Playtime

Jonah's Treehouse is such a fun place to hang out!

Rob on Weekend Edition Sunday today!

Rob had a great story about homebrewing on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday this morning, check it out! And there's a blog that goes along with the topic at the NPR blog Monkey See.

Fun with friends and winter hats!

We had 6 inches of snow last week, but this week the weather has been in the 70's. Hopefully it's time to put away the winter hats and coats. But before they go, Rachel has made it her mission to try to wear every single one (and she had fun playing with her Nana, too).





She's also been hanging out with her friend Sadie a lot lately. Here are some pictures from their play date last Friday.
And Rachel helped her friend Maggie McDonald celebrate her 1st birthday. Welcome to toddlerhood, Mags!

Rachel's First Birthday!

Rachel celebrated her first birthday on February 4th. She spent the morning with her friends at the playgroup and then met up with her daddy for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. That afternoon we took her to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. She loved watching the fish and turtles swim by her.

Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate this special milestone in her life (and for us as new parents surviving the first year!).

Now that Rachel is a toddler and not a baby anymore, she is old enough to be blogging. So this is where we'll start putting most of her updates from now on.