Waiting for Farah at the Zoo

Farah's favorite wild animal at the zoo is apparently the wild coke machine. She spent a good while staring at it and dancing infront of it while Daddy Dan and Aunt Emmy gaze on in wonder. 

Slightly stunned

Monito is still not totally recuperated from Vacation - he misses the mountain air and all the time he got to spend with mama Emily. I was hoping for a shot that showed how cool his grey-blue eyes were looking today.. but if I got too close the flash just went into his eyes. It took me about half an hour but I finally figured out how to turn it off (I think).

Note the rolls of baby fat... one thing we are doing well for sure is the eating!!!!

3 Months Old

How I grow

• I don’t bob my head as much.
• I keep my hands loosely open most of the time.
• I will hold objects, but I will not reach for them.
• I move my arms and legs a lot.
• When held in a standing position, I can bear some weight on my legs.
• When I’m on my tummy, I can hold my head up for 10 seconds or longer.
• I touch my face with my hands.

How I talk

• I gurgle, whimper and chuckle.
• I don’t cry as much as I used to.
• I squeal and make other sounds when you talk to me.

How I eat and sleep

• I may have one feeding at night.
• I may sleep through the night.
• I may need a morning nap and an afternoon nap.
  

How I respond

• When I see you, I turn my whole body to face you.
• I turn my head toward the sounds of singing or talking.
• I may stop or start crying depending on who is holding me.
  

How I understand

• I’m beginning to remember things.
• I’m beginning to recognize different people in my family.

from
Healthy Start, Grow Smart

My day so far

So this morning someone shit all over their pajamas and the comforter cover... it wasn't Emily, it wasn't Mabel and it wasn't me.... hmm that only leaves one other member of our household. I guess its really my fault for not knowing how to get the back of a diaper onto a baby up to his NECK (!!!!) --- anyway laundry is now on the days agenda along with banking and a walk to the Central Sq farmers market for bread and veggies. I am posting this totally cutie picture of Monito in the Shire as an antidote to the poop explosion.... Happy Monday to me....

12 Years Today

Too Darn Hot...

I am barely able to think... it is just too hot for me out on this coast - although I hear it was bad
in SF last week too - but now the fog is back and the cold weather people are happily in their element again. I went to a zoo this am with Monito & grandpa Phil & little sea turtle (Farah) - the best thing they had going on was a fog machine cooling fan - it was like one of those regular stand up fans but hooked up to ice or something so cold steam came out of it... both monkey boy & I were totally in love.
(I also liked the baby jaguars too.)

photo's

 

A Cry

Despite the photo - Riley really does like riding in the car - just as long as its moving. He's been out to the Berkeshires 3 times now and tooled around Cambridge quite a bit. Daddy R has driven the car twice so far --- one of the shire trips and a big 2 block jaunt to the service station.

We are of course avoiding the tunnels (can't imagine how that could happen ? look here) in fact Em has been on her bike most of this weekwhich has been complicated by the thunderstorms and the watermain break - all that and a 24 hour shift too -- ahh life couldn't be better 

Is it a laugh or a cry ???

 

Monito Siesta

Here you see our little monkey enjoying a lay down in his Costa Rican Hammock. He was the first to test it out since we only had a little bit of room on the deck right now- its filled with a table, the dog crate, a stroller etc etc. Also I figured let the 10 pounder be the initial weight tester before I throw my bulk in there. As you can tell by the shut-eye mr. monito was not complaining. 

Enjoying the Mozart

This past weekend Emily had call so little Monito, Mabel and Mommy-Daddy Rachael all headed out to the "shire" (The Berkeshires) to have a weekend with grandma-grandpa Phancy (Phil and Nancy) and Grandma-Grandma Anne. Riley had a lot of firsts... first time in the car with Rachael Driving (scary), first weekend away without momma emmy, first time in the pool... but only his toes cause that alone was enough to make him SCREAM. First outing to Tanglewood (courtesy of G.Ma Anne - thankyou) .. which was also his first concert --- he worked on holding his neck up to enjoy the music as you can see. He also got to meet Liz and Iya from Portland because in keeping up with our tradition of vacationing together - inadvertantly... they were in the shire this weekend as well. Last year we all ran into each other at Doe Bay on Orcas Island.

Mama Time

Em & Riley relax after a bath 

Here's Lookin' at you....

 

Hello World

The view from mama's arms... 

Kathy bear

Riley discovers the teddy that Kathy gave him.... 

Farah at the Farmers Market

This is Riley's new best friend!!! - his big cousing Farah who lives about three blocks away from us in Cambridge & knows ALL the coolest parks to hang out in (especially important in the Hot Boston summers). She was famous this week with her picutre in the Boston paper as she enjoyed a snap pea from the local farmers market. This summer Riley expects to spend lots of stroller time learning the ins & outs of the hood from Ms. F.

Zahara Effie & Matai Liana

Well, they are here! Rina & Steph's two girls decided to enter our world on Father'sDay... June 18th at 9:30pm. When I showed the photo to little Riley he stared at the computer for 5 minutes. We are so sad to not be in SF to meet the girls until October... but are so happy that they are here & healthy & gorgeous. Congrats Rina & Steph!!!!!!!

Saying goodbye to SF

June 12th - Monday

Marianna relaxes on the couch with lil Blasto before taking the futon away. Mabel is going nuts at this point barking at everyone who comes into the house and touches any of the remaining furniture - we are getting down to not much left to sit on... 

Tea Time

Jenny took us out to tea with Annie & Mama Roseanna at Lovejoys. Funny that this will be the last time at Lovejoys for awhile - I feel like I have been coming here for special occasions forever - Emily planned a lot of our wedding over pots of tea, talking about having a baby, our baby shower ... Little Riley will hopefully have a birthday celebration here some time in the coming years - until then I am sure we can find some type of tea party in Boston.