For Heidi

While I was in D.C. I took a picture of my favorite house; I like its proportions, its clean lines. Enjoy, oh friend who drools over pre-war houses! This one was built 1920. All houses should have the building date posted on a plaque on the outside--we could all be better at architectural history.

To D.C., S.T.J. and R.L.M

Ah, my far-flung friends. How I wish I could see you more often!
Thanks for entertaining my froggy boy on the train ride--what a joy it was to travel with you.
Thanks, my east-coast mom and Auntie Sam!
...with Nubby the hedgehog...
..and his cousin the glowing yellow hedgehog...
It was lovely, very Elizabeth and Mary, to see Rachel and her little Julia. Our visit was too short, but sweet like chocolate-chip cookies. Orion enjoyed her toys as well.
Here she is in her identical bouncer. What a delicate darling, compared to my own older solid dumpling. She's about two months here.

Some Amsterdam Pictures

We had a wonderful time in Amsterdam; Dan went to a conference, I enjoyed some work in the Rijksmuseum print collection, and Orion got in some terrific grandparent time. Thanks Grandpa Joe and Gma Karen for coming along! Orion traveled well, and ate in memorable locations such as Anne Frank's bedroom, in front of Titian and Rubens at the Rijksmuseum, during rijstafel feasts, and in the courtyard of the Frans Hals museum. As his main source of calories, I never turned down cream on top of my hot chocolate (the best was at De Joffers, where Orion beams over the menu, pictured here). And the last picture is for Samantha, who likes dahlias, and I thought of her at the flower market.

Another first...capelli azuri per la mama!

For all you blog-readers who haven't seen me in a while...

Six Month Pictures! Many firsts for Little-O!

We've returned and are recovering from our peripatetic ways. Now that little O is nearly seven months, I post his six month pictures, which were taken in while introducing him to Oregon my Oregon.

This is one smiley, camera-happy baby. Now to go back a bit, to share a few "firsts." This documents our water-baby's first pool experience, in July, at a neighbor's pool.

Here he is, boarding his first plane avec papa...

...riding on his first carousel, in Golden Gate Park, con lo zio...(la mama e' piu dificile da vedere)

...encountering a banana, not his first nor his last, but perhaps our first photo of a banana-encounter...

...his first high chair experience--in a vintage yellow-giraffe high chair my siblings and I all used, chez Grandma Susie
And, the last of today's firsts---eating his first hula hoop.
There's a first time for everything, especially at the ripe age of 6 months.

Five Month Pictures!

Thanks Sam--for the lovely presents (and Orion loves his spoon)