PA visit

Jack and Miss Deirdre

Jack and Auntie Barbara who drove up from Maryland for a quick visit.

learning to sit - in my bumper car

The Sound: Rocky Neck State Park

1st stop the used bookstore downtown...good thing we brought a stroller!

Watch Jack Grow: 4 months

Thank heavens for bigger boys!

Thank you, Cole and Matthew, for the hand-me-downs!!!

Jack's big cousins: Alison, Cole, and Matthew with Uncle John and Aunt Kristen

Another wardrobe shout out: This shirt was cousin Eli's. Thanks, Eli!

then and now: 4mos

Newport,RI: first look at the ocean

The day after hurricane Irene hit New Haven we had no power so we took a drive to Newport (thinking the storm was fairly inland). The funny thing is that Newport had no power.

The weather that day was beautiful and the power came back on in the afternoon. It was a great day.

Grammy and Grandad come to town.

Ah, the Pantry! A great place to contemplate life and fall asleep.

Their peach pancakes are one of the many joys of summer.

But they don't compare to this joy of summer! We can't get enough of this guy.

You can see why.

IKEA Crayfish Party

Turning 100!

A good friend of ours, Alvin Wong, asked us what we would be doing to celebrate Jack's 100th day birthday. This was new to us, but a celebrated tradition in China so Alvin celebrated with us. Mr. Alvin brought Jack a gift and everything. It is so fun to hear how Alvin can get Jack to talk - it is something about his sing-song voice that Jack thinks, "Ah, now here is someone I can talk to." Too cute!

We went to an all you can eat sushi place which was amazing. Jack slept pretty much the whole time like a champ and we are now officially part of the early bird family dinner crowd.

It's not easy being 100!

100 day old toes.

Cheers to the next 100!

Watch Jack Grow: 3 months

Pure sweetness

Friends Part 2: future roomies?

My college roommates came to town with their kids in tow. Lauren snapped this picture of the 3 youngest ones all born within months of each other. Sammy, Emma, and David are the big kids of the bunch and not in this picture. Here is Jack Lauer, Makari Woodworth, and Penn Salinas all in their morning nap attire. Thick as thieves already. Actually, I don't even think Makari knows he's sitting on Jack.

Jack's Friends

Hand

Foot

Elyse Cahill

Hannah Rasmussen

Julian Luekens

uh oh.

Katie Coburn...uh oh.