Snowy Days Here

We've gotten snow here for the last couple weeks. There is a high of 15 degrees here today and it has been cold for awhile. The pond across the street from our house has frozen. On Saturday we woke up to discover guys ice fishing on it. Later in the day came ice skaters and hockey games. Brrrr. We're having a lot of trouble getting up our sloped, dirt/gravel driveway which we didn't shovel because it is dirt. But now it is super icy. Once we're out of our driveway though the salt and plows keep the roads pretty clear. Needless to say, we just bought plane tickets to go to Florida for Eben's spring break!

This is a picture of Edison going stir crazy.
Here he is trying to escape the house. (just kidding - this was taken in the Connecticut River Museum parking lot on Saturday just as the snow started falling again -but it looks like rain in the photo, I know)
Edison LOVES this crazy buy toy bar. He sits peacefully in his high chair for over thirty minutes at both lunch and dinner because of this thing. Thank you Mike & Sabrina!




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All tuckered out in his carseat.

My mom just sent me this one from our Christmas trip to Seattle. Here is Edison with his great grandmother, Bestamor (Norwegian).

Adventures in Eating

You'd think Edison would be a "natural" at eating given his lineage and his physique. But alas, he still has a lot of learning to do. It looks like he kind of liked his first taste of carrots...


Edison reading from a book of nursery rhymes he got for Christmas.

We spent New Years Eve with friends in Clinton, New York. We dressed Edison up in a little Santa hat, better late than never!

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Edison with Wynnin, the youngest daughter of our New York hosts, Jon & Stacy. She was mesmerized by the baby and was very helpful at showing Edison the ropes in the household.
Has anyone seen my garden gnome anywhere? How about Pappy Smurf? Cookie Monster? The Keebler Elf?

January 2009 - Happy New Year

I love this picture of Edison on his Granddaddy's bed, with Granddaddy in the background. The light is gorgeous, lots of blue tones, and an interesting composition.
Edison with his cousin Sarah on the day after Christmas. She is so great with him, trying to keep him entertained and playing with him.He's lucky he's so cute. This is just after he pooped on my leg. (We're trying to do a lot of naked baby time so his skin can breath - but of course it has its pitfalls.)



This picture was taken just before the Patriots got knocked out of the playoffs - you can tell because Eben is still smiling.
My cousin Matt came to visit again and got in some good baby time. Unfortunately, Edison wasn't cooperating with the camera.



























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Christmas Week

We flew to Seattle on the 16th, anticipating an enjoyable week of family, friends, and skiing. But... that was not to be. The master bath at our house in Mill Creek was leaking water and needed to be overhauled ASAP before more damage could be done. So - we spent our vacation remodeling our master bath - new bathtub, new plumbing, new tile walls and our friend Matt will finish up the new floor and all the detail work we couldn't get done. I always wanted a remodel - but this wasn't exactly the way I planned it. Oh - the joys of home ownership!!! At least we were still able to see, albeit briefly, our family and some of our friends.

Edison with Nana on Christmas eve.




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Here's the new shower tile-
Edison with Granddad on Christmas eve. Look at those smiles!
The flight from Dallas to Boston on Christmas day was pretty empty. We had a whole row to ourselves and had a little Christmas picnic and card game.

Catching Up

Edison posing with Santa at the Coast Guard Academy children's Christmas party.

Just call him Mozart...

At the pool with Dad. Look at those blue eyes!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Here's the best picture I've gotten so far of Edison's teeth - you can barely see them on the bottom there. Go ahead and make fun, but just you try to get a better picture!
This is Edison's tribute to our good friend Paul Lang...
What a stylin' kid. Almost ready for that skateboard...
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I can't get enough of this smile!

December 2008 - Five Months Old

It is hard to believe that Edison is now five months old - that is, until I have to pick him up. He weighs in at about 19 lbs these days & I've got the arm muscles to prove it. On top of that, his two bottom front teeth are now coming in - apparently that is behind all the drool. I didn't attribute the drool to teething because he's still a little young for teeth, but then our friend Jamie noticed he'd cut his first tooth when we celebrated our Early Bird Thanksgiving a couple weeks ago. (I'll try to get a picture, but it is a tough angle.

Look who's starting to get comfortable on his tummy!


Eben & I have been sick for the past couple weeks. We did enjoy a very fine Thanksgiving meal at his sister's house. But our plan to go to spend the rest of the weekend with friends in upstate New York was scrapped because of illness. Instead, we spent the whole break on the couch watching DVDs in front of the fire, under piles of blankets. Fortunately Edison did not catch the bug. We've now almost recovered and are trying to get back into our normal routines again. Needless to say, being sick caused a delay in the blog posting & a lack of new photos for the week. Sorry! So - don't forget to take lots of Vitamin C!!!

Uncle Palmer tells the most interesting stories. Zzzzzzzzzzz. (just kidding!)

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So grown up.

Gotta love the naked baby shots. I didn't mean to match the paint color to his eyes - just a happy coincidence.

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