We love getting mail...

...especially when it's a Hokey Pokey Elmo in a box full of packing peanuts.


action shot
and back to the peanuts after bath time

Thanks, Kennedy family! I know it looks like Robin liked the packing stuff more, but trust me, I haven't hokey pokeyed that much since preschool.

Barnes & Noble

We went to the bookstore today. We usually do that about once a week. It is conveniently next to the grocery store so I can run in and get a few items (today milk, toilet paper, & cat food), then mosey over to Barnes & Noble to sip my Chai Tea Latte as R. plays with the train set and proceeds to take 50 or so books off the shelves that I have to put back. Okay, so my tea goes unsipped as it sits high on a bookshelf while I chase after my toddler, but it tastes yummy on the car ride home.

As promised, Grammy, here is a video of Robin walking. Robinson started walking when we returned to Virginia, and is now really getting the hang of it. It was so odd at first to see this short little guy meandering around (& falling a lot too), but now it seems like he has been walking for a long time.

I hope everyone is having a great 2008! I made too many resolutions, but I'm not feeling guilty when I can't get to some of them. Here are a few images from the last month. I promise to get a video of the little guy walking, or running, or dancing to the Wiggles.
Swimming at the hotel
Eating strawberries with Abuela
Laughing with Aunt Betty
Joe & Robin waiting for breakfast at Billerica's infamous "Belly Buster" diner.
Robin & Bodhi (aka Robo & Bobo) wait patiently for Christmas morning toys.
examining toys with Dad & Big Papi
Home
Cuddling with Dziadziu
Boys Club - Keep out. The old Boys Club was a cardboard box...
The new Boys Club is now a rocket ship.

Blog readers, we're back!

So, our Mac died last month, right before we were leaving for Massachusetts. The geniuses at the Genius Bar could not fix it. So, the nice people at the Apple Store have replaced our dead one with a brand new iMac. Yeah! Complete with all our old data and everything. We just picked it up tonight. So, even though we've been living without web access, I am still a happy girl. I will post more info and pics in the next day or two. Just wanted to say hi to everyone. :)

Birthday pics

A present before the party...awesome!


First change of outfit...too tight!
Trying out my new ride...Risky Business style
A cake break
Second change of outfit...from the cake
Presents kept arriving...
...even after the party.
I had a great time.

Happy Birthday, my little boy

So, the pictures I will post later. The last day or two have got me thinking about Robinson's birth and the hours leading up to it and after it. I remember so much of it so vividly and so much of it...well I guess not so vividly. Water breaking at 5am...and it was no 1/2 cupful, L&M childbirth class! It was more like a couple gallons. Waiting, waiting, dealing, breathing, being medicated, pushing for hours, and being cut open at 2:30 the next morning to get Robinson into this world. And even though after there was the no eating solids until you know what, the bloating (I was unrecognizable-thanks for not saying so if you visited us in the hospital or shortly after), the pain from the incision, and other things, there was this little tiny beautiful baby. I can't believe a year has been lived by him already. Happy Birthday, Robin River. I love you.

no conehead comments...poor kid was being unsuccessfully jammed through a pelvis.

Yup, it's only a matter of time.

A week and a half ago, R took his first steps. Since then it has been about 5 or so steps until tonight. He walked about 4 feet from the ottoman to the couch a few times. I caught one time on video, and I apologize for the darkness. For some reason he only likes to practice his walking before bed.
This is just him talking about the cat outside...

Loves hangin' out in chairs