Augustus First words

I've been terribly remiss with this list as it pertains to our adorable little Augie but here are some of the lad's latest. This weekend was big, he actually said 'why' for the first time. He's also starting to combine words so we are hearing things like help me and 'go mommy house'.
Sat Apr 2 knock knock, car, Dante asked me his first knock knock joke on the way back from car shopping.
Thu Jun 9 help
Thu Jun 16 how are you? I asked " Good" he said!
" out " when trying to get out the crib
Tue Jun 21 " open" yesterday he said "go, hold, light, house "
Fri Jun 24 "Diego" his favorite person these days
June 25 'Way' I had no idea what this meant for a while till it became clear that he was saying "Go this way"
July 1 'Milk' Baba used to be good enough for his bottle, now he's getting specific about what he wants in it.
July 8 'hot dog'
July 9 'Share', 'Digger' and the big one - 'Why' when we were telling him he had to let go of something
July 10 'Help me' when he was trying to get on the bed "Put" as he pointed when requesting that I place his soccer ball in his little stroller
July 13 'fast boat' slow boat' which is cool cause he is differentiating between how fast things are going

Dante graduates EVCS pre-K

Our little man is graduating Pre-K in a few days. Yesterday the whole school had a graduation ceremony and Dante got up with his class and teachers Georga and Kofi and another class and sang a song.

Thanksgiving through New Years, Washington, TX, London, Paris, Israel, NY, TX, NY.

We covered alot o' ground over the holidays. Some of the pix from the trip.

Thanksgiving through New Years 2010

Augustus's first music class

I think that by this age in Dante's life we had already completed two or three music classes. I guess it's the second child syndrome, but I'm determined that we put an end to the deprivation Augustus has had to undergo! Hence I took him to music class today which the munchkin seemed to enjoy a great deal. Wednesday we go to our first storytime!

Augustus playing Marimbas and Dante in DC

Augie showing some clear signs of early music talents. Notice how well he had started to walk at this point. Nov. 25, 2010

Augustus takes his first step!

This is for reals. His first one ever!! (As far as I know anyway) Well really his second, he had taken one just before this but I didn't have the camera out yet. This was on October 11, 2010. I love the way he is clapping for himself. I got so excited after he did it the first time that when I took out the camera he already knew he was doing something cool.

Dante turns four today!

We had a little party at Dante's pre-k and everybody sang happy birthday and had cupcakes that Dante made the day before

Dante Starts Pre-K

Dante started Pre-K this fall at the East Village Community School. He's one of 15 students with 2 teachers that he adores. He loves school and has already made friends he's excited to see and sit next to every day. It's quite a long day for an almost four year old. It starts at 8:30 and ends at 3pm with little nap time. He'll adjust but it's been a bumpy first month of exhaustion, hunger, over stimulation and fun!

Augustus and Dante playing cars. Dante got the motherlode of hotwheels added to his collection today. Its fun to see Augustus pretending to drive his already and hear the cool sounds he makes while he's doing it.

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Augustus is standing!

lil' baby A is starting to stand up all on his own! this was not the record time by any means but the kid plants himself like Zeus bestriding the earth and there you have it - adorable.

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Augustus says bye bye and waves for the first time.

We were leaving a playdate last Wednesday and saying our goodbyes when Augustus spontaneously joined in and said bye bye too and waved. It amazes me to hear our little guy starting to talk. Two more days and he'll be a year old!

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Augustus is 11 months today

Our little guy is pulling himself up to a standing position. Crawling and generally keeping us thoroughly entertained and laughing all the time. He has a signature move he does which looks alot like he's pulling on a rope suspended near his ear and bringing it down to his thigh. Kinda like when you signal for the trucker in the lane next to you to honk his horn. We're honking!

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Leaving fireisland

Our two little guys watching the day end and facing the future together.

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Dante in fire island

augie was sleeping in the stroller and i convinced the reluctant dante to play in the waves with me. both today and saturday the waves are near the shore and few people are actually swimming in them. we are all observing the beautiful power of the ocean and splashing in and playing in the wake of the massive waves big enough to surf and close enough to touch. dante and i drew pictures in the sand, build sand castles and tunnels until the water washed it away. we moved onto chase, jumping on one foot and catching sea foam. now it's nap time

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Bear Lake Utah Family Reunion

This past July I took the boys to Bear Lake Utah for a family reunion with 100 + of my relatives. I so enjoyed catching up with my family while my boys got to know their cousins and relatives too. The weather was perfect, the lake calm and blue.

Here's more pix

Augustus starts to crawl.

In the last week or so Augie's started to get up on his hands and knees
and propel his'self forward a bit. Here's a video from yesterday of his
first crawls. Also yesterday he pulled himself up into a standing
position for the first time too. I was so shocked I didn't realize I
should catch him before he fell back on his butt.

Dante Singing Happy Birthday Imma

Dante Singing Happy Birthday To Me (click here)
It's my birthday this weekend and been one filled with love from friends and family to remember. Started out Friday night with a play RED followed by champagne and desserts with my favorite girls at bar 675 in the meatpacking district. Saturday Samira hosted a brunch for me at her apt and we sampled amazing scallops, quail eggs and chocolate pancakes. Rahav and the boys bought me a bike for my birthday. But the highlight for me was Dante singing me Happy Birthday. On Saturday morning, I packed up the boys and went to Thompkins Square Park for a picnic :-)

Augustus' Bris pictures.

A bit late but nonetheless better than never. I've set up an album from the day back in Sept 2009.
http://www.photopass.com/A/Augustus-Bris

Chicken Bock Bock Song By Dante

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Dante is fond of making up songs. I caught one of them on video this weekend :-)