Audrey’s adventures: cousin Beth’s wedding
In her short life, Audrey has flown numerous times, been to the west coast twice, and now, attended three weddings. The most recent one was at the beginning of the month, when we traveled down to my parents’ childhood home of Portsmouth, Virginia for my cousin Beth’s wedding. Or, as Audrey knows her, bride. All three [...]
Happy Easter
Happy Easter! We started celebrating the holiday earlier in the week, when Audrey decorated paper eggs with sequins and glitter. Her favorite part, by far, was using Elmer’s Glue for the first time. Pouring sequins (“sparkles”) all over the table came in at a close second. Yesterday, the day of the annual Cherry Hill [...]
Merry Christmas (and happy twenty-three months)
Merry Christmas! And happy twenty-three months to Audrey, too. We started the morning bright and early, as usual — but this time we got to begin the day with gifts! After rooting through our stockings, Audrey happily tore into the big present Santa left while she was sleeping… her new toy kitchen! She immediately got [...]
Audrey’s adventures: pumpkin patch
The bad news: We have a mold issue in our kitchen. The good news: Audrey and I are up in Rhode Island for an impromptu visit with my parents while the repair work is done! It was a blustery but mild day so we walked Audrey over to the pumpkin patch after her (abbreviated) nap. [...]
Audrey’s adventures: Labor Day in RI
I’m trying to finally catch up on posting photos from our summer travels. I’ll start with the most recent trip: Labor Day weekend in Rhode Island, visiting Grandnan, Granddad (aka Tickles), and G.G. Bird (aka Bicycle), as well as some dear friends. (The nicknames were chosen by Audrey during our visit.) We didn’t make it [...]
Happy nineteen months
Our cutie pie is getting ever closer to two years old (*sniff*); she’s nineteen months today! And busier by the day. We spend lots of time at the park adjacent to our street. These days Audrey loves to climb up and down the jungle gym (skipping the slide, usually), hang from the “big girl” swing [...]
Memorial Day Weekend
We enjoyed our first Memorial Day weekend in Mayberry. Er, I mean, Falls Church. It definitely captured the feel of small-town Americana: BBQs with friends, family, and the neighbors, a parade through our neighborhood, kids playing in the backyard. On Memorial Day morning, the three of us dressed in patriotic blue and joined the crowd [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! Audrey took time away from her sorting toy to give me this greeting. Between my birthday and Mother’s Day, I’ve been quite spoiled this week: two dinners out (including our first real evening date since Audrey was born!), extra sleep, flowers, and more. It’s been a beautiful weekend, so we had a [...]
Happy Easter
Happy Easter! Audrey (thankfully) recovered from her illness in time to enjoy a fun-filled day. Kenji “hid” some eggs in our backyard for her first-ever Easter egg hunt. She was very excited about shaking the eggs. The Cheerios and puffs hidden inside made great rattling sounds and were tasty treats. You can see her in [...]
Visit with the Bowman cousins
Because of sickness and busy schedules, it had been several weeks since we last saw Audrey’s Bowman cousins, Claire and Henry. On Friday we finally made it over for a lunchtime visit with them and Nana. When Misako came home from work we joked that we don’t make average-sized babies: Henry (seven months) and Audrey [...]