On the move

The crawl has been mastered...the climbing and bruises have commenced.

Finn and his Shenanigans

Since Finn's been more mobile lately, a few days ago he was so excited that Jared was home from work and crawled all the way across the house to him when he entered the door...real crawling...not just his army/freestyle swim crawl.

I caught him stuck under the laundry basket the other day.

Under a box in the pile to recycle.

Playing with the laundry I've already folded.

Trying to do yoga.

He loves SHOES!

His latest task has been climbing up an over me when I'm laying on the floor...back and forth.

NYC with Finn in 4° weather

The most important part of going into NYC was to see my mom.  However I was very excited to to be in the city.  I hadn't been in almost 2 years.  When I was single I visited practically every other month.  There were shops (mostly involving pastries) that I wanted to visit.  Anyhow, it was COLD.  4° cold and I had a cold.  Plus Jared and I were exhausted from traveling (we had 6 flights total over 10 days) and Finn was waking up every 2 hours to nurse.

So, we made it into the city one day and ate at Patsy's pizza then went over to my Mother's apartment at Lincoln Center (I KNOW SHE'S SO LUCKY.)  These are the only photos we got of us in NYC and Jared's not even in them.

See James Dean on the wall?  We have the same birthday:)

It took Finn a few moments but he warmed up to my mom.  I mean we do video chat sometimes twice a day, he should know his grandma.

Snow for New Years

It snowed while we were in NJ.  It was great and the kids still get excited every time!

My sister is happy to have littler helpers!

Snow angels!

Jared is getting great at multi-tasking.

And of course...a snowman.

Freezing Time

I would like to freeze this darling little 7 month old. I think Finn is at his cutest.  His personality is EXPLODING!  He's definitely a little teaser.  I love when I'm sitting on the floor and he comes and plays peek-a-boo with my skirt.  Or when I'm lying on the floor with my eyes closed thinking I can just rest them for a moment and then I feel little hands on my tummy and hear giggles...because he thinks I'm playing peek-a-boo with him.  Or when I'm cooking in the kitchen and all of a sudden there's a mouth trying to eat the elephant off of my socks.  I love that he can pull the 3 lb weights off of the coffee table, or that he loves to explore under the kitchen table.  I love that he gets SO EXCITED when Jared comes home from work.  He practically leaps out of my arms.  Oh and his latest is trying to stick his finger in my nose (what is it with kids and human orifices?) while he nurses, he smiles up at me and lets out this devious giggle.  Can I keep him at 7 months for a while longer?  PLEASE!

This is Finn playing peek-a-boo, which he loves to do after he wakes up from his naps.

The Entertainer

Since we arrived in NJ my 6 yr old nephew Johnny had been entertaining us with his piano playing.  Like my sister said..."he can't walk by the piano without playing something."  When my mother moved to NYC she shipped our Baldwin grand out to my sister...where it's been put to GREAT use.

Here he is playing the Charlie Brown theme and the Imperial March from Star Wars.

Cape Crusaders

Happy 32nd Birthday Jared!

Happy Birthday Dad! Thanks for playing with me in the morning, and reading me books and throwing me in the air and bouncing me on the big blue ball. I love you. You are a wonderful Father.

Love,

Finn

At the playground in New Jersey

If playgrounds were this cool in California...there would be a lot more lawsuits.

New Joisey Cousins

After South Carolina we headed to my sister's in New Jersey.  Hudson was wide awake the first morning and Finn was happy to see his cousins.  Hudson loved entertaining Finn and teaching him how to crawl.  Every time Finn heard Johnny's voice he would immediately turn to him.

This is my future...Jared and the boys...since I'm only having boys.