Irene

Not much damage here from Irene. The reality was much lighter than the forecasts in DC. However, we are not in Halifax, as planned. My trip was postponed to the end of the month (and moved to Toronto, for that matter). We are going to be heading up to New London for Nora's wedding in a couple of days, with a quick stop in NJ on the way to break up the ride for all of us, but especially for O.

It should be a nice little trip, and I am sure the wedding will be fun.

Big Hit!

I picked this little piano up in the neighborhood last weekend. O really likes it! It plays different drum beats and he really enjoys sitting on his stool and playing the piano. Of course, he also likes to climb on it.

I was away in San Diego for most of last week. I sure did miss this little guy, and I think the feeling was mutual. We are heading out to Halifax on Saturday. I have a conference there next week and the boys are coming along for the ride.

Weekend Visit

We like to keep busy around here with visitors and fun outings. Last weekend was Grandma and Grandpa, and this weekend O was luck to have Nan and Pop visit.

We had some fun at the park yesterday before Tom and I headed out on the town with some friends and left Nan and Pop to enjoy O without us hanging around.

Nan brought O a fun little car to play with at home. It is a big hit! He really likes to climb on and get pushed around or to give his toys a ride around the house.

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!

O had lots of fun with Grandma babysitting this week, and he was a very good boy for her. It has been so hot that Grandma probably felt trapped in the house, but O kept her entertained.

Grandpa came on Thursday and then the little man was in heaven with both Grandma and Grandpa on Friday and Mom and Dad added to the mix for the weekend. I don't think he is going to be happy about going back to daycare on Monday.

We had fun at the park yesterday morning before it got too hot:
Big boy can ride the springy motor bike all by himself now:

In the afternoon we tried out the new baby pool! O decided the sprinkler was for drinking from.

Now the Grandparent are gone and Joe is here from New Orleans. It is like a revolving door here. I will get a shot of Joe and O later today.

Fun Time of Day

One of O's favorite activities is taking a bath. He gets excited when we say "bath time". He does the sign for bath and goes right to the gate to get upstairs. It is very cute. Of course, I seem to think everything he does is cute.

Here a couple of shots of tonight's bath. The second one is a bit fuzzy because I did not use the flash, but his face is so cute I could not resist sharing.

And just for fun - here is a bath just barely over a year ago...

Wow is it hot here. I know that everyone is having a heat wave, but, wow - 101 degrees is hot! There was no playground time today, that is for sure, and I don't think there will be for a few days now.

We spent the day at Artscape in Baltimore on Saturday this past weekend. It was a lot of fun, we saw a band and enjoyed the artist vendors. Artscape is the largest free art festival in the U.S. and it was not too terribly hot on Saturday. Of course, it was crowded, but that is to be expected, although I hate crowds.

15 Month Checkup

We had O's 15 month well-baby checkup today.

The official stats:
weight: 29 lbs 0 oz, 93rd percentile
length: 31.5 inches, 61st percentile
head circumference: 49.4 cm, 95th percentile

He is doing great, hitting all of his milestones and obviously very healthy and solid! He is also very happy and funny too.


In other news, O has been saying more and more words. Among the new words and phrases are:
"Hi, Sylvester" - this is possibly the cutest thing I have ever heard, I need to get it on video
"Front Door!" - thanks to the alarm system.
"Water"
"Shoes"
and, my favorite.. "I love you"

Hope everyone is doing well. My new job is going just fine, I am in my second week and it seems like I will be busy and challenged.

Happy Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July and Happy Birthday to Uncle Chris yesterday, Uncle Jimmy today and Marcy tomorrow!

Making Uncle Jimmy Proud

We found out that O likes his corn on the cob, just like his Uncle Jimmy.

O does have some catching up to do - he only had half an ear, compared to the dozen or so Uncle Jimmy can eat, but based on how much he seemed to enjoy it, he may not be far behind!

Yesterday we spent the day at Kristen's neighborhood pool near Baltimore. We had a great day swimming and sunning. O loved hanging out in his pool float and being thrown up in the air in this pool float too.