Congratulations to Charlotte on her graduation Saturday!!  She’s been through a lot in the past year and still managed to secure a Top 10 position in her class, as well as National Honor Society.  On to Fordham Univertisty in the fall!

Hailey was soooo well behaved at the graduation and the party at Robin and Kevin’s afterward.  There was so much going on, and so many people to play with, that she didn’t take a nap.  At all.  All day long she was going full tilt, running around and being silly.  Here’s a few photos from Saturday.

Wow.  We really got some nice weather this weekend!  Beautiful sun all day long Sat, Sun, and Monday!  Andrea didn’t have to work (just Friday night), so we all spent a whole weekend together, it was awesome.  Saturday, Hailey and I went on a couple really long walks around the city (while Andrea got some sleep after her overnight shift), stopping here and there at playgrounds.  Saturday night, the 3 of us went down to Pawtucket to see the Paw Sox play.  This was Hailey’s 3rd baseball game, and this time she was really into it!  Her first was May 2 of last year, Jon Lester’s 1st start back from cancer; and we also went to Hadlock to see the Sea Dogs last Father’s Day.  Hailey got her own seat on Saturday, and got completely sugared up.  She was clapping and cheering, mostly just being silly.  By 7pm, her usual bedtime, she got extra silly and was having a blast!  So well behaved, not a single peep or fuss for the whole game.

Sunday, Andrea cashed in her Christmas present of a 2.5 hour spa package downtown.  We all walked down there to find the place (right on Boylston, near Copley and the Public Library).  Hailey and I took a looong walk back through the Public Garden and the Common, across the city back to the North End.  Sat evening,  we went over to Uncle Nate’s (our good friend Nate Burke) apartment in Revere for some hot dogs and hamburgers, and more playtime.  Great weather and more fun.  Monday morning we went over to Doyle’s restaurant in Jamaica Plain where I / we used to live.  This is one of Gary and Julie’s favorite places to go eat.  It’s an old Irish pub, with a lot of Boston history.  Ever seen the movie “Mystic River”?  The bar in the beginning of that film is Doyle’s.  It’s also been in quite a few movies, and used to be the choice watering hole for Mayor Flynn, who used to get smashed there and then jog home when the bar closed.  Or so the story goes.

After breakfast, we headed to the Franklin Park zoo.  I’d never been there, and this was Hailey’s first ever zoo trip.  We saw a lion, who got all bent out of shape at the spectators and started roaring (worth the price of admission in my book), we saw giraffes, tigers, and Hailey got to see lemurs!  By far her favorite ‘lil monkey because she loves the show Zaboomafu, which features a ring-tailed lemur as the main character.

The two videos below are Hailey’s encounter from Monday with the lemurs, and a video of her at the North End playground from a couple weeks ago.  The playground is right around the corner from our apartment.

 
Hailey and the lemurs from Evan McIntire on Vimeo.

Hailey at North End Playground from Evan McIntire on Vimeo.
 
Hailey at North End Playground #2 from Evan McIntire on Vimeo.

EDIT:  I cannot get the videos to actually embed here in the site.  Something’s up w/ the code and you’ll just need to click the links to see the videos. 

Andrea went to visit Lisa (my cousin) yesterday while Uncle Ian, Uncle Jon, and myself were working at the tree farm getting ready to plant trees next weekend.

Ella is the oldest, Lucy is just a little younger than Hailey (by 1 month or so).

Geez, we’ve been busy. Not much time to update this blog, and our internets at home are pretty much non-existent. So I’m updating this from work.

Last weekend, our friend, Kristina, came up from DC to interview for a new job in Boston and to visit us. Clcik on the link below to see the pics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmj1659/sets/72157604658144907/

Pictures of Hailey’s Birthday, random pics from our life, and our trip to the aquarium!

Hailey is a running, playing, dancing monster…  She is actually a real joy, and a very good baby.  I will post pictures of our first cross country skiing adventure (tomorrow) later this week.  Click below to see Haileybug…

Birthday Monkey Cupcake from Whole Foods…

Big girls drink from sippy cups- no more bottles!

Cool kid outfit from Liz!

Riding the Wonder Horse that once belonged to Mommy, Grampa fixed it all up!

Daddy says I look like something from Willy Wonka…

I like to eat!

At the Aquarium with Daddy…

What were we looking at?  Little Blue Penguins!

Walking up the ramp all by myself- I liked the big fishies!

So excited!

Ok, I admit we’re bad friends and relatives…  We haven’t updated in forever!

Hailey turned one a few weeks ago.  She had a big party with lots of our friends.  Unfortunately, her friends Jack and Lupe couldn’t make it to the party.  We missed them a lot!

She’s becoming this incredibly active little girl, who loves to give hugs and pet animals.  She’s walking pretty steadily now, I’m sure running is coming next! 

Our neighbors upstairs had a little boy a few weeks ago, and Hailey loves to go up and visit baby Jackson.  She looks at him and then pretty much ignores him unless he’s awake and kicking.  She likes to take of his socks and touch his feet!

I will update some pictures later today!

Ugh.  Heat waves and babies are not a good combo.  I’m sure it’s worse for my friends who are due in August, but keeping a teething almost 6 month old happy in over 90 degree heat is almost impossible!  I had to go out and buy a new bottle of Tylenol today because we ran out since we were giving 2 doses a day (minimum). 

 The funny part about her teething is that she will chew on just about anything!  She chews on her toys, her clothes, her parents’ fingers, their clothes.  She chews on coffee cups and even beer bottles….. 

Bad mommy!  Of COURSE I don’t drink coffee or beer! 

 We’re going to week 3 of her Caterpillars class today.  That’s at Isis Maternity- one of my favorite places to visit!  Hailey likes seeing the other babies and it’s helping her rudimentary crawling skills.  She scoots right towards them when I put her down.  This week is a discussion on baby health and illnesses….  The leader has already told me that I will be “coteaching” the class!  Eek!

 Ok, going to dress the little monkey now!  An update with pictures coming tomorrow!

Since I started back to work, I’ve been a bad mommy.  I haven’t taken many photos and I’ve updated people even less!  Hailey turns 4 months old today.  She’s a bit cranky and feverish from her shots yesterday, but otherwise very healthy.  Our little peanut is an amazing 24.5 inches long (61st percentile!) and only 11 lbs, 9 oz (12th percentile).  Right on track like her mommy and aunties were….  She can push her upper body off any surface when she’s on her tummy and can flip from her belly to her back.  She sits up on your lap without too much assistance.  And she nurses all day long and clamors for more when I go to work, leaving Evan with many empty bottles!  So we got the go ahead from the nurse practitioner to start rice cereal. 

 That makes a mess.

 We have our high chair, the vinyl tablecloth on the floor and a bib.  I still opted to dress Hailey in only a diaper for her first cereal experience.  And she did a great job!  Of course, she’s pretty much just licking the cereal off the spoon, but we’ll figure this out too.

I swear she didn’t touch my wine!