on one of the pictures to the right and it will take you to flickr. There you can watch a slideshow of all the pictures that I am adding.
Enjoy!
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