Will Meets Great Nana Jane

Will, Hannah, Mimi and I took a trip up to see my grandmother on Thursday. Will enjoyed meeting his great grandmother - and Hannah enjoyed wandering the halls with her baby stroller and meeting all kinds of people. We're looking forward to getting up for another visit soon!

(I just thought this was a funny picture so I had to post it.)

Winter Wiggle Relief

Hannah recently started a class at Gymboree which she does on the weekend with her Daddy. As an added bonus, we get to use the Gymboree playspace during the week during their open gym time. We tried it out yesterday while Mimi was visiting and had a great time running, dancing, jumping, singing and just getting the wiggles out in general. We will definitely be spending a lot more time there in the coming month - the snow and cold may keep us inside but that doesn't diminish the energy level of a certain two year old!

Movie star look on the way ....

Singing and dancing....

Smiles

Somebody was all smiles at the mall today while I was changing his diaper (I think he likes shopping!). Thank goodness for camera phones!

Winter Weekend in CT

Hannah, Will and I have been in CT for a few days visiting with my parents while Wilson takes advantage of the warmer temperatures and goes skiing (or 'kiing as Hannah calls it). We've been having a great visit and have stayed very busy with some shopping, a visit to the nicest public library I've ever been to (the play kitchen and bank were enough to entertain Hannah for hours), and lots of playing outside and in Mimi and Papi's basement.

Will has been content to lay in the sunshine ....

Hannah has really enjoyed tearing apart my parents basement and finding all our old toys. These giant 'ball' bean bags have been a huge hit for this girl.

This is what happens when Will gets hungry (and Mom is still sleeping!). It's literally the only time he cries but he makes it clear when he's ready to eat...

His pout is about the cutest expression ever....

Seriously - stop taking my picture and feed me!

Today we went to a great children's museum in Middletown, CT called KidCity. Hannah was in heaven - despite being a tired little girl - and had a ball exploring the exhibits. To be honest I'm not sure who had more fun - Hannah or Papi. We'll be visiting KidCity again I'm sure!

Riding in the playcar with Mimi....

Will wasn't really into the museum - he just slept while we were there....

They had a great table set up for playing with the toy dinosaurs. I think this might have been Papi's favorite exhibit. And the look on people's faces when they came around the corner and saw him in the table was priceless!

Guess it's good we wore this today...

Time to get ready for Red Sox season!

Baths!

Here's another comparison of siblings. Here is Hannah at about three weeks in the bathtub -

And here is Will at almost four weeks in the same bathtub - unlike Hannah he does not scream during his baths. In fact, this kid isn't much of a screamer at all. He has a pretty calm demeanor and really only cries when he needs something. He's content to sit and listen to his sister and watch things go by - and I guess we can only hope this continues!

Haircut!

Hannah got her first haircut this morning. When we first talked about getting a haircut, she was less than thrilled. In fact we had to abort a trip to Snip-its on Thursday after Hannah made it clear that she was less than enthusiastic about scissors getting near her hair. This morning, Wilson and I planned a sneak attack and brought her to Snip-its without talking about it beforehand. After she and I walked in, and she saw that you got lollipops, a prize AND got to watch TV while you got your haircut, she decided to give it a whirl! We're pretty pleased with the finished product (although I'm still trying to get a decent picture of it), and I don't think it'll take as much convincing to get Hannah to go for her second haircut!

Messy!

This post is for those of you that think I NEVER let Hannah get messy. Desperate times calls for desperate measures and with a two in a half year old that has suddenly given up napping (except for rare, wonderful days) we're often looking for a good late afternoon project around here. Today we tried out the new sponge painting set that Santa brought (what was Santa thinking?!)! It was a big hit - get ready for many masterpieces from Hannah in the future.

We also let Will try his playmat for the first time earlier this week. Hannah decided she needed to show him exactly how the playmat is used - just like a good big sister should!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

We rang in 2010 on Cape Cod with a very relaxing few days. Hannah got to attend her first circus with my parents as part of First Night (and Wilson and I got to nap while they were gone!) and we discovered you can see the fireworks from my parents kitchen which made ringing in the New Year very warm and cozy!

Will has started 2010 off with a bang and is giving us some long stretches of sleep at night and continues to be a very mellow and easy going baby.

We came back home in time to spend 24 hours visiting with the Doyle clan who are in town for the holidays. It was so good to catch up with them and get to know baby Jack a bit more. We failed to get any pictures of the 'boys' together but the ladies had fun catching up and chatting over several meals (and snacks) together.