"yucky"

Not sure what everyone is looking at here, but Ruby and James seem to feel the same way about it.

Hittin' the Peligrino

Innie and James visited this weekend and spent some quality time with Ruby. This particular bonding experience revolved around a Peligrino bottle.

FINALLY

Dado and the snow bunny

Snow snow snow

TOO CUTE!

cold

The northeast is experiencing record cold temperatures right now. It was 2 degrees in Philadelphia this morning. Yet, our brave girl Lucy is on a wilderness camping trip in New Hampshire. It is a 5 day trip. She is packing/sledding all her gear in to the site. She is sleeping in a tent and snow shoeing every where! I can't wait to hear about it on her return. Right now I can only think--WOW it must me cold. Check out the link on the right for more info about the trip.

"In the winter, ice bounds the lakes and a blanket of deep snow covers the forest. This is the time to add our ski tracks to those of moose and snowshoe hare’s. January, February and March are great months for very special ski and snowshoe trips to our traditional winter base camp, hidden away in the forest on a frozen beaver pond." --Kroka Newsletter

Night Before

Lucy's pack was so heavy she almost fell over backwards when she first put it on.

TrishMo's Birthday Celebration

We are trying to "act natural" in these photos...not that successfully though

Vogue

Response to Lucy's request to "look like models!" HA!

Ruby has been working hard to master her standing. She is now able to pull up on just about anything and stand. She can also walk around things (like the sofa) by taking little side steps and holding on. And her fashion sense is better every day (an under valued benchmark on the developmental chart if you ask me.)

Snow day

Grandmother and Ruby watching the snow.

Grandmother was here for a week. Among other things she fed the baby sweet potatoes, put her to sleep for a nap, pushed her around the whole living room in a little blue crate and taught her to say "argggh" like a pirate.