Blaine was in heaven.  🙂

On Thursday, 7/31, we visited the hospital to see the Siegels and their new baby, Libby!  We brought some balloons, plus one extra for Blaine.  Here he is back at home, playing with his lion.

Blaine loves this picture book he got from Gram, all about his recent adventures in Great Falls!  We read it three times in a row when we first received it, and countless times since.  Thank you, Gram, for the thoughtful gift!

A very happy birthday to Uncle Fran!  We’re so happy to hear you had a fun birthday weekend and we’re sorry we weren’t there with you to celebrate.  We can’t wait to see you again soon!

Love,

Blaine, Sally, and Andrew

Happy Birthday, Mom-Mom!  We’re sorry that we weren’t there with you to celebrate, but we hope that you had a wonderful day.  Blaine enjoyed coloring your birthday card and even added some construction equipment stickers when I told him that yellow is your favorite color.  We miss you and can’t wait to see you in October!

Love, Blaine, Sally Ann, and Andrew

My cousin John and his fiance, Leslie, stayed with us during their recent trip to Seattle.  In between sightseeing, John helped us move a bookcase, Leslie played with Blaine, and they got some amazing pictures (which I am reposting from facebook — thanks, guys!).

And on Sunday morning they took us out to brunch at Vios cafe.

Here are a few other pics from the weekend of Blaine helping Daddy with the weeding.

I turned 34 (gasp!) on July 10, and we celebrated with a delicious dinner of salmon, mushroom risotto, and green beans that Daddy made – yummy!  After dinner Blaine helped me blow out the candles.

Here’s one more pic of Blaine at his new Blaine-sized table.

Shane traveled all the way from San Francisco to meet Blaine for the first time on the 4th of July.  We made our first bedtime exception ever and woke Blaine up to go and see fireworks — he loved them!

We spent Saturday morning at Alki Beach in West Seattle, watching the beach volleyball and playing in the sand.

On Sunday morning we finally learned Blaine does have a berry limit at Portage Bay Cafe.

Thanks so much for visiting, Shane!  We had a great time and hope we get to see you again soon!

We arrived in Wynnewood from Baltimore about 3 in the afternoon and settled in, then enjoyed a delicious dinner with Mom-mom, Doc, and Aunt Molly:

On Wednesday, we visited Aunt Molly at work at McDonald’s, where the staff celebrated her birthday (one day early) with a Ronald McDonald cake!

Then we went to the pool at Aronimink for some relief from the heat:

In the afternoon we played in an inflatable pool in the backyard, but I forgot to get pics.

Thursday, June 19, we celebrated Aunt Molly’s birthday!  In the morning Blaine, Mommy, Mom-Mom, Aunt Molly, and Uncle Fran went to the Narberth playground.  Blaine loved that the entire thing was one big sandbox, but the rest of us were bothered by the gnats, so we retreated into the library and happened to catch reading hour:

Then we went to Sabrina’s for brunch:

Meanwhile, Doc, Uncle Tim and Liz were busy picking up Tara from the breeders!  Blaine was in heaven.

That night we had Hunan for Molly’s birthday dinner:

After dinner, we went outside for the birthday pinata!

Blaine didn’t seem interested in wielding this plastic bat…

But he thought it was absolutely hilarious to watch Aunt Molly demolish the pinata:

And then smash her face into some whipped cream:

Blaine loved Aunt Molly’s actual birthday cake (ice cream):

On Friday, we (Blaine, Daddy, Mommy, Uncle Fran, Doc, Uncle Tim, Liz, Liz’s nephew Emmett) went to the Philadelphia Zoo in the morning.

Blaine had his first ever petting zoo experience: 

And he enjoyed the attention from this duck during snack:

The giraffes were a big hit, as always:

On Friday night, we celebrated Aunt Molly’s birthday again during a big party with all the extended Mahoney and Forsyth relatives. 

On Saturday, we went to the playground in the morning and then Mommy and Blaine flew home to Seattle (sans Daddy, who was going on to India).  Here’s Blaine in his first class seat, enjoying a pre-takeoff snack:  

It took about an hour and a half of effort (and intermittent crying), but I finally got Blaine to sleep in my arms for the last two hours of the flight.  Phew!It was worth it to see all the Westbrook and Mahoney relatives!  Can’t wait to see everyone again soon!

On Saturday, 6/14, we flew from Seattle to Great Falls for a visit with Gram and Grand-dad!  On Sunday we celebrated Father’s Day with a trip to see the falls:   

That night, Aunt Suzanne and Uncle Michael came over for Father’s Day dinner:

On Monday, we took a day trip to Charlottesville to visit Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather.  Blaine loved playing with their African animal figurines, looking at pictures, and eating cookies…

Back in Great Falls that afternoon, Gram let Blaine pick the first little tomato in her garden.  Blaine was so proud.

Here are a few other random shots from our visit:  

On Tuesday we drove to Philadelphia, and stopped in Baltimore to visit Aunt Suzanne and have lunch: