The Santa Train

This weekend, we all took a ride on the Santa Train. It was a lot of fun.

Eleanor starts eating real food

Well, not quite real - just rice cereal. Still, it was a big hit - for both kids.

Max turns 2!

For Max's second birthday, we had two parties. The first was with family only and it included presents. The second was for toddlers - the theme was colors, and people had to dress in their favorite color instead of bringing a present. Everyone had a good time.

Going East

This week, we all went on a trip to the East Coast. First, we went to Washington, D.C. for three days, where we saw the National Mall and various Smithsonians. Max loved the big bones (at the Natural History museum) and the airplanes (at the Air and Space museum). The pandas were also a big hit.

At the Natural History museum, seeing "big dinos"


On the mall


At Great-Grandma Sally's apartment



After D.C., we went north to visit Jean's grandma, Sally. A bunch of Jean's aunts and uncles came by as well, though we unfortunately forgot to take pictures of some of them. Here are a few of the pictures we did manage to take.

With Great Grandma Sally





With Great Aunt Anne and Great Uncle Len



Some miscellaneous pictures

Halloween

For Halloween this year, Max and Eleanor were cows. Dan was a cowboy and I was a cowgirl. Our friend Carolyn threw the best toddler Halloween party ever.

Eleanor gets older

Eleanor is growing quickly! Here are a few pictures.

September 25


October 3


October 16


October 22

September

Eleanor turns one month old

It's been a busy month! Max and Eleanor are getting to know each other, and Eleanor is changing a LOT every day.

She is smiling now


And lifting her head



She has met her Aunt Anne


And her Grandma Octavia
(thank you, thank you to both Anne and Octavia for all your help!!)


Here is a picture of Max holding Eleanor (with help) when she was 2 weeks old


And here is a picture of the two of them from today
(sorry about the redeye)


Finally, here is a picture of Jean and Max three days before Eleanor arrived

Let the Competition Begin

Max:

Eleanor:

Or for those of you overseas:
Max:

Eleanor:


(I will note that Eleanor pooped just before she was put on the scale.)

Eleanor Octavia Carmalt

July 22, 2009 - 12:33 p.m.

9 lbs 6 oz

Big Update

Okay, we haven't done an update in a while, so bear with us. First things first:

Christmas


Max was the only one who didn't get violently ill on our Christmas trip to California. We are still trying to forget what will go down as one of the all time worst Christmases ever.


Thanks to Max's cousin Jenni for the photos.

Next:

Walking!!

(Note to grandparents: this is a "MOVIE" - click on the little triangle button in the lower left hand corner of the photo and you will see Max MOVE.)

This is Max at the zoo, at the African Savannah village. Apparently villages in the African Savannah are paved with tarmac, and have lots of drums and indigenous musical instruments.

And here's Max's favorite new toy: a silk scarf from Kim & Jason (another movie):

Max's favorite activity is running around the house with the scarf covering his head, like a tiny blue ghost:

(Sorry it's so dark.) Here's a photo of our green ghost sweeping the floor:


Finally, here is:

Birthday, Take Two

Max enjoyed his chocolate cupcake at his friends' birthday party.

A lot!