Sam Train

I took Sam on the commuter rail a few weekends ago - this time we took it outbound to Concord.  This trip was great bcs the conductor was really excited for Sam and gave Sam tickets to hold on to and punched them and everything for him to have the full train experience.  This train ride was about a half hour in length so the longest he has been on yet.  We got off at Concord and got a few slices of pizza.  It was a wood burning over pizza place, so the highlight for Sam was sitting in the empty woodshed after lunch.

We hit a delay on the way home (trains had all been stopped bcs a person jumped in front of train - so sad), but all in all a great trip.

Sam Tumble Bears

Sam has been going to Tumble Bears since the winter and I had not seen him since his first class that Geoff and I took him to.  So I asked Nicole to take some photos - he really loves this class - and I am impressed how is seems to be following instructions.  Even though it is only 45 minutes he always takes his nap afterwards.

Cathing up on Posts

We have been very busy this past month - with all good things - so trying to catch up on blog posts.  Sam is doing well - his current schedule really suits him and he is being very sweet to Charlotte and getting interested in petting our cat Tess (not just chasing her ;).  Charlotte is always on the move and is climbing on everything.  She is babbling a lot and clearly says Momma and Dadda.  She also has a pretty solid sound for "cat", "Tess" and "book" - She is displaying her opinions more and more - which is really fun to see. She will point at toys, food, and things that she wants.

Charlotte's First Birthday Party

All photos by Jenny Moloney  - http://jennymoloney.com

Charlotte's First Birthday!

Here are some photos of Charlotte as she turned the big 1.0!  We had a party with family and friends a few days after her actual birthday - so more photos from that soon.  But here are a few - she really loved the balloons and her new shopping cart - that get's filled with Sam's toys as she does laps around the house.

I took her to her 1 year Pediatrician appt as well - and he was very impressed by walking.  She weighed in at just over 26 pounds - which I imagine she will stay at for a little while as she is walking everywhere now and getting very tired.

Swings and Slides

From the park a few weekends ago:

Oddly we are making the same face ;)

Family Adventures

Seeing as Charlotte is so mobile (and so easy-going) we are now in a really good place that we can go on little family adventures during weekends - that usually focus on Sam's love of trains ;)

Here are some recent photos - the first is from when I took Sam to get his haircut in Belmont Center - and bribed him that we could eat our bagels and watch the train come.  He loves the commuter rail train - and always talks about how that is Aunt Christina's train :)

The following weekend we all went on the commuter rail into Boston - it was a really fun morning - we got the train, and Sam loved the ride into the city.  We then walked around North Station, got bagels (a theme you can see ;) and then took the train back out to be home for lunch.

Gordon made the trip with us

Charlotte would not let go of the apple core :)