Saturday, November 28, 2009

Ada's taking her first steps! Enjoy the video!
(It is about 30 seconds long and loading time will vary based on your internet connection. Cheers!)


Saturday, November 21, 2009


We have been through a bit of a rough spell here in the borough. In the last twenty fours hours we have been to the pediatrician, the family doctor, and the vet. Ada made it an entire year without getting sick and finally succumbed to a cold (notice the runny nose in the above picture). The cold lingered and now she has an ear infection in her right ear. We went to the doctor and she is on an antibiotic and should be back to normal (and sleeping) in a couple of days. K has come down with strep throat. She is still in the thick of it and has been in bed for the last couple of days fighting a fever and fatigue. It comes at an unfortunate time as it is the final week of the term and there is lots of grading, comment writing, and extra work to be done. Cappy's mysterious nub on her back is not longer a mystery. It ruptured and has been disgusting in all respects. Because this is a family blog,I will spare the details...

On a funnier note- Ada has her mind set on destroying our home. She will find folded laundry and throw it around, open the trash and dump it on the floor, unroll all of the tp, clear off every book from her shelf, and the list goes on. In the time it takes to clean up one of Ada's projects, she has completed two more. In an act of desperation, Yammy and Dede had to come over and hold down the fort while I struggled to dig out from the piles and chaos that Ada worked so hard to create. A few pictures of her handy work below... (you wouldn't believe how fast she does this!)


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

We had another great weekend up at the Mancoon. Ada loves being outside and especially enjoys when the wind blows her hair!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Enjoy this slide show with birthday pictures and few Halloween pics at the end! (Note that there are a few videos mixed in and you may want to double click on the slide show to view it full screen with captions)


Wednesday, October 28, 2009


HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY !

Ada celebrated her first birthday yesterday. It was a wild occasion with much singing, ripping of paper and a close call when Ada grabbed for her birthday candle! We had some special baby birthday cake and opened presents in the evening and Ada appeared to have a great time. We will post a slide show and some videos early next week after some more birthday activities this weekend!





Monday, October 12, 2009


Just back from another working weekend at the Mancoon. The siding is all the way up and we were fortunate to enjoy a glorious fall weekend of blue skies, crisp days, and falling leaves. The temps dropped below freezing at night, but we were plenty warm (down right hot at times!) with the wood stove pumping out more heat than our little cabin needed. Ada desperately want to touch the wood stove and this requires lots of vigilance on our parts... but she got plenty of time to crawl around outside and develop a taset for white pine needles!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Ada is full steam ahead! She is super active, crawling fast, and getting into everything! We spent an awesome weekend up in Maine and Ada had a chance to don a new winter hat- pink tiger stripes! I celebrated a birthday with polish porkchops and home made whoopie pies for dessert. Ada's gift was to let me sleep until 7:20 am!