May and June, Pre-NY

Posting photos from the spring before I get to the new ones from our trip. As you can see below, we've all been pretty busy!

Solly is taking swim classes at the Y. These are from mid-May:




A more recent shot.



Bubbe and Poppy came to visit for Memorial Day. A picnic in Point Defiance Park:





Photos from Melissa's baby shower. I posted a bunch on Snapfish (see the sidebar for the link).



Solly and Leo had a blast playing together. These two are gonna be trouble...




He is such a KID now!



I know that his 11th month birthday is already past, but here is month 10! The official shot:



As usual, the "outtakes" are more amusing that the official one. We have some new challenges when taking these photos.






Hanging out with Mommy...



...while Daddy and Babaloo keep watch.



Solly helping my students finish up their garden project:



I took my other class to an organic farm for a field trip. We were put to work!



We made it through spring quarter! Now begins a busy summer:

Catching Up: Part 1 of many

I will be working on catching up on photos and video from the last few weeks. Here is a teaser from swim class on May 16.

Poster Child

Solly's music teacher has revamped her webpage and is using Solly as her music "poster child". See this link and scroll down.

Buddies

I have a backlog of great photos that I will post next week, after finals are over. But I couldn't wait to post this video from today.



Over the past few weeks, Solly has done some amazing things...

Solly at Nine Months (plus Mother's Day)

I want to get his nine month shot up before he is ten months!


My first Mother's Day.

Solly does not like order. We call him Dr. Entropy.

Solly and Peter also made me three kinds of crepes!

Solly continues to eat like a champ. A very messy messy champ.

He's started eating rusks this morning. They're pretty good!

Solly's first Yankee's hat (courtesy of Bubbe).

Solly has now been to SIX scientific meetings.

Number 5, South Sound Science Symposium.


Number 6, UW Undergraduate Research Symposium.

He got to meet his new friend Eliot at the symposium. Becca and I had to change the boys on the floor in a random office. Something I'm sure we'll remember...


It's been a busy quarter! A very wet and muddy field trip last week.

Catching Up: April

It's been a while since I posted. As usual, Solly's been quite busy lately. Here are some highlights.

Volunteering again at the UWT Giving Garden.

Great Uncle Mark came to visit, so we had an excuse to get together with Cousins Sasha and Roman. Sasha was particularly taken with Solly.

Roman is getting so big!

It was great to get to see Uncle Mark. It's pretty convenient that Jesse and I ended up in the same part of the world!

Solly's is eating three meals a day now. He can drink from a cup by himself! He's still not great with finger foods (he can pick them up but he still hasn't mastered chewing and swallowing), but his tastes have expanded. Interestingly, he loves spinach and yogurt, but will not stand for mango or cantaloupe. I'm sure his aversion to sweet things will pass soon.

At Joyce's birthday party, he got a chance to see the work friends outside of work.

They were somewhat surprised when we went home at 7. That's a late night these days!

We are finally getting started on the "grounds" of our house. Solly was helping by directing.

One quick shot of me at work! Teaching two and half classes this quarter. That might be why I am not posting as much. Summer is coming!

Our little guy is growing up fast.