First Day of School

Meghan started preschool again this week. She was excited... well mostly. She returns to the same class and teacher at her Montessori school right around the corner from our house. We walked to school and she jumped right out and went into her class all by herself. Nathan, of course was happily tagging along for the ride before his morning nap. He is a very happy baby. Unfortunately he has come down with his first cold of the season. Nathan just had his 9 month check up where he is in 90% for height (30 inches) and 21 lbs 3 oz which is 65 % for weight. He's a big boy. He is easily pulling up now and it's only a matter of time before he's walking... Look out!

We have mobility

We've achieved new mobility on two fronts in the last few weeks. Nathan has mastered crawling... well it's his own version anyway. Since he never liked to spend much time on his tummy, he goes to crawling from sitting, and never quite gets his right leg behind him. It's pretty amusingly cute, and it still qualifies for hitting the mobility milestone.



Meghan, similarly has been practicing riding her new bicycle. She BEGS to go for a bicycle ride every day and like most things in her life, she does not go to it in a slow manner. Today she asked me, "Mommy, can I race down this hill?" I think her favorite thing is to pedal as fast as she can and then take her feet off and coast for awhile. Today she easily rode for about a mile on a trail while Nathan and I trailed along in the stroller. She is a brave girl.

Nathan at the beach

Every week there is a new theme on PhotoHunt . This week's was Colorful. Anyone can play


I love this little picture of Nathan at the beach in Costa Rica. He was a handful to keep out of the sand and I definitely failed on more than one attempt. Here we are at the Manuel Antonio Beach just passing the time away...