Cooper Park & Harvard Yard

Abby tooled around Cooper Park for awhile today. Too bad they haven't turned on the water yet!

Earth Fest

My parents were hanging out on their boat by the hatchshell this weekend for EarthFest. We went down to check it out....

Fixing the Front Stairs

On Christmas day last year we were walking in the door and felt the ground give way underneath our feet. The stairs had caved in... fabulous. At first I thought it meant there would be a few bricks replaced but then soon learned that it was much more involved.

Here's a few photos of the work in progress and now the almost final result.

Special thanks to my mom for watching Abby and also my Dad for his help and advice.

Before, broken :(

After we dug out all the crumbling cinder blocks.

New bricks all lined up. I was amazed at the vast variety of bricks that one can buy. The brick yard was a football field sized plot full of bricks of different sizes & colors.

Almost done... I was getting a little punchy at this point.

New entry, but minus railings (watch your step).

ER

Abby had her first trip to the ER today.   I was driving along after picking her up from daycare and I got rear ended by this guy in white sedan.    It jerked us pretty bad and my neck is a little sore.   Abby's pediatrician recommended I take her to get checked out so she and I went to Winchester Hospital where they have a special pediatric ER room.  I can't say enough about how nice they were there, we were in and out quickly and Abby even got some toys to take home.   Can't say I'm happy about getting hit though, my car is a little sad too :(.

Girly

Don't her eyes look like she is saying "Love Me :)"?


"Ok the story goes like dis, Elmo is the most wicked awwwesome Muppet"

Parks

I've been going to this park in Somerville lately (my old neighborhood). There is much nicer stuff there than in Medford. The parents in the neighborhood leave all these ride on toys that Abby loves.

Abby Soup

My mom has this thing she does with all the kids. She takes a photo of them every year in this soup pot. Here is the 2008 version of Abigail soup. I love Abby's furled brow expression here, so cute.




Check out Abby's David Ortiz Red Sox jersey

Abby's new outside toy, a watertable. So far, she seems into it. Who wouldn't be?

Some Recent Abby Antics

Abby is into chairs lately. Sitting in them, moving them around, standing up on them... all of the above.



I got her this fuzzy elmo chair on Mothers day. She is so into it.

Little girl, big scary store (costco)

Going right for mom's keys...

Pizza boxes & the woods

Like most other toddlers, Abby is quite intrigued by boxes. After coming home from the conference last night we got take out from Bertuccis. Here is Abigail happy as clam playing with the box.



Jealous of her friend Jack and his cool-dude look, Abby had to get some sunglasses too.

We went for a hike in the Fells today out by Winchester. I've come to realize you don't make it far when there is a one year old who wants to pick up every rock and twig and eat it ;).

Visiting Grandpa

Kathy and I met up in Southbridge last weekend to visit Granny (who just had hip surgery) and Grandpa who is still recovering from quadruple bypass. They were both in good spirits and seemed happy to have a visit from the great grandchildren who tagged along for the ride.

Here we are in Gran's backyard. Abby says "why is this soccer ball so big, and why does it have legs?"

JP was there in southbridge as well taking care of grandpa.

We tried to get the usual group photo but it was chaos (should we expect anything different?).

Abby and I hanging out at the playground.

Run of the Charles

Here is what it is like to pass the baton (canoe) during run of the charles.
Thanks to Buckland for the video :-)