Aaron and friends

The visit to Massachusetts included play time with Abby and Max. The kids loved the slide that Jonathan and I used to play on. They also enjoyed climbing the stairs, which was a little nerve-wracking.





That afternoon, we had a visit from Aunt Nancy, which was also nice. They were very cute together. My father would have loved it.

A visit to Massachusetts

Aaron and I spent the last five days visiting Massachusetts, where we spent time with grandma susan, uncle jonathan, judi, cousins nura, mark, alessandra and reuben, and friends cate, abby, rebecca and max. There were also various friends of the family who dropped in to see Mr. A. I didn't think to take all the pictures with my camera, so some are still on my mom's computer, but here are the ones I did capture. I LOVE the ones with Reuben and Alessandra.

I would swear this was jonathan as a baby!!

Aaron also attempted to help me put bean sprouts into some Pho at a Vietnamese restaurant in Worcester. I think more got into the catch-all pocket on his bib than into his mouth, but he tried his hardest.

The glamour and romance of eating with a toddler

Of course, he kept reaching for the wine bottle...

A berry good time

We went strawberry picking with Hope, Aidan, Elle and Carolyn this morning. We arrived at the patch right at nap time so Aaron was a little fussy, but he held it together well. It's hard to be cranky in a field full of ripe snacks. I am a little peeved, because our trusty camera is failing. Half of my pictures are grainy or blurred. Is that supposed to happen with digital cameras? If you embiggen the pictures, you can see how stained Aaron's face is. We got right in the tub when we got home.

With Elle

Goings on

The little man is walking. Everywhere. Except when he is walking really fast. We had our early intervention meeting a week ago and were discharged from their services. He is too caught up. Fine with me, although the PT has free passes to a lot of great children's play places. We used our free pass to the zoo last weekend to introduce the boy to the animals (thanks to the Stratford ED for the pass!). He liked the hippos a lot, most likely because he has a plastic hippo bath toy. The children's petting zoo was a bit of a disappointment, but he and Mike posed with some livestock.

Aaron and I spent some time looking at the giant pigs. I made snorting noises and he kept blowing air out of his nose in imitation. Good stuff.


I did manage to capture him in motion recently, looking for trouble. He is magnetically attracted to the most dangerous thing in the room. In this case, a can of wasp spray.

It is a wonder I ever find my keys.

In sadder news, Linda put Yaphet down today at the vet. He was blind, deaf, incontinent and most likely diabetic. He had developed a huge hematoma under one of his ear flaps and the smell emanating from him was horrific. She was very brave, but it was sad. I'm still a little death-touchy.

Springtime pictures

My mom came and visited last week and went snap-happy with the camera. That said, she got some great pictures of the boy. He is now walking by himself all over the house, which is good and bad. He is soooooo busy. These days, he enjoys taking everything out of the cabinets in the kitchen, off the shelves in his room and out of the dryer onto the floor. Very helpful. He has also started to love his Elmo doll, which he calls "Elm".

A day in the sun

Saturday, the Lovells spent the day in the sun. In the morning and early afternoon was the Collingswood Green Festival, where eco-friendly vendors and composters plied their wares. It was 90 degrees, so global warming felt very real. In the later afternoon, we all went to Breast Fest 2009, which was also outside. Lots of heat and sunshine all around. Aaron spent half the time in his stroller and half the time toddling around (with assistance). He looked so cute in his summer outfit and clearly appreciates the value of good tupperware.