Chase went to Harvard for a developmental study. They introduced him to different toys and then the experimenter told him she had some work to do. She went to a table in the back of the room to sort papers. While sorting papers she would knock a can to the ground and say "I don't need that." They were monitoring Chase's response to the cans dropping. Chase would stop and look at times and at other times was riveted to the toy that he was playing with. I really think that sometimes children don't hear what we say when they are playing! It was an interesting study and Chase received an elephant. Christian had his 2-month-old checkup last week. He was 22 3/4 in length, and 11.2 pounds. He is in the 50th percentile for height and 38th for weight. I love this age. He is cooing and happy most of the time. He is sleeping through the night and awake during the day. I'm still his favorite person on the planet, which I'm not sure my two-year-old would say. He is such a joy! I would love for him to stay two months old for another couple of months.

Chase is 2!

Pizza-stache Chase was a huge fan of the party hats. All in attendance were a fan of the marshmallow shooters. The candles were in the way and keeping him from his dessert pizza made with a brownie crust, peppermint ice cream and sprinkles. Don't forget the chocolate cheese!

Sweet Christian

Introducing Christian Lyn

Autumn Time

Our friends from North Carolina, the Footes, were able to come trick or treating with us. Here are Chase and Denzil in their costumes. We are crossing our fingers that the Foote's decide to do their residency at Dartmouth in NH. Chase and I love this lake which is a two minute walk from our house. It's so serene. Chase loves throwing rocks in the lake, and then watching the swans swim over to us. Here we are on Wilson Farm's "spooky hayride." Chase really enjoyed this.

This is us after the "big" hurricane that happened a few months ago. There wasn't a lot in Jersey City. Hoboken, which was just north of us, was completely submerged in about 2 feet of water. They had a mandatory evacuation. The exciting thing about the hurricane for us what that it was happening on the weekend we were packing up to move. We packed and prepared to hunker down for the hurricane at the same time. It was still our most successful move.

Apple Picking

Apple picking is such a fun thing to do in the fall. I love being in the country again. He we are with Mimi and Nicole in the hay wagon headed over to the apple trees. Don't you love the glasses.