tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21663048967007834122024-03-19T11:29:21.813-07:00Family Robison Van SlykeWelcome :)
In this blog we'll keep you posted on our lives in the Arctic and our adventures with baby Chase.
We'll do our best to post updates and photos in a somewhat timely manner.Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-34560522542136030282009-09-09T06:56:00.000-07:002009-09-09T07:11:29.183-07:00Time for an update, but first this news...<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dycLU2V73itv18dgpPbQj03D8uoIe7mpn7of80lv2GJZoYyE0zs95BiSlkXMPRTerXuDfPSjV-DZEAHa5-BZA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br />Chase just started walking! Wow! Here is a clip of his latest feat of feet! Our blog is long over-due for an update. We'll try to put together an update soon.<br /></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-27538776489100184652009-06-27T18:50:00.000-07:002009-06-27T20:58:17.531-07:00Late May & June Happenings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcB08H47pjHAETeuZ_1v9capowI-da49XET6IvuteabVZovCWgm4Gu2DFlUJ5fu5oQiuLPPaizwEYWUI_VyJgT_Qv2Ki7BePwgNnLLxgH57vpYKTMG3wiKHx7exztNai13S3lYtK7gII/s1600-h/IMG_3428-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcB08H47pjHAETeuZ_1v9capowI-da49XET6IvuteabVZovCWgm4Gu2DFlUJ5fu5oQiuLPPaizwEYWUI_VyJgT_Qv2Ki7BePwgNnLLxgH57vpYKTMG3wiKHx7exztNai13S3lYtK7gII/s320/IMG_3428-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352217988997824162" border="0" /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHillary%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">I guess this is turning into a monthly blog... A lot has happened since our last blog of May 24th. Steve's dad came to visit while Steve's mom was still here, which was great. Char and I got out to the floe edge for a picnic, Steve’s dad and Steve went seal hunting, we went ice fishing on the mainland with some friends (about a 2 hour skidoo ride), we visited with an Inuit elder in town and learned about her interesting life (including her seal oil lamp [kudlik] and various tools she uses), we went out to see a bowhead whale skull (that was harvested a few years back), Chase and I went for a dog sled ride with our friend Maren and her dogs, Igloolik high school has their first ever prom (to which the whole community was invited), the sea ice has started to melt, Steve and I got out for a last hurrah on the melting sea ice, we were/are collecting our fresh water from on top of the sea ice (the water is yummy & our the tap water is yucky right now), and we had a small gathering for Chase who turned 1 years old a week ago from today!<span style=""> </span>Steve made pizza crusts that spelled out C-H-A-S-E & Lily made healthy carrot cake cupcakes.<span style=""> </span>It was a good time.</span></p> </a>
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<br />Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-10361141210018294002009-05-24T08:35:00.000-07:002009-05-24T10:16:09.599-07:00Fishing derby, elders dinner and around town<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWz9CnJvXgbpodkkd1NUXkrqSyoMR_WKC-DrMKwZrPgi6ml64gF5E6ChcJMKtqkI_RQvOUgCZ0EjiKP0AiEZTcSs_pWGByYmz_kHEj-A2QfxTPP-Da6B33bGudQ0u8pRQgP9MPa1G57Q/s1600-h/P5130357.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWz9CnJvXgbpodkkd1NUXkrqSyoMR_WKC-DrMKwZrPgi6ml64gF5E6ChcJMKtqkI_RQvOUgCZ0EjiKP0AiEZTcSs_pWGByYmz_kHEj-A2QfxTPP-Da6B33bGudQ0u8pRQgP9MPa1G57Q/s320/P5130357.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339435835034004466" border="0" />Hi, we hope you are all well! It's been a week or so since our last post. We've been on the go. Steve's mom Char is still here - she's enjoying her stay & we're enjoying having her stay with us. We've been cruising around town; we went to the fishing derby on Victoria Day (Char rode the qamotik out there, there was a great turn out, lots of families showed up with their qamotiks with family boxes on them, a woman was wearing a beautiful caribou hide amouti [traditional baby carrying jacket], Joanasie showed up with his 12-dog sled dog team [he & his team got 2nd in the Nunavut Quest a few weeks ago]); a crew of us went to the floe edge (there's a photo of Char & I out there & of our tea/coffee break or "mug up" as the Newfoundlanders like to call it); we've been out to visit our friend Maren's sled dogs; we went to a dinner and game event in honor of the elders in town, which was so fun, what a great time (Hillary donned a traditional caribou hide parka, man are they warm). Steve's dad Big Steve (aka. PapaGio, Bapa Hubba) got here yesterday & we're heading out ice-fishing in a few minutes. 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymcVdfmGHhJD7RA8cRZkFNlxOBpJXniXFX3FyHORAEC8rgR_CKevrM3ABgovzjuJfkGl1kMsWin1iXSCcM7gyr2CpmPuD-uKioR_RwdGF9xHAIzdqHkUnZp8sbQMqr07VcqAJZVUDOvc/s320/P5140477.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339416294156967298" border="0" /></a>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-6779359467212637322009-05-10T18:00:00.000-07:002009-05-11T18:29:24.430-07:00Floe edge, mom in town, and happenings<span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><span style="color:#993399;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zivhQHNPoruGEd4jVpdEYNd3EA6gVYf_n1v0u4C8nRlZbm2oHFFdWOruNmnavdHbKNVux_wyfCj_ZOvBJKUyZkySV49of3EaujWu__TO1bwG4IsK-rjQEKIOmS3phcD_JGM0qoq9byQ/s1600-h/P4250401-1.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;">Well folks, it’s been awhile since our last post. A few weeks ago Steve, Hillary, and Chase made it out to the floe edge with our friend Jay. It was an amazingly beautiful day! We saw Arctic fox tracks, seal breathing holes in the sea ice, a few seals, and some polar bear tracks along the floe edge of the sea ice. It has been getting warmer since then, today was 8 F, and the ice near the floe edge is getting thinner so people are more cautious about going out there now. Steve’s mom Char came to town just over a week ago – Steve picked her up from the airport on the skidoo and loaded her stuff into the qamotik. Char has been spending quality time with us both in and outdoors. Chase is loving the tambourine grandma Char brought him and Chase has been accompanying papa Steve while he plays the guitar. Chase is skooching, lunging, and rolling around all over the place, but he’s not crawling yet. He is saying “bye-bye” and waving somewhat consistently now though, which is fun. I’ve included a photo of our fair hamlet. Some sled dog puppies were born on our “block” last week, so the local kids are having fun playing with them. Steve’s dad is coming up in a couple weeks, so that should be fun. We’re hoping to go to a ice-fishing derby at a local lake this weekend. Hopefully it won’t be another two months before our next post…</span></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334742302610598994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zivhQHNPoruGEd4jVpdEYNd3EA6gVYf_n1v0u4C8nRlZbm2oHFFdWOruNmnavdHbKNVux_wyfCj_ZOvBJKUyZkySV49of3EaujWu__TO1bwG4IsK-rjQEKIOmS3phcD_JGM0qoq9byQ/s320/P4250401-1.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbWBNfmCTM2Q9fw-1gsvMXYhZVEdKm7AbAUbNl15280PuymM-6Ycf8na0c47sIx3jEI4xvVnzx8N0x_MHtdvf2vlKA27xh48QxWlSqdlHw-kHm_8I-j3nqhZkBmV4fkC3w9aqXTOu-Oc/s1600-h/P4250414-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334741713845762850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbWBNfmCTM2Q9fw-1gsvMXYhZVEdKm7AbAUbNl15280PuymM-6Ycf8na0c47sIx3jEI4xvVnzx8N0x_MHtdvf2vlKA27xh48QxWlSqdlHw-kHm_8I-j3nqhZkBmV4fkC3w9aqXTOu-Oc/s320/P4250414-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gjZdFBs6IEDalDCK2_SrkFFEYF-IV7SSbHGMpSaEItq6j1QfJsqgzL5z4ozivh0qMuWcBqGGlx30vCHwirYr3fMgCS8D125qYCvv9FyTuW__3odMtwHu9v98J_8yKnO9R-2WLOhb9KU/s1600-h/P4250403-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334737984826233618" style="DISPLAY: block; 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He's spinning around on his tummy now as he tries to grab things and he's skooching backwards, but not crawling forward yet. Papa has had Chase out in the amouti for walks a lot and even out ptarmigan hunting. Hillary got out to the floe edge - the break in the sea ice where Arctic-dwelling animals congregate, surface, feed, and hunt. It's a dynamic place and a special one, and unfortunately, in for a lot of change - ice breakers every 32 hours and a changing climate. It was -25 F, but the skies were blue and the sun was beaming down - our Inuit compadre agreed with Hillary's assessment of "it doesn't get much better than this." We saw some polar bear mama and cub tracks. There's a photo of Lily near a crack in new ice and another photo of a larger open water spot where one might expect to see seals or narwhal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sJ4Dh5QDENCwXkpSe3WW5V4ffPVoiPEoRnOeIjYEIac_90gl8xZqqMxaEVoxd55a4-TMEDhxwjjVf-QvCvl5dK_4rh4SG08UulVHW8SPq44GJRjxdZq9eoZaEiRjLvmOmslO4Jre5S4/s1600-h/DSC01727.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sJ4Dh5QDENCwXkpSe3WW5V4ffPVoiPEoRnOeIjYEIac_90gl8xZqqMxaEVoxd55a4-TMEDhxwjjVf-QvCvl5dK_4rh4SG08UulVHW8SPq44GJRjxdZq9eoZaEiRjLvmOmslO4Jre5S4/s320/DSC01727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312471477523536674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39gRuho8rln-IKoQ8oFx7RVQOsU5FNzmLB_IYr3t62Bm8A_RMSgNonrkZ4RvmhBT2aqgmpTiwp5zJwENiafmW_ZOn-7umQFSe6DBvbl6yllvlkdGHLpFCPKyhGWaTBzFdgwHV3oJZi58/s1600-h/DSC01738.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfuGEuveulhKm2WITPzP5xTFaGYlhUm4oLuRiSkxNfFq8WRFsXOawdsmz3qJSifL4yDhTi7SmiZFcHyoMqOo7aMnEANAdDJ0swSv4JPUx5FEtqNipiWiyTAC30T16OVqecOJyAQd08MY/s320/P2030088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307259188445383634" border="0" /></a><br />First week with the Chasebuck on papa duty. If you could have seen me trying to wrangle him into the amouti yesterday, with some time constraints with pending immunizations at the health center...you would have called child protection. My amouti's a bit tight at the top opening and Chase is very unaccustomed to sliding into the dark sack. So Sr. Scissorlegs met flailing poppa, who had a minor back tweak from a Wed am workout.<br /><br />Tried the conventional slide him in down the ruff of my neck and along the spine a couple tries...no way, super flailing legs. Then hmmm...maybe over the shoulder the then straight up with the torso and hope the legs will magically make the 90 degree corner as I squeeze them together....damn!! Ok both sweating bullets now as chase is in his hat gloves and fleece jacket and papas in a fleece-lined parka (amouti). Super wail now and Chase goes into back arches and I back away and wait it out (as if he was seizing or something). Alright now I have it...I'll take off the amouti, set it up like an open tunnel and crawl in head first with him pinned to my back as I slip in. Like a reflexive survivor, he heismaned that idea a time or three...boldest stiff arm to date. That "tunnel" needed a 2 foot clearance and it had about 2 inches. Poor bugger...I was seriously fantasizing about detachable arms and legs at this juncture.<br /><br />Quick call to Hill, letting her know we were running late to never as she was to meet us there for the afternoon feed. And while I was on the phone leaving a message, I returned to the crime scene and there's the bugger in a heap, red faced, encrusted tears, sleeping.... Yes...yes we can! Easy up and in now and we're off after my first completed (successful would be a huge stretch) solo amouti insertion.<br /><br />I walked with great pride and relief to the Health Center, behind schedule yes, but with a child gratefully in one piece, at least physically. When the lonely Inuk child on the playground en route approached and asked in his best and most sincere English, "OK to see baby?" I giggled and said, "Next time for sure! " A few minutes later, we dug Chase out of his dark cozy den into the flourescent universe of the nurses office and watched a couple needles pierce his rotund thighs. Kid had nothing left to wail, he just looked at the nurse and said with his droopy eyes, "Whatever..bring it... you should have seen the last procedure with my Papa and he wasn't even wearing gloves."<br /><br />It's fantastic having Hill and Chase back. Bugger even gave me a sincere smile at the airport, after an eternal 3 second blank stare.<br /><br />I'm digging hanging out with my son as Hill returned to work on Wed., a great privelege and he's geeked on the guitar and seems to savor every shred of attention we give. Kid plays a mean chicken shaker. Oh Canada!Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-76156952640750803992009-01-14T17:14:00.000-08:002009-01-14T17:22:22.732-08:00Bilingual?<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxhyfOWWjBqbTOxIIrhpBTtcAkGz6FeYCBSI3-_6g9p5RiSf1adN1LOD2FhQYgBDBXzn3RVsnpP5FMi-KT7fg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-57465111998818152202009-01-14T17:01:00.000-08:002009-01-14T17:09:30.379-08:00Chase playing<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwrocqk5-nI-uetC3nRDlujLI9gv2EyLeaQs8mC5EJr2thOVm91kHuNNrCFtX9hHVF1sxXEv3IL4kJeX6miqw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-22411477230926498402009-01-14T17:00:00.000-08:002009-01-14T18:45:37.448-08:00Chase playing<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Hillary & Chase are in California, where it's 50 F, and papa Steve is back home in Igloolik where it's about -35 F. Steve is excercising our friend Maren's sled dog team while she and her sweetie Jay are in Cuba. Chase is getting his first two teeth, both lower incisors. Steve is psyched the Solistice has come and the days will be getting longer, although not warmer for awhile. Hillary is happy to have the support of her mom and dad in taking care of Chase while she finishes up.<br /></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-28265965528107434952008-11-22T16:14:00.000-08:002008-11-22T16:55:12.090-08:00On the road in the south<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdwIXszSKykIG2PgP5oEZHkA9uYjZ8c0Cx4fkwmT-LKBQDINk9Dgte9xcY0dYTw-7J8ishiMe8Qil_osv2RwVEEc6FIGhv08NB50rkAFZzxQhhGUj_nEw2luHgiqwn6UcrZx_iNOYAKM/s1600-h/PB121095.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdwIXszSKykIG2PgP5oEZHkA9uYjZ8c0Cx4fkwmT-LKBQDINk9Dgte9xcY0dYTw-7J8ishiMe8Qil_osv2RwVEEc6FIGhv08NB50rkAFZzxQhhGUj_nEw2luHgiqwn6UcrZx_iNOYAKM/s320/PB121095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271650147624366738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOr8XMf5rDaPk66-KumAu9nkwDenJArKbXY3eTkFjVPt6Eg8DIpUE58Pl4d2fZt1EWB5Rc_7zEYL3OYD2SSO_ZFeXyEhbdf91vUhNqvBLe705WXyuQs-cdCQeOjDgeqzRiC8_8LSeLT_E/s1600-h/PB111077.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu703S-CNbHcFdx5vT6oNLkApFjh_Jt4HIWNi4HxQZzUDo0XLuD2INzXkX7yniruBCCl329ukzqET1pM7Du1kCgGKTvBrQX2zzER36cJgFFbnhREgmeSNDeQ-_pRpLYAbTJqyZ7SUqm_Y/s320/Mom-Erin-MIchele-Hillary-Chase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271645473626640034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Well, it's been almost two months since our last post! Time flies. We've been on the road since mid-October. We've visited some of our friends and family, California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho and Montana as part of our whirlwind tour. Those who we didn't catch this time, we hope to catch up with you next time. We're off to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving. Here are a few shots from along the way. Happy Holidays to you all!<br /></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-51783554521256034212008-09-27T07:22:00.001-07:002008-09-29T09:32:10.752-07:00The snow is back...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGowPm3oppj4Tb9nuIClhrK0bstqIUeYjpk__lj93tPDFoESaUFKMpImxQrpFWPbcJX9c82l3zGwRdD7HOczp2TTDqA-BrUph9wkYbWCMWp7rCxgGp281sMPfQBqZIrZhEHQ49K3n91c/s1600-h/IceFishing_9-27-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGowPm3oppj4Tb9nuIClhrK0bstqIUeYjpk__lj93tPDFoESaUFKMpImxQrpFWPbcJX9c82l3zGwRdD7HOczp2TTDqA-BrUph9wkYbWCMWp7rCxgGp281sMPfQBqZIrZhEHQ49K3n91c/s320/IceFishing_9-27-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251481754853525938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQErkY01_QBnK5lW0JB_-JY7BtXpf7tgIqAeq_teu33UOZh2ECO8VVC2QeDH1mFpasdllZ4E3x78VBhCrXuz_9BAH-5ChPNTLFoegGyd0s90NWj-tt4HtIe1yVIKf97ZDrEXj667j1no/s1600-h/ChaseTub_3mo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQErkY01_QBnK5lW0JB_-JY7BtXpf7tgIqAeq_teu33UOZh2ECO8VVC2QeDH1mFpasdllZ4E3x78VBhCrXuz_9BAH-5ChPNTLFoegGyd0s90NWj-tt4HtIe1yVIKf97ZDrEXj667j1no/s320/ChaseTub_3mo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250710085997907474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXlV_Q7LJO-yWHPu1nS2GGqE4vZ0RDLX5QhRMSpluSnrd91lSTpWsirdmQyW-TgDkYPY-fVMu9ZQ3mkCfRQDRy9LS3LmNffzZb-sVOWA9a3eQyRyWFtgSxbFDlpWJ_tQZuH_PHf-x03w/s1600-h/Chase-amouti_9-9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXlV_Q7LJO-yWHPu1nS2GGqE4vZ0RDLX5QhRMSpluSnrd91lSTpWsirdmQyW-TgDkYPY-fVMu9ZQ3mkCfRQDRy9LS3LmNffzZb-sVOWA9a3eQyRyWFtgSxbFDlpWJ_tQZuH_PHf-x03w/s320/Chase-amouti_9-9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250709875846920818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtAcI3sp-22N1GWHoVo9UA7x1sk1vcAnzMqXUb9U1yqUihkcxkxlRv_JnXc8-rNerC7hFxWF9JCqWWdMlozOcRNa45vigLzRczJXWqREsqQrY1wcfh_0QpiWWQjC0Z-B3QvxnUyNlxcM/s1600-h/Chase-mama_9-08b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtAcI3sp-22N1GWHoVo9UA7x1sk1vcAnzMqXUb9U1yqUihkcxkxlRv_JnXc8-rNerC7hFxWF9JCqWWdMlozOcRNa45vigLzRczJXWqREsqQrY1wcfh_0QpiWWQjC0Z-B3QvxnUyNlxcM/s320/Chase-mama_9-08b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250709652554316722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-AB9R5a48A66rcgoOZ9RQg5FPqsLZNYDRM4Mz8C7isGtclCiNP5LP85QeqycYRHUCg7MoIvrVGv-usm5vawpZnQCoNL2QpKEs7rfBOueaZ6hAgJ43UrjAMu-IuGtKiticgLKHQCOfTQ/s1600-h/Sealift_9-26-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-AB9R5a48A66rcgoOZ9RQg5FPqsLZNYDRM4Mz8C7isGtclCiNP5LP85QeqycYRHUCg7MoIvrVGv-usm5vawpZnQCoNL2QpKEs7rfBOueaZ6hAgJ43UrjAMu-IuGtKiticgLKHQCOfTQ/s320/Sealift_9-26-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250709390041845522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">It's the week of September 22 and the snow is back... The second, and last, sealift ship came in this week. It brought school supplies, grocercies and gas. Steve, Hillary, and Chase went out on the land and saw snowy owls gliding through the sky. Two polar bears, a sow and cub, wandered onto Igloolik island this week. Now we have to bundle up Chase in the amouti each time we go out! As you can tell from the photo of Chase in the bathtub, Chase is putting on his winter fat layer just like a good Arctic mammal. The lake has frozen up, so it's time to get out ice fishing again. Steve is psyched!<br /></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-60459289024684707432008-09-11T09:40:00.000-07:002008-09-11T10:37:58.684-07:00The month in a nutshell<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGwp1LEu27GPJpQ0vaQ1DwG5LpZNGGHp-mcFWhdtxUN4tbYcuaeA9wU8RpLFVwtcJvqXR0p4R3BdMxBjiof7afplk7IHTPpls9E1SHXPbVhoytxMrrl5zq7HDqFBis76sp18v4nSmKUs/s1600-h/Chase_sweater2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGwp1LEu27GPJpQ0vaQ1DwG5LpZNGGHp-mcFWhdtxUN4tbYcuaeA9wU8RpLFVwtcJvqXR0p4R3BdMxBjiof7afplk7IHTPpls9E1SHXPbVhoytxMrrl5zq7HDqFBis76sp18v4nSmKUs/s320/Chase_sweater2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244818381857979058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpLVRAIrTfkZ1XyT1JJkAk2qRwsf4dAnWR9uFC3fYZ29Jx_OQ-zE8gtp4XWL2pSyKVlBKxuhNnj8y4Ym3WR8Ksxk5mLMlDXzDgKzT2okezH9DFy5EsROI6Yk_b7OKFTJ6UHGrl9M2zsM/s1600-h/Geese.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Here are a smattering of photos from the last month. Steve & our friend Jay and his dog Sam got out seal hunting and fishing a fair bit. We also got our yearly sealift - a large boat equipped with cranes comes in once a year with everything from chips & salsa, to skidoos, cars and ice cream. The forklifts went around busily for days dropping the crates of goods people ordered in front of their houses. A bunch of follks, Chris, Maren, Jay, Steve A. and Steve VS got out goose hunting several times as well. We had goose manwhichs and they were pretty darn tasty. Hillary got out in the field with Lily to help with her polar bear work - what amazing animals! Chase ushered in a 2-mo old b-day Aug. 20, which was ananna Hillary's b-day, and Chase will be 12 weeks old tomorrow, crazy! We had our first winter storm warning yesterday and got a bit of snow; the seasons change fast up here. More soon-ish!<br /></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-90472761303451337222008-08-11T12:38:00.001-07:002008-08-11T13:11:01.629-07:00Ice, fog and then the sun again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJDVfj0c72zqJqziYwXya-APTq1VKkBAz7tiQuUS-i_c9Jn0VDRU7-Nl6MdLuiJTe-xMKbM99JahTfvwPS2y5M1PL7Mbb07KRBv-3BtTvDGAjqBv-KelrJQYBig1JwIEoFz-0YpZknnM/s1600-h/P8080607.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJDVfj0c72zqJqziYwXya-APTq1VKkBAz7tiQuUS-i_c9Jn0VDRU7-Nl6MdLuiJTe-xMKbM99JahTfvwPS2y5M1PL7Mbb07KRBv-3BtTvDGAjqBv-KelrJQYBig1JwIEoFz-0YpZknnM/s320/P8080607.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233354571013011554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ME_Dn_etKlP0kV2aXtii4k1qh3OkrtJJ6bBMC1mrL5HN2LFSdwwYqrOvPMbON98WLAKxAaLBrh49oo31lj92uwYTRhzX3W1f1Aj2_KFgp5dp1t-cM1Vl303sl2d6xiCIOgBLo0sXZ3s/s1600-h/P8080603.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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The kids made the most of it by playing in the little ice bergs (or “bergies” as New Foundlanders would call them). The weather cleared a couple of days ago, and Steve, Chase and I were back out on the land enjoying the cooling days of summer as our summer winds down and watching fledging geese, loons, and phalaropes in the ponds on the island. Chase continues to enjoy our outings and is on his best behavior whenever we’re out, yay! We even saw a "tree" - well, not really, a shrubby willow about 1.5' high, but hey that's "big" up here! I got a new pair of rubber boots from our friend Lily, so I was able to tromp around the wetlands without worrying about getting wet feet :)</span><span style=";font-family:Wingdings;color:purple;" ><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Georgia;color:purple;" > Steve went for a swim in the Arctic water out near our friends Jay and Maren’s cabin, Sam, Jay’s dog swam too.<span style=""> </span>We visited sod houses, the look like humps on the horizon in one of these photos, used by Inuit hundreds to perhaps a thousand years ago too.<span style=""> </span>Lucky fisherman were out camping on the land and drying char they caught in nets in the sea out in the sun on racks. Chase likes to sleep in what we call the "touchdown" position, with both hands over his head; he likes it when we tickle his cheek with Arctic cotton grass; and he's quickly outgrowing his clothes!<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;color:purple;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style=";font-family:Wingdings;color:purple;" ><span style=""></span></span><span style=";font-family:Georgia;color:purple;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-74518315914139809102008-07-28T07:10:00.000-07:002008-07-28T08:25:21.649-07:00Boat trip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6mNcIW_D1ekVHhU_aHmmSRUD20UYuGu9GCb9tRwr68Q6pr8LAeKp_OzhckgUIPZDknQmbxkdGmuiB4I4F_Q9oXh558QcG53Mh6pVP68zQfVEtRRNfSW_QVbRBtTdimlzQdl36xh1jvQ/s1600-h/P7130441.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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It was a beautiful day in the 50s. Steve A., Jay, and Maren all caught ocean char on spinning rods and Steve V., with help from Chase who was in the sling, caught his first ocean char on a fly rod - he was excited! Steve's hoping Chase is a fish whisperer already. We went on walks and saw Phalaropes (& their chicks), Snow Geese, Eiders, Terns, and various other ducks & gulls. The flowers, including arctic poppies and dwarf fireweed were in gorgeous bloom. We saw harp and ringed seals on our boat ride back - it was a wonderful day! Oh and the first photo is of Steve & Chase last week catching one of their first lake char on a fly rod - this shows the sling method, complete with the fly in the fish's mouth :)<br /></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-32148551496234754212008-07-21T10:55:00.000-07:002008-07-21T11:47:14.922-07:00Out on the land<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM5Ejc0VEMkNLjli_mJh146unp2saYZguER9o8oGTKwMRNS3jM4zOW0TKpZoi1b-7ZNtI5cDumvUe07tMHsGp7vZv73WX13jfm4EZmLkd7ceglVYGpbWOblxP5V0TUu-vEYsI7BbbGPQ/s1600-h/IMG_0762.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM5Ejc0VEMkNLjli_mJh146unp2saYZguER9o8oGTKwMRNS3jM4zOW0TKpZoi1b-7ZNtI5cDumvUe07tMHsGp7vZv73WX13jfm4EZmLkd7ceglVYGpbWOblxP5V0TUu-vEYsI7BbbGPQ/s320/IMG_0762.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225539130067548434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_Rm-Y9WnmUHQGvfkX5Vlyz2CZ-HJQ_Q92W4ZsgcUjG5tRLvToUmhEQrs1CVNLFWY6rxEW0I-aE4xpKedEolGBkYPsFjgHn5zl6wKWzogrkDQIWtQ0rCjINPnTtZ7DiJP-GqgqvcxTkE/s1600-h/Hillary+Steve+Lake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_Rm-Y9WnmUHQGvfkX5Vlyz2CZ-HJQ_Q92W4ZsgcUjG5tRLvToUmhEQrs1CVNLFWY6rxEW0I-aE4xpKedEolGBkYPsFjgHn5zl6wKWzogrkDQIWtQ0rCjINPnTtZ7DiJP-GqgqvcxTkE/s320/Hillary+Steve+Lake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225532604200406210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMtoYQBIdye9rJ8U2gQp1-mLL-kz07IY3n2y2CFZLbdwYWQmj-A-cAuqx1-Qap9KqdqH9KoRkoGjYqaDodl4O7kZmxujg2QKJevufnKzj0B9PbNrkS_jWudKaG8Fo189MK8Difzfi2pY/s1600-h/P7130439.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMtoYQBIdye9rJ8U2gQp1-mLL-kz07IY3n2y2CFZLbdwYWQmj-A-cAuqx1-Qap9KqdqH9KoRkoGjYqaDodl4O7kZmxujg2QKJevufnKzj0B9PbNrkS_jWudKaG8Fo189MK8Difzfi2pY/s320/P7130439.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225531411597874706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2edvSv_JI8a8Ofrvad-jwwyyYtDxVN05pqhpXvBBLhUwThY_4e4S_XnVm43kKuLmBx4jygJw-tPEb8jkASU5qcA-O-PbpvNA3sOjKHrT_lQIGOtbn-hl-aQ5ohi-_qbhf56XiW01Fsto/s1600-h/P7210463.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2edvSv_JI8a8Ofrvad-jwwyyYtDxVN05pqhpXvBBLhUwThY_4e4S_XnVm43kKuLmBx4jygJw-tPEb8jkASU5qcA-O-PbpvNA3sOjKHrT_lQIGOtbn-hl-aQ5ohi-_qbhf56XiW01Fsto/s320/P7210463.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225529878326347186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mom and dad took Chase out on his first fly </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">fishing </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">trip on the land - he was 3 weeks old. Steve caught fish on a fly rod at the lake, sweet! Hillary carried Chase in her Amautiq. An amautiq is the traditional baby-carrying jacket used by the Inuit. As you can see, the weather was beautiful. Chase is fond of his monkey blanket. Chase likes to coo and look out windows at the great outdoors :)<br /></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-67155698761454533002008-07-11T13:58:00.000-07:002008-07-11T14:34:01.696-07:00Baby Chase arrived June 20th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ty8CE4Yc2S5FpTBIA-tALmccOuv8sAOtz998UDKK5m7JjYszpJIj-JF8U07JO0B_GDaCcpgF1ti_GElWo0c9JBQmkjrCtDDuBuFPRPHAquxfFh2cPgo3-PrjQFkERHpHC_WcN5ONbn8/s1600-h/First+plane+ride+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ty8CE4Yc2S5FpTBIA-tALmccOuv8sAOtz998UDKK5m7JjYszpJIj-JF8U07JO0B_GDaCcpgF1ti_GElWo0c9JBQmkjrCtDDuBuFPRPHAquxfFh2cPgo3-PrjQFkERHpHC_WcN5ONbn8/s320/First+plane+ride+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221872823707072466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkSbCp-J7h6Ptcr2QF0aBtErLzKad-CqHgSmDA6RM9qFCIAqM5oEtPQI9pkylgMk6yYO9hIQz90ZOdQkrYarF9ryEl11ivZB9hJt6UOZ28yjafWHmTflE59ikS4iNZfOeuQtUgGieBuM/s1600-h/Hillary+and+Chase+hospital.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkSbCp-J7h6Ptcr2QF0aBtErLzKad-CqHgSmDA6RM9qFCIAqM5oEtPQI9pkylgMk6yYO9hIQz90ZOdQkrYarF9ryEl11ivZB9hJt6UOZ28yjafWHmTflE59ikS4iNZfOeuQtUgGieBuM/s320/Hillary+and+Chase+hospital.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221871744409511746" border="0" /></a><br />Well, baby Chase arrived June 20th at 12:30pm. He was 8.75 lbs and 21.5" long. After a few days in the hospital in Iqaluit, Nunavut, the three of us flew back home to Igloolik. It was Chase's first plane ride! Grandparents Betty & Bruce came to Iqaluit on June 18th and got to hang out with Steve and Hillary before Hillary delivered. We went for a walk in the regional park and visited some museums and exhibits, which was fun. When Steve, Hillary & Chase got back to Igloolik, grandparents Betty & Bruce and sister Heidi were there to greet us along with many friends. Grandparents Betty & Bruce and sister Heidi stayed for a week or so, which was great! Since then Steve, Hillary & Chase have been getting to know to each other and Steve and Hillary exploring the trials & triumphs of parenthood.Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-87343473174032677672008-06-19T05:37:00.000-07:002008-06-19T05:42:45.501-07:00Still no baby... parents/grandparents here<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Well, still no baby action yet... Perhaps s/he is just so happy bobbing around in the womb that s/he isn't too eager to see our mid-night sun yet. Soon to be atatatia (grandpa) Bruce & anaanatia (grandma) Betty arrived yesterday to an unseasonably warm (50 F) & blue-bird sunny day. Today is poised to be about the same as yesterday.<br /></span></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-34839128685835594782008-06-16T07:50:00.000-07:002008-06-16T07:59:23.689-07:00June 16th - No baby action yet<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Well, it's June 16th and no baby "action" yet. Perhaps SAS is waiting to be born on atatatia (grandpa) Bruce's birthday, which is tomorrow? More soon!<br /></span></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-62673116631065344702008-06-13T07:20:00.000-07:002008-06-13T07:23:14.682-07:00SAS Arrival Update #1<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Well folks, baby SAS is taking his/her own sweet time arriving. S/he was due June 11th, but there has been no "action" as of today June 13th. We'll keep you posted :)</span><br /></span></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166304896700783412.post-84197784347277217172008-06-13T06:49:00.000-07:002008-06-13T07:34:56.603-07:00Updates from Hillary & Steve<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCt-etlgbPJkHxHFDInM-wwfxa9ITFPlysFGDqOA7-Dsiw8ldKgdR8WT6j0jxwwzx-_KG0XHAshkhgepe-b5ueKbrd-hXbmltPaDjzaw6Et3ODJNc-zt19k7ppYpC7lGOy4PNpnz4AL4/s1600-h/Hillary-Steve_Iglooliksm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCt-etlgbPJkHxHFDInM-wwfxa9ITFPlysFGDqOA7-Dsiw8ldKgdR8WT6j0jxwwzx-_KG0XHAshkhgepe-b5ueKbrd-hXbmltPaDjzaw6Et3ODJNc-zt19k7ppYpC7lGOy4PNpnz4AL4/s400/Hillary-Steve_Iglooliksm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211370409008799810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /><br /><br /></span></span>Hillary & Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816893872869454690noreply@blogger.com0