AK unite!!

This Saturday we packed up the car and headed out of Connecticut... to (drum roll please)... POUGHKEEPSIE, NY. We visited cousin Meg at Vassar. It is a stunningly beautiful campus, despite being the ugliest time of year! We had a wonderful time visiting Meg and ate delicious Indian food and walked all around campus and met a bunch of her friends. All in all it was a good trip and really good to see some family on the East. Here is a pic from our walk:

Van Gogh

Bex had his first doctor's appointment in New Haven this morning. That means that he stayed home from school and spent the morning with us. It was a nice relaxing morning and then off to get his flu booster shot. We were literally in the doctor's office for a grand total of five minutes with about 10 seconds of screaming. It was the easiest shot that he has had to date. After that we headed to drop him off at daycare. We walked in and the babies were PAINTING!! One of the kids, Sammy, who is a real piece of work, had a completely blue face. He had definitely eaten most of the paint. Bex was super excited to jump in so we immediately stripped him down and he went to paint. He was clearly unsure at first- as you can see in the pics but then seemed to enjoy it. That is Hanana Banana sitting next to him and you can see Miss Holly, one of his teachers in the shot too.

He gives me fever...

Fever! In the morning, FEVER at supper time! Actually Bex just had a fever in the afternoon and evening. I can't believe that he is sick yet again! I swear this daycare thing is something else. Everyone warned me about the continual sickness but I thought that people were overreacting. Apparently NOT! I have also been told that if he wasn't in daycare that it would happen in kindergarten. I guess that we may as well get it over with. Anyway, Bex and I stayed home from work today and had a great day. His fever seemed to be gone by the morning and he was in good spirits all day. Hopefully he sleeps better tonight... the snot is THICK!! Here are a few shots of Bex and I at home today. Notice the heat-map shot and the absence of a fever!

Superbowl Sunday

Getting ready for the big game, although we are not used to a 6pm start time. Bex is ready with his football pacifier (see below):

Guilty

It seems like Bex is like a little sponge and learning so much so fast right now. He has a little stool which he loves to put his hands on and work and work until finally he is on his feet. I can't believe he is pulling himself up already (I will try and get a picture of this soon). He is also eating a huge amount right now. I'm not sure if it is a growth spurt or rather babies just really start chowing down around 8mo. His crawling is out of control. He is crawling so quickly that we have to start keeping a much better eye on him. Notice the sequences of events below leading to Bex trying his first (I'm sure not last) taste of cat food.

Bex, Topher and I also wants to wish aunt Marnice a very happy birthday!

hi

Guitar

Topher has been playing guitar to Bex a lot lately. In fact, he has a different song for many of Bex's activities. Lucky little Bex has a 'sleeping song' an 'eating song' and a 'playing song.' However, Bex seems to be more interested in playing his own songs than listening to dad.