Last Trip to Smallwood

Smallwood is finally sold, and we all went up for one last visit together. We celebrated my birthday, claimed some mementos, and generally had a really nice time. Ben and I had not been up there together in more than 20 years and it was really nice to be there with him and our families one time.

The highlight for me was when the power went out and Jacob and Aaron and I went in to the backyard to collect firewood. As usual, Cecilia had a blast in a place just exploring every nook and cranny she could reach.

Here are the rest of our pics, and I will add Jen's when she sends them.

...I found this short funny video of Cecilia and Jacob.

Play Date

I think Cecilia may finally be realizing that there are other babies out there in the world...



This was a dinner / play-date with Langdon Rivas, during which they actually pulled on each other a little bit, and not to steal a toy or food.

Sacramento Vacation

We went to California for a week in April, and it was awesome seeing the Jang family again. Everyone made a huge effort to get together, even if it was only for a couple days. We really really appreciate it.

I'll describe some of the highlights, but here's a link to a larger number of photos from the vacation:http://picasaweb.google.com/peterlubetsky/CeciliaInSacramentoApril2010?feat=email#

One of the first things we did was take Cecilia to the Zoo with Auntie Karen and Uncle Jake! The Sacramento Zoo is small, but still highly entertaining, and just about the right size for one afternoon.


Of course, Grandma and Grandpa didn't care what we were doing, as long as they got to be with Cecilia.

Thanks goodness, because they fed her...


played with her...

and even let her fall asleep on them...


Which meant that Mom and Dad could get some much needed napping in! :)

Cecilia got a lot out of the vacation too. Grandma taught her how to show her "stinky feet!"


And Grandpa taught her how to type on the computer.


Even Uncle Bruce took time out of his busy business school schedule to join us in Sonoma for the weekend.


We had a great time with the family all week and we really really miss them all.


As you can see from this last picture, we had a great time, and hopefully we'll be back before too long!

Milestone for Me

This is my first night away from Cecilia since she was born. I had a great time with Dylan in San Francisco, but I have to admit I miss her terribly. I can't wait to see her tomorrow - hopefully she'll have a big smile on her face when she sees me :)

Family Values

More pictures of Passover in New York

Playground!

Joanne took these great videos. Cecilia seems to love the playground, probably because has been going with her nana at daycare since she was three months old. They go to Hoyt Field near the community center, while I go the small playground around the corner at Pleasant & Alston. I have high hopes for the playground.

Passover

Cecilia and I went with Ben and his family to New York for Passover last week - it was hard without Joanne but we had a great time. Cecilia had a blast playing with her cousins and Grandma and I had a really good at the Seder. Here is the whole album - here are some of my favorite pictures.