Happy Six Months Ayame!

I have no excuse. Oh, wait, I do: new baby, graduate program, preschool co-op, church calling. Hence, no posts for months and months. I'll try to be better but there's no way to catch up. So we'll just start here.

A bit of summer fun...

Another little random video clip to share that I just realized I had loaded but not posted...

More summer fun

Aren't these desserts amazing? I wish I could give credit to the chef but alas--I don't know her name! She is the friend of my friend Christine--who threw a great one year birthday party for her baby girl Addison.

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Summer Fun

A few photos of our summer adventures:



Not a great photo but this is of North Beach, Maryland--a great Chesapeake Bay beach only 1.5 hrs away. We went with our great friends the Wilks family and the blob you see in the water is Nate with Yumi riding on his back.

We frequently meet Nate for lunch at the nearby Reston Town Center. Can you spot Yumi?

With the addition of an infant carrier in the grocery cart, Yumi has been promoted.

Yumi and Emi both ADORE Ayame.

One of my best friends in the whole world Marliss came to visit her family in Maryland several weeks ago--and nicely came into DC and out to us in Northern Virginia for fun times. Here we have all the girls--Banner, the token boy, is out of the picture--at the zoo. From left to right (and forgive me mispellings!): Bria (Marliss), Emi and Yumi (mine), Melia (Marliss) and Eden (Marliss's sister Elaine and also a great friend of mine).

Yankee Doodle Sweethearts

We had a great day! Ward pancake breakfast, visit to the farm, and a multi-family BBQ at our home in the afternoon/evening, culminating in an amateur fireworks show in front of our house.

More cuteness

At Frying Pan Park today. I went on my own (sort of); my awesome friend Nicolina meet up with me and totally helped me manage my girls...but Aya was A GEM and was pleasantly and peacefully awake the whole time.

Our homecoming earlier this week:

Deep thoughts....

Happy Birthday Baby Aya

Baby Aya was born today! 8 days late, she decided to make up for lost time and was born after only 3.5 hrs of labor at 6:23am. Yikes! Also--8lbs 7oz--most of that in her cheeks. For the record, her name is Ayame (ah-yah-may) Mariam Ayer. Enjoy the photos!