Deda's Birthday Weekend on Cape Cod

We spent this past weekend on the cape, celebrating Deda's birthday.  We spent some time on the beach - which the kids loved.

And we had cake and presents for Deda and lots and lots of time for the kids to run around together and cause mayhem.

Lev's First Birthday

A couple weeks ago we had a party to celebrate Lev's birthday. We had originally planned on hosting a bbq but the weather did not cooperate - it rained all day. So instead, we cooked all the food at home and filled our house with lots of friends and family.

We had birthday cupcakes!

Lev enjoyed all the attention and eating them very much!

We had presents!

 And lots and lots of friends and family having a great time together!

Thank you for coming everyone!

Sadie update

Sadie's been enjoying playing with her birthday blocks (thank you Aunt Ava and Uncle Steve).

 

She's also been building creative things with her Magnetiles.

And as usual, "reading", both to herself and to Lev

 

Introducing Toddler Lev!

Lev has been exhibiting more and more toddler like behaviors of late.

He's drinking cow's milk out of a cup.

He's eating pasta all by himself (albeit messily).

He's trying to walk.

And just generally being very cute.

Lev is 1 year old!!!

Our baby is no longer a baby (mostly)! The past month has brought a lot of changes.  Lev just keeps on growing and shining. He waves good bye and hello, blows kisses, and gives high fives. He has words - dada, mama, adie (Sadie), dis (this), hi - and keeps adding more every day. He is almost, though not quite, walking and he most definitely does not need you to feed him because he'll do it himself!

It's hard to believe how far we've come in the past year, yet here we are.

From this:

To this:

And now, here are the year long comparisons.

Summer fun - Part 2

Of course no summer in New England is complete without some beach time at Cape Cod - especially when we have such wonderful hosts in Babulya and Deda.

Unlike in previous years, where Sadie has largely been afraid of water, she has suddenly expressed a great interest in swimming.  A couple weeks ago we finally made it to the beach on the cape.

Sadie had a fantastic time and even tried holding a board and kicking with Deda's help.

Lev loved sitting at the very edge and playing in the wet sand, occasionally joined by Sadie.

Note: Babulya was the main photographer here and Dad took this trip to the beach as a moment to get some quiet time.

We'll be back soon!