As usual, a great time had by all
at the Walshes on a Sunday afternoon!

A fun lunch at Colleen's with Aurora and Max
Yummy ice cream!

We met some really cool creatures at the Cambridge Science Festival

A tortoise
Noah took this picture - one of the professional photographers gave him a tip about getting down on his tummy to get the right angle, and he did it!

Noah's favorite part of the fair was the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches -
he went back 3 times!

Strike a pose...

Deja vu?(5.21.06)

Fun on the swings!
Sophie couldn't get enough of being in the swing -
she walked back over to them and lifted her hand up asking to go back up

asleep on the couch.

writing!

Reunion! It was fantastic to get togetherand play with Renee and Shirley's families!
Shirley and Omid, thanks for hosting us all!

Sophie and Ezra getting to know one another!

Noah commandeered the camera, so many of the pictures look kind of like this...

We had a really great time visiting the American Museum of Natural History in New York -
so many cool dioramas, especially the whale and the giant kraken!

Grandma and Noah

Noah takes a good look at the Earth

Grizzly Bears!

Pop-pop and Sophie Jane at dinner

Cousins!

Hanging out on the steps with Pop-pop and Great-grandma Sylvia

happiness

Sophie took her first steps on February 5, 2009,
but it took me two months to get a video where she didn't fall as soon as I started taping!

Grampy's girl

An awesome birthday dinner:
Lasagna with Herbed Meatballs, Tomato Sauce, and Mozzarella
Golden-Crusted Brussels Sprouts
Mixed Greens Salad
Crusty Bread
And of course, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and strawberries!

All four of us - picture #3 (we should use the auto timer more often)
Something about Sophie's birthday was magical; we had our best day as the four of us ever.

Sophie 1, Noah 0
(this round, anyway)

I love my books!

Noah and Mommy made Sophie a chocolate birthday cake with Chocolate Frosting!

Happy 1st Birthday
Sophie Jane Brown

Have we shown you my new bed yet?
I picked out the numbers comforter myself.

Happiness is a furry dog.

What's a six letter word for super-cute, starting with S?

Kitty-cat!
(one of sophie's favorite phrases)

Now Sophie, let me show you how to work this vacuum...Will I love to vacuum as much as my big brother?

early signs say yes... Noah taking care of the detail work...

My favorite twosome!

An impromptu craft project
(cut out the pieces and arrange to make a house...
Noah lost interest halfway through the cutting, but it served it's purpose)