Zoe 9 mo, zoo & strawberries

Zoe is 9 months old. She has had a busy month. She has started saying Mama (see video of previous entry) and Dada, she went camping, went to Yale graduation, and has been busy swimming in our pool. She is on the verge of crawling, and has become an expert at sitting up as well as clapping. She is a really happy child with lots of smiles and laughs. She also loves watching Zachary. What a joy she is.



Zachary went strawberry picking with us but really he went to eat and we did the picking. Can't really blame him the berries were yummy.


Grandma Gaile (GG) and Mama took Zachary and Zoe to the Beardsley zoo, our local zoo. It was the perfect size and their were lots of animals to see. Zachary loved seeing all the animals and Zoe also took her first Carousel ride. It was a fun day and GG was glad to spend it with Z & Z.

Family Camping Trip for Father's Day

For Father's Day Weekend, we took the kids camping! We had 2 tents, one for our stuff and one to sleep in. Zachary slept with us and Zoe had her own little mattress. It got pretty cold during the night but we managed to keep everyone warm. Glenn was also able to do some fishing, and even caught two fish during the weekend. He showed Zachary how to cast in the river and Zachary just kept saying, my dadd needs to go fishing. It was really quite fun. Enjoy some pictures of our weekend.


In this part of Connecticut, there are lots of covered bridges. Zachary was so excited as he has a bit of an obsession with bridges and tunnels. Zachary and Zoe had a seat in this covered bridge that is only for walking through near a waterfall we went to for lunch.

A special father's day ice cream treat!



Zachary had a great time at Kent Falls. He was enamoured with the waterfall.


Zachary tried s'mores for the first time, and he loved them, well at least the marshmallow and chocolate part. Some of the graham cracker was always left. He has been asking for s'mores ever since we got home too. For now he is falling for "S'mores are only for camping."


Zoe aka the cheerio monster ...

Zoe started saying Mama as well as Dada. But here is some video of her saying mama and clapping too. Stay tuned she turns 9 months old in a few days.

Betsy's graduation and Zoe claps!

So it is official, Betsy got her PhD from Yale University from the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Develolpmental Biology. Zachary went up onto the stage with her to receive her diploma. Betsy's parents were there to see her graduate, which gave them great pleasure. There was a celebratory lunch afterwards with Betsy's labmates who also graduated. It was a nice day, but very hot!



Check it out, Zoe learned to clap. Too bad it wasn't in time for graduation, she could have clapped her little heart out.