Play Date

Quinn, who is a day older than Makili (my Laurie Giarratani if you will), and his mom came over to hang out yesterday. We've had some spectacular weather this week, even nearing 80 degrees today. As a result we got to hang out outside, which is a challenge for Quinn who likes to put EVERYTHING in his mouth. (For the record, Makili now puts some things in his mouth. Like for example, we were in the garden the other day and he sat there playing with the dirt, happy as a clam, for about 15 minutes. I then looked over and saw some dirt around him mouth. "What did you eat?" I asked him. I went and jammed my finger in his mouth and to my horror discovered a llama terd (part of the manure my uncle the llama farmer sent our way.) First coffee burns, now llama poop. What is next?)

Any way we had a great time. Quinn and Anna just moved here from New Mexico and have been adjusting to the winter much like us. I hope we see more of them.



While they were here, our awesome neighbor Steve came over and used his tractor to get rid of the grass so that we can put our garden in. Yahoo! We've have made so many changes to our yard - I can't wait to post before and after pictures!

And of course the mandatory Fort Foster walk.

Recent Diversions.

Among the many projects we've been working on is burning the brush pile that we've been making since we moved in. It has reached sort of an epic size. So big that we couldn't burn it where it was because it was too close to the house and we were afraid of melting the vinyl siding, which Raph hates but not enough to burn. So we had to drag the big sticks one by one to another location until the original pile was much smaller and would pose a threat to our house. This kept Raph out there late into the night tending the fire, which was quite beautiful against the dusk sky.


Friday I had a Pokeeno party at my house. I'm a new-comer to the group, but I really like this group of women who get together to play a version of bingo and talk about their husbands and children and life. It was fun. They pretty much crack me up. Good times. Can't wait for more.

gray days

The last few days have been a little miserable weather wise. I haven't been too interested in blogging lately, being busy with other things. Today I'm going to post a few spring flower pics from NY and CT, to remind me of the sun. I have some good videos and photos coming...but the hiatus has felt good.

So Big!

Yes, he can do it. Not as frequently as the clapping, but give him a break, he's only ten months old.

Can you tell how excited I was?

Daddy-O

M2 + S2 = LOVE

Sam Freeman Sargeant - an old soul, Makili's new friend, my friends' Ben and Evan's first child. NYC. Yellow walls. Good times.

What I Imagined

I've said before that when I was pregnant I really couldn't conceptualize having a baby. I was very absorbed in the pregnancy but I really was truly unprepared for the actual baby part. Now however, we've arrived at the time where Makili is the baby I think maybe I imagined. The last 6-8 weeks have been awesome. Every day, every week he is more playful, interactive, smart. He's fascinated by everything, able to do so much, and growing too fast.

He's a highly adept crawler. When he turned 8 months old, I though he was on the cusp on walking. He has pulled up on furniture for a long time and cruised around for a long time too, but once crawling became efficient for him, forget it. He zips around
the room, over obstacles, pushes open doors. Maybe he won't walk too soon. Who
knows. Why walk when you can get everywhere crawling?



Raph hasn't been at work this week which has been truly blissful. I enjoyed the last week SO much- between my parents visit, Raph's time off, absolutely idyllic weather, Makili consistently sleeping all night.

Raph puts Makili to bed every night, and the last few days he's been putting him down for naps too. Yes, I realize I'm in trouble when Raph goes back to work, but he's just so good at it. It takes him half the time it takes me! I am so thankful that MAkili is sleeping through the night. It makes life so much better. I have a few hours to get things done, still get at least seven straight hours of sleep, wake up and bring Makili to bed to snuggle with us first thing in the morning. It has been wonderful.


He's such an inquisitive little boy. He wants to look in everything, open every door, investigate the nuances of each curve, crack, and hole. He has his father's focus too, concentrating on things for what seem like an eternity to me. He is relatively independent (if your in the room), easily amused, and everyday more interactive.

He points to show you where to go.

And shows you his treasures.


And LOVED spending time with his grandparents.

For Uncle Terry

He specifically wanted a picture of him in front of all the delicious food that Tim and Patton prepared for dinner last night. Making use of the grill in the glorious weather. Seriously. The weather has been so wonderful it hurts. So good for us to spend our time outside. So good for Makili and so good for me! (By the way, I ran two miles yesterday for the first time!)