ergo contest

http://www.alongfortheride.biz/contest-s/49.htm

here's a link to a contest for an ergo baby carrier-
i get an extra entry just by posting it. yay
xoxo

Uncle Michael

So... about 2 years ago, my godfather, Uncle Michael, started asking us what
we were going to name the baby- and we weren't telling.
So he decided that this was because we were going to surprise him, and name the
baby after him.

he knew she was a girl.

but so he started calling her by this funny nickname and for xmas olga and mike gave us this outfit:



Baby Uncle Michael Mann

cherry blossoms

we just came back from a week in DC, during the height of cherry blossom season.
my mom went on and on about how we could not miss them and i was like "yeah yeah"
but okay, she was right. have a look!



this is the neighborhood at the end of the block from where our aunt peggy lives.
can you believe it?
and these houses cost about one quarter of what they'd be on Palm Ave in san mateo.
its insanity!

anyway, i know... the winters suck and the summers suck worse. but it is sure giving us a little bit to think about....

a snapshot

just thought i'd post something since we have been out of town for a week and i have not given you anything new!

this month she is totally into buckles, zippers, fasteners of any sort, getting her jacket on and pulling her pants on herself. she climbs in and out of her high chair and carseat, bike and wagon on her own and is all about putting on her own shoes etc.
She really likes to focus on something and see it through till its completion.

and this morning don left a shirt in the kitchen. madeline scooped it up
and put it on herself. it was a riot!
she looked like alvin and the chipmunks.
here is a pic!

oh yeah- a faux hawk

finally enough hair for the classic shot

evil canevil

madeline loves to ride her bike
and now she has all the accessories she needs to be safe too!

so hard to get that darned helmet on w/ out pinching her little chin ;(