Matthew hosted the cousins again when Julia and her family were driving through from a family vacation in Orlando.  We hadn’t seen baby Robert since our baby shower last fall and if he was big then, he’s huge now!  He is also just about ready to walk, which was very fun to watch. We got [...]

Our grad school friends were last here en masse for a combined baby shower for Bonnie and me.  They returned in April because Bonnie and Tom were bringing their baby, Holly, to DC so Bonnie could run the Cherry Blossom 10 mile race.  As always, it was a relaxing weekend of just sitting around and catching up and, [...]

Staying with the theme of gorgeous spring flowers in DC, Frank and I took Nico to the US Arboretum the day before Easter.  We had been there once before but didn’t realize how sprawling the place is — we had parked and walked and thought we covered a lot of ground.  This time, we drove [...]

Nick applied to a bunch of colleges and, of course, all of them wanted him to pick them.  So he set off on a tour which brought him to DC to visit Towson.  Marie brought him here and his sisters, Tara and Dana, came along to hang out with the baby.  While Marie and Nick [...]

Leaping forward by a month, here are photos of Nico from March.  Highlights from the month included: Nico’s first night alone with Daddy while Mommy went out with the ladies to celebrate Sara’s birthday A trip to FL to see the grandparents (those pictures are coming tomorrow) His first vaccine – DTaP #1 His first [...]

We celebrated with a brunch with friends and neighbors. The snowman cake was a big hit. But Nico slept through the whole party. A few photos are here.

Aunt Denise, Uncle Robert, and cousins Daniel and James came to visit Nico over Martin Luther King weekend.  We spent most of the time hanging out at home, although we did treat the boys to a bus ride (oh yeah, and a visit to the Natural History Museum).  It was great to see everyone and [...]

When the weather finally warmed up this month I started going out at least once a day with Nico strapped on to me in the Beco carrier. We’ve gone shopping, taken the bus and the metro, and met Daddy for lunch. On Tuesday this week, we went to Daddy’s hockey game. We’ve also had some [...]