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 :-)

Picnic in Thompkins Square Park

Spring is FINALLY here in NYC. This weekend was gorgeous! Rahav is away at SXSW so it's been me and the boys all weekend. Since the weather has been warm and sunny, we've been outside whenever possible. Today we had a picnic in the park (on a bench as the grass was closed) Dante invited his favorite animals and we lunched on Ham, egg and cheese sandwiches, pringles, oreos, cheese and "Snappy Apple" juice as Dante calls Snapple. A trio of jazz musicians and a falcon flying between the trees entertained us as well.

Rare Sunny Day in February

The sun was out and it was warm for a brief moment in NYC. We rushed out to enjoy the day with a stroll in Chinatown to celebrate the Chinese New Year - Year of the Tiger. We ate dim sum, watched dragon puppets parade up and down Mott Street. We arrived at the house happy and exhausted.

New word roundup June '09- Feb 2010

Ah the new words roundup, I've been remiss, but I've actually been
keeping it since the last one. The list is evolving into the new
abilities list and soon there will be one for little Augustus.

"Oh wow cool!" upon seeing the return of his push bike. Also  Bicycle upside down.Fri 6/5/09 8:58pm

Airplane(going to) airport. Raining again. 'I did it!' (unwrapping a cough drop
by himself). Crooked.  "whats the matter?” Mon 6/ 8/09            8:47am

Seagull  12:43pm           

squeeze it. Flashing lights Sat 6/ 13/09            10:09pm

"Why?"
Ah the big one arrives. Just this afternoon we were talking  about how
the why word was just around the corner. Sure enough…. Mon 6/ 15/09 9am

One more time. Two more minutes.
It’s funny writing this now in Feb. of 2010 this seems so routine
because we hear it so much, but back then it was so new.

‘Then Buy Gum’ when I told him I didn't have any. Wed 6/ 24/09            10:30am            

Dante and I were having breakfast and I gave him Fruit salad. I asked for some and he said, "no! mine!" I said no - we share, and he looked at me and said "get your own!" Thu 6/ 25/09                                   

Left and right . Lick my toes lick my butt? Mon 7/ 6/09            8:17am

Thank you for sharing your garbage truck              12:52pm same day

"We are late!"  Thu 9/ 3/09                        6:53pm

Too bad!  Pterodactyl. Mon 9/ 7/09                        9:34pm

No way! When talking to grandma. 'I told you!' when showing me that
Thomas’s water tower was in fact at my house and not mommies. Fri 9/11/09                        9:29am

‘Remember when Dante was crying?' when? 'yesterday' Thu 9/ 17/09                        4:06pm   

We are at the antiques flea market. Dante suddenly notices something 30 feet away & starts walking towards it. I have no idea what he sees but I follow him to….....an old fire truck! So I say, do u want the fire truck? (its 75 bucks) and he says 'I'm just looking'                                  

Is that a grumpy 'doggie' ? about a grumpy looking bulldog            Sun 9/ 20/09

'Dante likes milk!' (nothing new) then he says....'what do you like ?' Thu 9/ 24/09            10:35am   

caca teeth            1:49pm – 2:49pm             

'Abba you go and I'll clean the house. Is that a deal:?' 'we both have big noses and baby augie has a little nose baby augie will grow up and have and have a big nose too'. Sat 10/ 3/09                        6:08pm – 7:08pm           

Be patient! Sun 12/ 20/09                       

Damnit! Mon 12/ 28/09           

What's up with that ? Wed Jan 6/10            12:01am             

Let's stay here.

I'll call you back later - while talking on my phone  Mon Feb 1/10 

Today Dante caught a large ball for the first time today. This while he was
bouncing on a trampoline no less. Then I tried throwing him a smaller
ball and he had one in his hand already. I told him to put it down so
both hands would be free. He wouldn't and I thought well lets see what
happens. I threw him the small ball and he caught it with one hand! 2/25/10

Augustus is Five months Old

Augustus is five months old today and blossoming into such an adorable little boy. He's no longer a newborn that melts into your shoulder like putty. He likes to be propped up on my arm like a perched monkey, smiling and wiggling around, especially if Dante is in the room. He's the only person who can get Augustus to laugh out loud. At his five month check up, he weighed almost 16 lbs and was 25" long. He's a very focused baby with excellent eye/hand coordination. He observes and then carefully reaches for toys or objects, especially necklaces.

Dante and Augustus

Here's an adorable picture of the boys that I couldn't help posting. Dante and Augustus are quickly getting to know each other. Augie adores Dante and if he's in the room, he's only got eyes for Dante. Dante is still adjusting to sharing our time with Augustus. For the most part, he loves his brother and will sing him songs (ABC and Twinkle Twinkle when he's crying. At other times he doesn't want him looking at him so much or touching his cars. But then two minutes later he's calling for Augie to watch him jump, play or run and handing him over a car to hold.

Dante Starts Daycare

Dante started daycare this year and so far, he really likes it. It's a small, intimate environment and seems to suit him more than a school with lots of kids in one class. We took him to an open house at one of those more established and esteemed schools and let's just say, his meltdown in the lobby said it all. But, in the end, things happen for a reason and we found this daycare from a flyer posted in the Thompkins Square Park playground. It suits his personality much better. It's close to home and in a cozy apartment with kind and attentive caregivers. He does art, music, stories, reads books, goes to the park and has snacks, lunch and naps on a daily basis.

Christmas and New Year in Texas

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As tradition, we spent Christmas and New Year at my parents house in Texas. This year was a special treat since it snowed on Christmas Eve and we enjoyed the first white Christmas in 82 years. My grandpa was 10 years old then :-) He flew down from Utah and spent the holidays with us and the boys as well.

We did the usual feast, holiday celebration and catching up with family and friends. Dante rode horses, Augustus had a church blessing, Dante ice skated and made gingerbread houses for the first time AND my brother and sister-in-law welcomed their baby boy Jackson into the world on December 29th. Photos are HERE. It was so nice of them to give Augustus a playmate.

I'm very excited about the new year! HAPPY NEW YEAR!