Family Portrait

Banu! Where art thou?? We miss you! This was taken at Banu's goodbye party a few weeks ago.

(Please tell me that my chest will go back to normal after I'm done nursing!! Sheesh.)

Child Labor

While Deena introduced Sarek to yard work, I did the difficult job of filming and documenting.

The Mouse that Roared

Sarek woke up too late from his afternoon nap to go into the Zoo, so we took the bus to meet Dexter and Banu at the exit. We ran into this escaped lion instead. First, the Christmas Day fiasco....and now this.

Play Date

Works in Progress

Deena started this list a long time ago. It won't be finished for a while.

Nola landmarks

2009

3/9—cord fell off

3/9—first dinner party

3/11—first time to GGP

3/11—first bus ride

3/15—first museum (academy of sciences)

3/16—lifts head alone

3/17—first engaged grin

3/18—first BART ride

5/23—first plane ride (d.c.)

6/17—first night away from mama (anne's labor)

8/3—deena's first day back at work

9/4—first cereal

9/6—first dip in a swimming pool

10/4—first mimicking moshing food

10/13—carrots

10/14—prunes

10/30—first earthquake (5.6)

10/31—sweet potato

11/4—pears

11/27—first tooth

12/3—first tandem bath

2010

early jan--first sign language (more and all done)

end jan--says mama and papa regularly

mid-jan--first ear infection ):

early feb--says "Thank you," recognizes and tries to do "itsy bitsy spider"

2/16-first sand play (Ocean Beach), says "Hi"

Sarek landmarks

2009

2/28—first night away from both his parents (night of Nola's birth)

3/21—first visit to dentist (played)

9/14—first bread making

9/15—first video (Elmo's Potty Time)

9/22—winter squash

9/25—first pee pee in the potty (at ana's)

10/23/07—first new York subway

10/24/07—first museum (Brooklyn)

10/29—last night in his crib

10/30—first earthquake (5.6)

12/3—first tandem bath

12/5—first underpants

2008

2/16—winter squash

2/23—carrots

3/8—banana

3/11—pears

3/17—prunes

3/21—oat cereal

3/22—lentils

3/26—mango

3/27—pear/banana/oatmeal

4/9—pear/tofu

4/14—pear/mango/tofu/oatmeal

4/22—cheese

5/1—first cheerios

5/3—kiwi/green beans/rice

5/6—yolk

5/7-8—crawled!

5/17—first meat (turkey)

8/28—walks!

Between Storms

Brett took the kids to the park after nearly a week of non stop wet from the storms.

Mom Hair

Can't believe she took this long to get the 'do!

Backyard Bikin'

Finally using our yard.

Lemonade from Lemons

The upside of Brett's sudden free time is that we spent yesterday morning at the Academy of Sciences on our Family Pass. We saw the penguins feed, stomped on virtual bugs, and marveled at the similarities between human toddler and lemur play. Quality family time.