going camping
E and I are going camping with a friend in the mountains, just overnight. We'll see how this goes. The friends have a little girl 2 weeks older than Emma and they camp a lot, so I expect to pick up some tips.
Not really about dandelions - I just like them. This blog is mostly about my daughter, but more generally, a way to keep family and friends up to date on my life. Visitors are welcome too.
E and I are going camping with a friend in the mountains, just overnight. We'll see how this goes. The friends have a little girl 2 weeks older than Emma and they camp a lot, so I expect to pick up some tips.
Last week E talked to me on the phone for the first time. She had said "bye bye" to her grandma once, but this time "the penny dropped" as they say (i.e., she suddenly got it). Or at least partially. David was keeping her and called me at work. He put her on the phone and told her to say bye-bye. She wasn't saying anything, so I started babbling. I said, "Emma, this is Mommy." And she said, incredulously, "Mommy???" And then she started babbling. I heard her next few sentences as worried, with "mommy" sprinkled in there a few times. I imagined her saying, "Mommy's in the phone and can't get out." David said she was fine, not worried, and forgot about me right after we hung up.
Stoic Daddy pushing the stroller down the steps in the rain, outside the Native American Museum. The umbrella was for Emma, but he couldn't hold it in place while maneuvering down the steps. He didn't really want to stop and pose for a photo either! We didn't take the big canopied stroller on this trip - no room in the car - so we gave her a wide-brimmed hat and the water resistant diaper changing pad to drape over her lap.
Marie "tagged" me so I think it's my turn to reveal "7 things you might not know about me" (depending who you are).
This park, Gravelly Point, is a nice wide open space for a toddler to run around in. It's on the river, and she liked to go to the edge and say "splash? splash?" She also loved the gravel. It kept her still temporarily.
David took this picture on June 2nd when he took E to the Air & Space Museum by Dulles airport. (http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/). I think I'm going to order some prints of this one! I was visiting with a friend/former colleague in Alexandria. This was the first full day of our vacation.
Hi everyone, it's good to be back. We spent a week on vacation in the Washington DC area. Visited friends in Alexandria, Frederick, and Baltimore. It was a good trip, and E handled it well. She was sick of riding in the car by the last day -- I was too.