Grandparents in Somerville

A couple visits from the grandparents earlier in February. But first we had to bundle up Eliza and try out the swing for the first time (I guess she's still a little small for it)

Here she is showing off the beautiful sweater given to her from one of her mom's classmates, Danilo.

Next was a visit from Grammy and Grandpa J.

It looks like Eliza is a little more attentive when her grandparents read than when her parents do.

In between all that, Eliza wore her pink bear suit, courtesy of Diem:

Next up, Eliza's first time on a plane, and in a pool, and in the ocean...

Christmas Part 2 - Meet the Stones

A few weeks late we were lucky enough to get the entire Stone family together, just like old times, but this time there was one new guest who decided that having 18 people around her couldn't be more fun.

Eliza had met almost everyone before, but it was a long time ago. So she was pretty excited to re-meet her great-grandfather.

She also couldn't have been happier to meet her second cousins for the first time.

And the whole family for that matter...

Almost forgot this bonus pic from Gramps!

Once we got home we saw our first real snow. Future posts will probably have her in her snowsuit, but for now we watched from inside

Christmas, Part 1

The first Christmas was a lot of fun, with way too many toys for Eliza, one trip to the clinic on Christmas morning, and many many smiles, even if she had no idea what was going on. Our second Christmas in Madison to come soon!

Annual family shot in Brooklyn!

A few days later, Eliza met her new friend Adelaide. Although they were the same size, Eliza is ~6 months older so may have treated Adelaide a bit like her dollie.

Halloween and Turkey Day

Sorry for the lack of posts, it's been a little nutty around here. The milestones seem to come almost daily and the big excitement lately has been the addition of solid (and I use that term loosely) foods, just in time to chow down on Thanskgiving

We're already getting excited for Christmas, Eliza doesn't know what's coming, all she knows is there is suddenly a tree in our entryway.

First Fall, and 6 months Already!

Eliza had her 6 month birthday this past week, so a good time for a long awaited update! It's been a busy month for Eliza, who between learning to roll over and doing lots of (very loud) "talking" she saw some old friends (like her Great Aunt Beth and future husband Ian) and met some new ones (like Diem and her Great-Godmother Silvia)

The rest of her time has been spent with new toys (like her Jumperoo and new high chair), and putting up with her parents putting her in silly outfits.

Since I have the rest of her life to embarrass her (as I'm pretty sure that is the primary role that a father has to play with a daughter), I'll avoid the classic bathtime shots and instead leave you with these two. I have a feeling the next post will contain some Halloween pictures, so see you then!

Labor Day and Visitors from DC and Florida

Labor Day weekend got off to a wacky start, due to Irene, but once power came back to Madison Saturday morning (!) Eliza insisted that we go see her grandparents, Aunt Sarah, and the Fosters.

Too young for a watermelon margarita?

Poppys!

The following weekend, Saj and Courtney came to visit!

And in all that excitement....Eliza met her great-grandmother, Gram Pete!

See you next time!

August Part Deux

Second half of August may not have had a lot of summery activities, but it wasn't boring!

Eliza spent a lot more time outside, just watching the traffic go by or hanging out in the park.

She was photographed for her first national publication (distribution: current and ex- Frankel Group employees)

She showed that she could sit up...not for long, but long enough to join her parents at the dinner table for a bit. Or long enough to play with her caterpillar, at least.

Toward the end of the month, Grammy came for a couple days so Cam could make some progress on the papers she never finished last spring, due to someone's slightly early arrival. They had lots of fun playing together, and reading.

Then Irene came...we had to make our own fun.