We are gearing up here for a trip to Virginia to see some friends from grad school. We are going to be staying with our friend Aaron and his girlfriend and her daughter (whom we are very excited to meet for the first time). Our friends Matt and Nair are coming down from Mass. and we will also get to see our friend Allison and her new baby Eli. It's been roughly a year since we've seen everyone. We are a little nervous about the car ride with Augie--it's a long way to Virginia. But, we plan to take it slow and stop when necessary. Please send your smooth-sailing vibes our way.
What else....Well, Casey made a sandbox in our backyard which Augie has been enjoying. He mostly likes it when we build him a castle to destroy. He's also thinking about walking. He'll stand for a few seconds on his own, and he walks around the living room by hanging onto furniture. He's also very curious about all of the things we've tried to keep him from (like electrical sockets, toilets, trash, etc), and he's pretty good at making it past our baby-proofing. He's also figured out how to open doors (some of the doorknobs in our house are very old--must be because it's such an old house and people used to be smaller, right?), and he's figured out how to take off the baby-covers for doorknobs. So each day is an adventure, and we feel triumphant at the end of each day that there have been no major catastrophes (knock on wood).
Casey and I are thinking about school now--it starts in just under a month. So we are pulling out textbooks and slowly heading towards actual work.
We hope you are all well and having fun.
Watching the River Falls Parade--this must be from the first hour because he was sleeping during hours two and three.
This is from our first and only trip to the beach this summer. Hopefully there will be at least one more.
The main goal that day was keeping the sand out of Augie's mouth. We weren't totally successsful.
