Family Visit

Today is the last day of a weeklong visit from Papa, Grandma and Tim. The week went too fast, as always, but we managed to explore some of Seattle and Bainbridge Island. Everything we did was a first for all of us, since Em and I are so new to the area.

I scrolled through the photos from the week and picked out a few for the blog. Here MRD is giving his deer-in-headlights look:

MRD and Uncle Tim share a lunch date:
And here is a great outfit that Grandma and Papa brought from Syracuse. I thought this was a good Charlie Brown face from MRD: "Good grief!"
I love how blue his eyes are when he wears a blue outfit. This one came from his friend/future roommate Carter in Chicago; thanks, Carter!
On the ferry between Bainbridge Island and Seattle:
Here is a picture of Sue in front of Rachel the Pig at the entrance of Pike Place. Rachel is a real piggybank that has collected over $110K for the market since she was installed in 1986.
Grandma and Papa were on a mission this week to find MRD a winter hat. Here is the winner, which should keep his head dry and warm all summer. He will probably be wearing it in many photos we take this coming winter.
Yesterday we took MRD to the pool on the island so he and I could splash around together. Here is his arrival; he looks a bit tentative.
But once in the water he felt right at home, as you'll see in the two videos below. He and Em are starting a mommy-and-me swim class soon, so hopefully we'll soon have more to report from the pool. Here is also a video of some of MRD's recent talk-talk.