School's Out!

Catherine got her graduate degree with honors a few weeks ago! So, for those of you keeping score, over the past 8 months she:

- Raised a newborn
- Held a full time job
- Finished her degree
- And put up with an annoying husband who'd start sentences with " Hey, when you have a free moment....."

Congratulations from me and the Little guy


As you can see from the above photos, Nik and I made it out to the lake to escape the heat.

He took his first stab at fishing.

" I said PULL my finger. Not EAT my finger! "

I'm not sure about this Elvis hairdo.


It's looking more and more these days, like he may be destined to be a plumber.

He also made it up to Maine, to stir up some trouble with Cousin Emma.


Nothing like some good times with Grampa.

And, FINALLY, more video. Behold....."Advanced Bouncing"

Keepin' busy

Nik has somewhat of a "drinking problem" these days. The sippy cup makes it to his face and then he throws it on the ground.

Eating is going considerably better. The puffs make it to the vicinity of his mouth.

I can put my WHOLE hand in my mouth...what can YOU do?

Our neighbor Catherine came by to play. Don't worry, they're "just friends".

Then Nik visitied with Hannah, where he promptly got "too fresh"

He pulled it together for the group photo with new baby Ainslie ( born on Mother's Day!).

I like to call this one..."Take the damn photo already!"

We got some work done in our backyard recently, so we were able to get some time together in the Bobcat!

After he pulled that lever, we weren't allowed on the Bobcat anymore.

Finally, what else is there to say but "Go C's!"

The wedding is OFF!

Some of you have been saying that Josie and Nikhil are destined to be married. As you can see by the picture below......

Josie doesn't feel the same way. Needless to say, their first play date was a disaster.

It sent Nik into a bit of a tailspin, where he hung around the house in a sweater and his diaper.

We hit the playground to get his mind off of things...

I cheered him up with some encouraging words....

and some funny jokes.


He got back to his silly ol' self..

Just in time to kick back with his Uncle...

and to join us at Fuddrucker's for hamburgers and onion rings ( the best I've ever had!)


The End.

Video time!!

Quick Update...

Hey everybody,

Wanted to drop a few photos on the site. Video to come later this week......

Nik's first Easter basket. He was lucky enough to have both Grandmas in attendance for the big day.

He got a ton of St. Patrick's day gear, but I think this "lil O' cutie" t-shirt summed it up the best.

We spent the weekend up at Sunday River for some family time recently. Here's Nik with his cousin Emma.
Grandpa got in some quality time with the little guy too.

New Tricks

Nik spent a whole day recently, sticking his tongue out. It was hilarious. He quickly moved onto his newest trick....

Which is eating cereal! So far most of it gets on his bib and he makes puzzled faces when eating it.

The weather has been nice enough lately for us to take a few walks. Spring can't come soon enough for him. The snowsuit, while adorable, keeps his delicious hands and toes covered.

X-Rated toe sucking

The other big news, was Gil turned 5! He got a brand new bed which he can't get enough of.

Auntie Sarah came by for a visit recently. She got him a boatload of clothes that he'll modeling on the blog soon enough.

Onto the movies!

Nik and Gil


My Left Foot......

New toys, new friends and feet

Hey everybody, back with some photos of the boy wonder.

Nikhil got this snowsuit from his Auntie Reed soon after he was born. He finally grew enough to fit into it and not a moment too soon for this New England winter.

"Hey Dad, hope you don't mind I just put the exersaucer together. This thing rules!"

This is Nik's newest friend, Miss Jospephine Rose Desmond. She arrived less than two weeks ago and is doing great so far.

The preppy sweater look has been getting a lot of traction around the house lately. Please let me know if you guys catch him with a turned up collar.

That's all we got for now. Check back in a few weeks!

In honor of the Oscars, here is "Grab my feet".

The blog is alive!

Hi everyone. Well, it has been a hectic few weeks with Cath going back to school, Nik starting day care and me trying to erase the entire Super Bowl from my brain. We're gonna try and update this more frequently. Onto the pics!

Catherine and Nikhil got to spend some time playing recently. "Playing" these days is comprised of laying them down next to one another. Check back in 4 months, and these two will be zooming around the floor together.
I like to call this series the "360 of Catherine"

Here she is at 180

And back around to zero. You would think these things would tire them out, not so much.
Big ol' Brown eyes. He's looking up adoringly at Mom here.

And here you can see why I need to start buckling him into his bouncer. He goes from seated to horizontal in 3.5 seconds.
Nikhil generally needs coffee, a grapefruit and the newspaper before he can start his day.

He was kind enough to share the editorial page with me.
Another moment spent smiling at his mom. We usually bring him into the kitchen to help us prep the evening meal. Once he's walking, I think his skills as a prep cook may go downhill in a hurry.

Finally, here is our first youtube video!