we jetted off to beech mountain in banner elk, nc this weekend to spend time with the lambeths and barriers at the (elder) barriers’ sweet mountain home. it was anna’s first big adventure. she did great, as long as i was holding her (naps, at night, during dinners out, etcetera). we went up a little […]
family
Travelers
On our way to the mountains for a weekend getaway with the Barriers and the Lambeths. I’m riding in the cramped unstowed away 3rd row, so I can easily tend to the girlie. Top view of the boy and his new buzz lightyear game:side view:happy girl:antisocial tween brother:
Jake is here!!
Jake was dropped off this morning by rob and his girlfriend who are passing through to south carolina and graciously agreed to transport the extra cargo…
matching shirts
it so happens that anna has a hand-me-down onesie from eliot that looks very much like one of her gramma’s shirts (it’s not a onesie). here’s the proof:
first bath
anna had her first bath, yesterday, while new gramma was here to help out. after the initial shock of being immersed in water for the first time, she rather enjoyed herself… naked and ready: getting scrubbed down: pondering: drying off:
just the three of us…
this morning, we put new gramma on a plane headed back to buffalo, ny (via newark, nj)and returned to our “normal” life. we haven’t settled in enough to call it normal, but it is our new normal, i suppose. huh? anyhooo…while she was here, my battery in my laptop was mostly dead, because she’s an […]
frozen lake fun
isaac and i made the long trip up to batavia on thursday night and friday morning. the lake at my parent’s is frozen over, so off we went for some good snowy fun….