We celebrated Julia's 3rd and Abigail's 1st birthday with them this weekend. Calder and Julia were like two peas in a pod -- running all over the yard holding hands and hugging! Can you count how many chins Calder has?? That's a big cake for a little girl!! Abigail digging in! She liked the frosting a lot!
Calder missed his nap due to the party...so we took the first signs of a meltdown as our cue to exit. This was the scene 3 minutes into our ride home...
We had a great time at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium this weekend. It really is a fantastic zoo! I couldn't believe how close we were to the animals! Here's our family photo op at the zoo entrance. Calder giving Zaidy a high-five! Checking out the penguins with Zaidy...
Check out how close we were to this tiger! I didn't even use the zoom for this one. If it wasn't for the thick glass wall separating us, we could have reached out and touched him. He seemed to like all of the attention, since he tended to hang out right by the glass wall.
We received some great hand-me-downs last week! My boss (and friend) gave Calder this adorable giraffe costume. I'm not sure if it'll still fit this Halloween, so we decided to break it in early with a little dress-up fun! Calder insisted on going outside as soon as he put it on. Thanks Joan! I love the look on his face in this picture. The boy across the street was shooting hoops and Calder was in total admiration. He just stood there and stared at him for several minutes. Deep down I think he really wanted to join in, but he was content just to watch this time. I'm sure the neighbor boy was wondering why this giraffe-baby kept staring at him!
This video is a little long, but it shows how happy Calder was to receive this bus. It was given to us by my friend Mary whose kids have outgrown it. I think I've mentioned before -- Calder is obsessed with buses. He didn't come out of it for at least 30 minutes, and he's still excited each day when we come home and he sees his bus through the window! Thanks Mary! Beet Beet!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture. It just fills my heart right up. My brother and I are so incredibly fortunate to have such happy, healthy, beautiful, sweet children.
Sandhya stayed over last Saturday night while her Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a night out (and a morning off). :) She got ready for bed first, then helped deliver PJs and a diaper to Calder. They enjoyed some quality playtime together by taking turns riding and pushing...
sharing crayons... ...and sharing hugs! Ok, so Sandhya wasn't so into the hugging. And, yeah, those are my fuzzy socks Calder is wearing. Don't ask.
After the kids were tucked in...I made cookie art!
We celebrated Julia's 3rd and Abigail's 1st birthday with them this weekend. Calder and Julia were like two peas in a pod -- running all over the yard holding hands and hugging!
Can you count how many chins Calder has??
That's a big cake for a little girl!!
Abigail digging in! She liked the frosting a lot!
We had a great time at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium this weekend. It really is a fantastic zoo! I couldn't believe how close we were to the animals! Here's our family photo op at the zoo entrance.
Calder giving Zaidy a high-five! 
Checking out the penguins with Zaidy...
Check out how close we were to this tiger! I didn't even use the zoom for this one. If it wasn't for the thick glass wall separating us, we could have reached out and touched him. He seemed to like all of the attention, since he tended to hang out right by the glass wall.
We received some great hand-me-downs last week! My boss (and friend) gave Calder this adorable giraffe costume. I'm not sure if it'll still fit this Halloween, so we decided to break it in early with a little dress-up fun! Calder insisted on going outside as soon as he put it on. Thanks Joan!
Sandhya stayed over last Saturday night while her Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a night out (and a morning off). :) She got ready for bed first, then helped deliver PJs and a diaper to Calder.
They enjoyed some quality playtime together by taking turns riding and pushing...
...and sharing hugs! Ok, so Sandhya wasn't so into the hugging. And, yeah, those are my fuzzy socks Calder is wearing. Don't ask. 
