Don't Tell Him the Family Secrets!

Nathan had recently taken to talking to his little giraffe, which is on the bar of his swing. They are becoming fast friends, even though Orange Giraffe is on the quiet side.

In other baby news, Nathan is now able to use his very own hands in order to make a hanging toy move enough to jingle. He has been caught doing it on purpose several times.

Nana made him laugh yesterday. It was a "ha!" followed by a noisy intake of breath - our closest yet to a multi-syllabic laugh. Mommy was able to recreate the laugh that night on the changing table, but Daddy missed it.

We brainwash young

Part of the joy of getting Nathan new clothes (in 6-9m size now!) at the second-hand shop was finding two Red Sox t-shirts that fit. Here he is, sporting it for the first time. This was just after clean-up of a blow-up and -out of Pampers, so the changing pad cover hadn't been replaced, yet.


Logan was thrilled to receive a custom-made sweater from Grandma. Truth be told, he was just as excited about the little candy hearts with the words on them.


Logan's been taking ice skating lessons at the local hockey rink. His goal right now is to learn to skate well enough he can learn hockey. This past lesson, each of the kids had a turn to get up in front of all the other students (4 skill levels) to show off their new moves. Each kid had to do what the others had done before them, plus their own twist. Logan was third, so he started with "march march march, swizzle, then my super fast tight turn!" He was awesome, and his turn was indeed, tight.

Here's Nathan!

Yeah, I've got a lot to catch up on. The last two months haven't been very condusive to sitting in front of the computer and thinking clearly at the same time.

Yesterday, I was caught dancing in the grocery store. I was wearing Nathan in a brightly colored Maya Wrap, but the old man only saw me from behind. He met up with me at the end of the isle, as I had gone around the opposite direction from his travels, and he exclaimed, "Oh, it's a baby!!"

I stopped to let him ogle, and he explained that he had seen me dancing but didn't know I was carrying a baby.I assured him that the dancing was merely to keep the canned vegetables entertained, but he didn't believe me.

Today, Logan is reviving his building blocks as an augmentation to his race track. The race track has become a model roller coaster and the blocks make the ticket gate and other buildings around the fair. Logan was astonished to learn that Mommy loves riding on roller coasters and would get onto one with loops like he designed in a gleeful heartbeat!