One day over Christmas Ruby was having a bit of a rough time listening and obeying so I decided to take her outside for a little break. It was a beautiful, mild day and the one-on-one time seemed to help her attitude improve a bit. This little rocky beach is right across from my parents’ house.
Joe’s half-birthday is Christmas Day (convenient, no?). He is such a joy and we are so very grateful for our sweet boy. A few days before this his first tooth popped, and now he has four!
Ruby and Joe had so much fun hanging out with all of their cousins over Christmas at Mama and PopPop’s house. The grown-ups had so much fun watching them.
So I am more than two months behind in my posting of silly pictures. These have been a very busy two months, and with Joe on the move I am finding it harder to get good shots. Rather than dwell on all that I am going to attempt to catch up. Most of these pictures will be unedited or this will never get done. Onward!
Back in December Elise, Rachel, Matt, Ruby, Joe, Noah, and I all went on a White House tour. It was decorated for Christmas and an acapella group was singing carols. All in all a lovely, memorable day.
A few things I saw while walking around Capitol Hill:
…also known as “Auntie Dweesie.”
Impressive double-nephew-hold:
Enjoying spiked paleo hot chocolate and a sleeping Joey in front of the fire:
Our last morning in New York we walked over to Rockefeller Center. Ruby gasped when she saw the tree.
This morning we went to the Guggenheim, which was awesome–what an amazing space. I would like to think that Ruby enjoyed the art, but I really think she just enjoyed the space, as we all did.
After the museum we stopped by the Ancient Playground, which was so neat. Ruby especially loved being chased by Uncle Matt, and Joe enjoyed swinging.
It was a beautiful day and such fun to enjoy the weather at a park right on Museum Mile.
We walked through Central Park to get to a Christmas Market on Columbus Circle, where we all grabbed lunch.
Tonight we made a valiant attempt to witness the lighting of the Christmas (holiday?) tree at Rockefeller Center, but ran into HUGE crowds, so we came back to the apartment to watch it on TV and drink cider instead.
Noah was here today too but barely made it into any pictures, so here is a special one. Isn’t he adorable?
Rachel, Matt, Noah, Ruby, Joe, and I took the train into New York yesterday for three days of sightseeing. Here is Ruby ready for the ride:
The kids on the train:
Noah enjoying the sights from Daddy’s shoulders:
Ruby got to meet TWO Mickeys in Times Square:
She also got to ride the Ferris wheel inside the amazing Toys R’ Us:
Loudmouth Mommy 