Wild Animal Park

So, we went to the SD Wild Animal Park - it was really cool but a bit old for Abbie.

Even James needed a nap!

A family picture - the elephants were supposed to be in the backround but they didn't cooperate

Checking out the Gorillas!

San Diego Beach

BRRRRR....ok so it wasn't beach weather but who can go to San Diego and not go to the beach. We were the only ones camped out on the beach. Abbie enjoyed looking for shells and rocks with Daddy.

Look mom - a big rock!

Abbie's bucket is filled with more rocks than shells but she is having fun!

At the playground after the beach.

The Playground in Del Mar

How bad is life when you are on a swing with ocean right behind you?

Baby James (oh and Abbie's love affair with him is over - he now moves and tries to touch her stuff.) Oh well.

Playing with a kite - the negotiations

Sunset in San Diego

Can you guess who is Abbie and who is Caroline? It's amazing how many times we are asked if they are twins.

Sheila and Caroline, Abbie and Mommy at the beach at sunset

Pink Baby is a new arm fixture for Abbie - it goes everywhere with us.

San Diego Part 1

With winter showing no sign of leaving we decided to get away for a few days and visit old friends in San Diego. Caroline and Abbie were the best of friends in San Francisco so it would be interesting to see how they would do when they saw each other after 4 months apart. Well, it was like we never left...

An hour after arriving at Caroline's house and after travelling all day with no nap

At the San Deigo Zoo

With mommy at the zoo!
Abbie's favorite animal of the day was the Polar Bear (and that's because she was given a book about them from Caroline that we read very often.)

Checking out the View

Abbie's favorite spot is at this window in the dining room. She loves to pull up a chair to climb up and check out the neighborhood.

Megan's Visit

Anne and Megan came to visit us for a few days. They are friends from San Francisco who moved to Syracuse. It was so nice to see old friends and we had lots of fun together. We went to the Boston Children's Museum. That was lots of fun!

Abbie and Megan


A picture for my daddy!

Climbing through the tunnel

Great Grandpa's Birthday Weekend

Great Grandpa turned 91 and everyone came to Massachusetts to celebrate. Daddy was out of town on business in Omaha, as Abbie loves to say. Grandma, Grandpa, Great Grandpa, Uncle Matt, Aunt Virigina, Veronica, Diego, Aunt Johanna and Cammie all came to visit us. It was fun but a bit hectic - all in one house.


Great Grandpa feeding Abbie her 2nd breakfast

Abbie and Diego sharing the last pancake

Hanging out with my cousins

Singing Happy Birthday!

New Swing Set

Abbie got a new swing set today. It was very exciting watching the man assemble it while I watched. It took a while but finally, after my nap I was able to go play on it. What fun. Too bad it isn't warm enough yet to play on it all day. I can't wait until the warm weather comes.

Playing in the Snow

Surprise, Surprise...it snowed again on March 1st. Last year at this time there had only been 6" on snow, this year its over 60". In addition, we had the wettest February on record. We warned our East Coast friends that because we were coming back it was going to be a bad winter. On the plus side, Abbie finally enjoyed playing in the snow. Check out the video at the bottom.

Abbie building her snowman

Mommy helping out

Abbie enjoyed patting the snow down on her snowman

Daddy shoveling again.

The finished snowman - what a masterpiece. Abbie looks out the window to make sure its still there. There will be problems soon since the weather is supposed to get into the upper 40's - mid 50's this week. OOPS!

Happy Leap Year Day!

Abbie decided she wanted to wear tights today...and in turn a dress. She also wanted a picture of it so she could see it on the camera. I obliged of course but the only smile she would give me was her "daddy" smile. She's cute anyway!

Visit to Grandma and Grandpa

During Rachel's school vacation we headed to NJ for a few days with Grandma and Grandpa. Cousins Veronica and Diego came over to play and we had a fun Pajama Day! Rachel also got some quality time with Grandpa when they went to see the Miracle Worker play together.

Abbie and Diego in bed pretending to nap on pajama day!

Dress up time!

Doesn't she look like a Russian old lady?

Busy Painting

With February being the wettest on record for Massachusetts (surprise, surprise we are back on the east coast) we spent a lot of time inside. Abbie enjoyed painting. She made her dad a frame for Valentine's Day for his office and she enjoyed using watercolors.