Little taste of California

Our dear friend Johanna (my old college roommate) was traveling through NJ on her way home to CT from an audition in DC. Sidenote: that's one of the great joys of East Coasting it; that is, driving a short amount of time and covering such a range of geography, states, culture! We are currently toying with the idea of making a quick roadtrip to Philly. We took this opportunity with Joh to walk a couple of blocks to our favorite ice cream shop and enjoy some treats. Micah ate teething biscuits - he does not yet know the wonders of ice cream.

Summer Days

These days we're enjoying quintessential summer treasures. Micah had his first taste of watermelon at our friends Dean and Tami's house and Micah devoured the watermelon, crying in the periods in between bites when we couldn't put it in his mouth fast enough. He also had his first swim there.

Micah meets our friends Denisse and Ben

Denisse and Micah met in NYC when she was here with Ben. What a perfect day for a picnic in Central Park!

Josh's first Father's Day

For our first Father's Day, we had a nice luxurious breakfast after giving Micah a bath. After church we grilled with our friends J Armstrong and Becca. Getting Micah to look at the camera is a true test of skill.

Enjoying our backyard

We are working on enjoying life's simple pleasures - Micah is helping us get there. He loves relaxing outdoors and admiring squirrels, cats, birds. We find taking him outdoors is the best way to get him to focus on (or tolerate?) an entire book as we read to him. Current favorites are The Butter Battle Book, Horton Hears a Who, and Ferdinand.

Micah at Work

Micah takes himself way too seriously. Here he is at work with his pushcart and hammer toy bench. I am a novice at this iMovie adventure; forgive me, it is poorly constructed. At least there's room for improvement.

Azalea's Birthday Party

This weekend we celebrated our cousin Azalea's 4th birthday (she's in the first photo, far right). We breathed in a beautiful day in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. The sun was bright and the people were incredible. Watching the little kids play together was so much fun. It will be exciting to see Micah running around soon. Little Azalea proudly announced to us upon our arrival, "I dressed like a boy today." Things like that make me realize how absorbent their little mids are - maybe someone told her she dressed like a boy that day, or perhaps someone told her only boys wear t-shirts and shorts. Donned in their inquisitive innocence, they absorb so much.

Berry-Picking Fun

Here we are picking strawberries at a local farm with our friends Cami and Graham (Starr and Rose are behind the scenes). I had intended to make a strawberry pie with our pickings; alas we consumed all the ripe red goodness shortly thereafter.

Kathryn & Justin's Baby Shower

Great friends of ours are having a baby and here is Micah hanging out at the party. He handled himself rather well. We just recently tried out teething biscuits on him and it has made parenthood ten times easier. We exhausted our stash at K&J's shower.