Seven, I'm In Seven

I celebrated my seven-month birthday with several sweet dreams. Many of which, I am sure, featured me. If you say so, sis.

Bathing Beauties

Magic Cousin-dom

We celebrated our Park Slope cousins' return from Disney World with fun at lunch and the park. No tickets or waiting in line necessary.


Aunt Julie's lap is the best ride!


Speaking of laps, here is your Mini-Minnie on yours and my Maxi-Minnie on mine (courtesy of Oscar and Daisy).

X-citing X-mas Weekend

On Christmas Eve day, we headed to Mahopac to be with Mema and Grandpa. Since the lake wasn't completely frozen, we couldn't go ice fishing and instead had to try an in-house x-periment.


Now that I'm so good at sitting, I have to see if I can keep sitting while spinning. Harder than you would x-pect!


Then it was off to Boston to see BoMa and BoPa who helped me create quite an art x-hibition...

Elmo-st Fun Birthday Party

Today we went to Connecticut to celebrate Raffaella's third birthday at The Little Gym. Daddy took me on the (a-little-bit-out-of-)balance beam.


That was nothing compared to swinging with mommy upside down on the bars. She was very brave and I wondered why my dinner was more like a milkshake.


Raffaella's grandma baked the most incredible Elmo cake and cupcakes. Not only were they expertly decorated, but they tasted yummy too!


You do know you're wearing a silly Elmo conehead hat? Yeah, well you have one on too, baby conehead!


Tonight we finally got invited to dinner with baby Arielle (and her parents). It was wonderful to see the little beauty at last!

Snow Park-ing

Yesterday we got our first snow of the season, so we headed to the park before it could melt or turn urban grey (or yellow for that matter).


We weren't ambitious enough to build our own snowman, but we admired the creativity of our neighbors. There was a snowman...


...and even a snowlady.


While at the park, we couldn't resist an opportunity to ride on the swings! With all this snow, my feet could almost touch the ground!

Absolutely A-do-rable

Today I got my first haircut and I was SO brave as some lady named Caroline brought her clippers and her clips very close to my head!


Yes, and there was more hot air involved than in just an average Sunday morning with our family.


I also had some beads added, for extra beauty.


I was sad that I didn't have enough hair to get done, but you sure got the cutest coif.

First Festival of Lights

It was wonderful to celebrate our first Chanukah as a family of four. That's a lot of latkes! I wouldn't know: I could eat only the applesauce.


We played a lot of dreidel. I was doing so well, I wish we were in Vegas.


And lit many,...


...many candles. 9!-1 each, in fact.


We were bowled over by some of the great gifts we received.


Most of all we enjoyed spending a fantastic holiday together!

Parallel Play?!

It's so great that you've gotten big enough for us to do alliterative things together.

Yes, like Sisterly Sliding:


And Chanukah Chandiwork (excuse the artistic license with gutterals):


Not to mention Double Drying. Peek-a-boo - there's nothing to see here.

Six Month Old Pin Cushion?

Today we went for my six-month doctor's appointment. Mommy and daddy forgot their real camera, so they were only able to capture my growth and happiness (pre-vaccination) on daddy's phone. I weighed in at 16 pounds 15 ounces and was 26 inches tall. My, how you've grown!!


What isn't captured here is your bravery. You got four shots and an oral vaccine and you hardly cried. I was so proud of you. Yeah, we can't quite say the same for you with your one shot. You needed two lollipops to recover. Hey, that was all just part of my plan. When you're old enough for lollipops, you'll understand.