Tag: Strider

Egg Hunt and Swinging

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On Saturday we headed over to Becky, Brian, and Owen’s house for some swing time and egg hunting.  It was perfect weather and really fun.  We were really lucky and Becky took pictures.  Moxie found her own egg and got a cool toy for her efforts.  She ate some pea puree, baby cheetos, and had a totally fabulous time.

Moxie tried out swinging for the first time.  It took her a little time to figure out that it was fun–but once she did–she was a HUGE fan.  Every once in a while Moxie and Owen would look at each other.  It was all really sweet.

Spring Photos

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We had our family pictures taken by our dear friend Becky.  Her darling little boy is Moxie’s crush Owen (he’s 9 months old, beautiful blue eyes, and an expert crawler).  Anyway, Becky was kind enough to come over to our place and take pictures of our zany bunch.  Bibi was there to help with logistics and we snapped a few pictures of her too.

Moxie skipped her nap that morning so she wasn’t as cheery as she usually is.  However, Becky worked her magic and got some cutie-patootie-ness to come through.

Here’s some of our favorites:

On the shoulders of a giant

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As Moxie gets bigger we are pretty sure she is going to do most of her traveling on the shoulders of her dad.  She already spends a fair amount of time up there.  It is a little harder these days because she doesn’t quite have the core strength (or attention span) to stay upright.  She does, however, know how to grab on to Strider’s hair and enjoy the ride.  Here’s a couple shots, one from November 10 2012 and one from March 6 2013 to show how much she digs being way up high.  
November 10, 2012 (2 months old)
March 6, 2013 (6 months old)

Nordic Cool

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The Dorsey-Lees took a trip with the Lessin family to see just how cool those Nordic folks are.  Turns out, they are pretty cool.  They had a minimalist lego set up for kids: tables and legos.  We were expecting something more Legoland-ish but the simplicity simply proved their point.  Moxie chewed on them, Noa ran from table to table playing with others, and Ari built amazing star ships and flying machines.  Oh, Tracy built a parking structure.  Also: Nordic Cool had a wood maze that Ari and Noa owned.  We wrapped up with sandwiches for lunch.  It was really fun and we really like hanging out with Lessins.

Ari gets busy. Moxie gets chewy.
Ari shares some pointers.

Ari flies his mega ship.

Moxie tries to sabotage Ari’s creation.

Jess harmonizes

Busy Bees

Only Josh pays attention

Sweet moment

Lego Envy

There’s a dad behind that baby!

Mid-sprint hair touch up

Team building

What?!

Swedes are weird.

Noa’s crew.

Everyone’s favorite lamp and rock.

Mom has a planning convo with Maureen mid-trip.

Moxie and Ari get ready for a photo

Wardrobe!

Convo on the steps

Getting ready to bounce

Moxie’s first food!

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This morning we gave Moxie her first “solid” food.  She had brown rice cereal (1 part ground brown rice, 1 part breast milk, 2 parts water).  She used a bowl and spoon the Buller family gave her.  Moxie was more interested in the spoon than the food actually.  Bibi helped cook it, Babu took video, Strider acted as the high chair, and Moxie was, as always, the main event.  She ended up with a nose full of food but it seemed like the whole experience wasn’t a total failure.  She didn’t really *eat* the food but she certainly moved it around in her mouth for a while.  We consider it a win.

Here are some photos and a video at the end.  Warning: video is 5 minutes.
Pili wants in the action. 

Jess and Bibi prepare the food.

Um, yum?

The faces of Mox and food

Dad is the best high chair.

Tweedles!

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Moxie has some serious tweedles.  She has serious who hairs.  Still don’t know what I am talking about?  She has bajillions of tiny thin mini hairs that grow on her forehead.  Here is a picture (of the whole fan–but focus on the tweedles) to show you the seriousness of what I am talking about.

Also: homegirl can rock a ponytail.

The perfect afternoon

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This afternoon I left my windowless office to discover the weather jumped from the 20s to 70! When I got home Strider and I put the leashes on the dogs and Moxie in her stroller. But wait! We not only put her in the stroller but we did it like a big girl. That’s right, Moxie now rides like a boss. She faces out, without the car seat, and did great. She enjoyed the walk and too in the sights. Towards the end she got really comfortable and starting talking to all the neat stuff she was seeing. It was a great day. I love our little family.

Inauguration!

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We wrote to all our congress people requesting tickets and didn’t hear back from a single one of them.  Obama sent us a commemorative set of tickets. No one came through. But then one of the mamas in my mother’s group sent an email around to see if anyone wanted to go.  I wrote her back right away.  You see, she and I knew each other pretty well–a couple of months ago I brought her 200 oz of breast milk. Her supply was low and she needed some extra while got things going on her end.

We met up with our friend Ernie at the Green Ticket gate and headed in.  People were really friendly and helpful generally but were extra super special nice when they saw we had a baby.  It was great.  Moxie slept through most of it but it was really cool all the same.

Here’s some pictures:

Manic Monday

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It is Monday and we are spending an evening hanging out after being separated all day.  Moxie and Strider decided to have some super fun play time and here’s how it went:

And then, after dancing and playing guitar they wrapped up the night with some air drumming.  (please ignore that this video is sideways.  If anyone can tell me how to fix it–I’ll do it.)