Our new kitty "Greyson." 

Our new kitty "Pekoe"! 

I lovee thsi photo of Dylan - it was taken the weekend he spent at our house. He's such a sweetie pie! 

Esme loves her Daddy - she got to spend all day Tuesday with him one on one because I was sick. 

Esme recently took a ride on a Sesame Street fire truck! 

an important development in a baby's life

Esme has gotten very good at shaking her head no and nodding her head yes. The last couple days she's taken opportunties to yell, "No! No! No! No!" We're in for it!

Ethan and Esme walking through the Gates. 

A row of the Gates. 

The Gates in Central Park

We left this morning for NYC and saw the Gates in Central Park. They were amazing! Esme, Ethan, and I all enjoyed our day thoroughly and they were totally worth the trip. Please see my photos below - I took many many more that I'll be scrapbooking soon!

Daddy and Esme walking through the gates. 

Esme on the Central Park sidewalk. 

Under the Gates. 

Sunlight through the Gates. 

Esme and Mommy standing on the base of a Gate. 

Esme and Daddy playing hide and seek in a Central Park tunnel. 

quiet time at home

Since I am on "vacation" this week, Esme and I have been spending a nice quiet couple of days at home. She's been trying out all her new toys and I've been taking pictures of her and watching movies. Since it is still quite snowy here it's been nice to be able to stay inside where it is warm and dry.

Like mother, like daughter! 

A Wonderful Christmas with Family

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful and very busy day! Ethan, Esme, and I spent a nice morning together. Later James, Sarah, Jera, Charles, Dylan, my mom, and Donna came over to have dinner with us. It was great to see everyone and Jera and Esme played especially well today in Esme's playroom. Ethan has tomorrow off and we plan to spend a quiet, relaxing day together before he has to go back to work on Monday.

Another one of Esme's favorite gifts was her doll stroller! 

Esme loves to draw so we got her the DoodlePro. She started using it right away! 

More on the Sit N Spin 

Esme is already having a blast with the Sit N Spin my mom got her - I can't believe how fast she got the hang of it! 

Esme opened this huge gift from my mom - a Rocking Horse! 

Tis the Season

Tis the Season

We have begun the holiday rush! Yesterday we went to CT to visit our friends for Christmas. We went to Edwina and Wolfgang's house for a nice, relaxing afternoon. It is always a pleasure to see them! Later we went to our annual Christmas party with Lisa's family. We really look forward to this party and of course we had a great time. This was the first year that Dylan and Roxanne joined us!

One of my first digital photos of my happy happy baby and her daddy! 

A Very Busy Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! During the day we received phone calls and photos from my mom and Charles who were enjoying themselves at the Macy's parade and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York. My brother James also called to wish me a happy Thanksgiving. I made dinner and we had Donna and Edwina & Wolfgang over to share it with us. I am very thankful to have such wonderful people in my life!

Friday morning I woke up just after 5 to hit all the Black Friday sales. I got some great deals! Friday evening I went to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Bushnell with my friend Lance. I hadn't seen Lance in a very long time so that was nice, and the show was just spectacular! Ethan had Kyle over to work on some music they've been collaborating on recently.

Saturday we took Esme and met Lisa and her family at Santa's Land in Vermont. We all had a wonderful time. Esme's favorite parts were the rides and the huge slide! My favorite part was watching Ethan and Esme together. I am so thankful for what a great dad she has!

By Sunday we were all exhausted and slept most of the day away!

Autumn with Esme

Esme and I have been having fun raking in our new yard this year. She has a mini rake and drags it over the leaves and grass trying imitate me. We have a ton of leaves as we have 5 maple trees in our yard. We've had snow once and we're all prepared for our next storm with shovels and salt. My brother Charles is giving us a snowblower so we should be all set for Winter!

Our home is filling up now! Edwina and Wolfgang gave us some beautiful furniture that belonged to her mother. If we could just get rid of the weird flooring we'd really have something going!

We Are All Sick

ooooh poor us! Ethan and I had a heckuva night last night and now all three of us have colds. Sniff sniff! Cough cough! Hopefully it will be brief and we'll be in tip top shape for Dylan's baptism.

Esme has been enjoying her own new house in our new yard! 

settling in

Well we are completely out of our old apartment and settling in to our new house. We finally have our computer back up and running thank goodness! Now if we can just get our washer and dryer hooked up we'll be all set!

We are Homeowners!

It's done! Our house is finally ours! Yay! Now if we can just get moved out our apartment we'll be all set!

Home At Last!

Well the big day is almost here! We'll be signing paperwork late tomorrow or early Thursday and getting the keys to our new home! Yay! We'll be out of our current apartment by Sunday and into our beautiful new home. We can't wait!

Signs of Fall...Esme in a a sweater with a tiny pumpkin! 

Esme enjoyed visiting the pumpkin people in Turners Falls yesterday with her Aunt Stephanie and me! 

I love this photo of our happy baby! It was taken just a couple days after she started walking! 

Exciting News

Last night Charles asked Jenny & I to be godparents for his son Dylan. This is a big honor and we are very excited! It means a lot to me that Charles would ask us. We are looking forward to being a big part of Dylan's life.

Nonna's backyard is a baby's paradise! Esme loves to play on her big toys and is getting great at climbing on them all by herself!  

Esme decides to walk.

Well this Monday Esme decided it was time to start walking. She is 17 months old and has been very cautious about it so far, even though she can pivot, climb, etc. She started walking almost all the time she wants to travel on 8/30 and has mostly given up on crawling except when she wants to carry something. She hasn't got quite that balancing with some extra weight thing yet. I guess when it's time, it's time!