Winter

It has been a while since our last blog post, so here is an update of some of our recent activities.  Click here to see pictures of Simon's first trip to Florida, his first Christmas, and more!

Christmas

From our home to yours, Merry Christmas!

Fall

We have been far too delinquent in regularly posting pictures.  Here are some pictures and videos of the last month and a half.  Simon is developing so much and is interacting more and more with his surroundings.  Check out the album to see what he's been up to.

Tour

Welcome to our new place in Rockville, MD.  After about a month of being here, we are settled in enough to give a video tour of the place.  For best results, view full screen at 1080p.  Enjoy.

Weeks 15-18

We safely arrived in Maryland and have begun to settle into our new apartment.  We will give you a better tour of our apartment and neighborhood once things are better organized.  All three of us are experiencing lots of new things since the move; we've especially celebrated lots of "firsts" with Simon.  During the past four weeks, Simon slept in his new crib (in his new room) for the first time, sat in his new high chair for the first time, sucked his thumb for the first time, sat in his "big boy" stroller for the first time, played in his new exersaucer for the first time, rolled over from back to front for the first time, and (tomorrow) will go to a church nursery for the first time.  He also got to spend lots of time with Bekah's mom, who came from Indiana to help us with the process of unpacking.  Simon seems to be enjoying Maryland, as he is full of smiles every day.  See for yourself how happy he is in these pictures we snapped during the past few weeks.

Weeks 13-14

Simon's 13th and 14th weeks of life were mostly spent watching Mom and Dad pack up the apartment with a brief visit to Providence, RI so Dad and his friends could ride their bikes and see Water Fire.  There were lots of farewell parties and events as our time in Boston came to a close.  We miss you all dearly and will always treasure the countless memories we have of our lives in Boston.  Here are some pictures of our final days in Boston.

Weeks 9-12

Simon did some rather impressive traveling during weeks 9-12 of his life.  First he took an 8 hour car ride from Boston to Maryland to look for housing in the DC area.  We successfully found an apartment in Rockville with lots of parks, pools, and green space for him to explore.  We are excited to have a place we really like in a walkable community close to where Mitch will be working.  Relieved the apartment search was over, we drove the 8 hours back to Boston so Mitch could head out on a bike trip to Canada the next day.  The trip took him 3 days (Day1, Day2, Day3) and covered over 200 miles of beautiful countryside.  Simon and Mom followed him as a support vehicle and cheered for him as well as Todd and Kari along the way.  Unfortunately, there were no moose sightings.  Since Simon was in Canada, we thought we would see some French Canadians so we drove through the Quebec countryside and spent a day in Montreal.  Tired of people speaking French to us, we came back to America for the 4th of July in Burlington, VT, where we watched fireworks over Lake Champlain.  The next couple of days were spent touring the Vermont countryside and returning back home.  Simon had several first in these past 4 weeks. It was the first time he visited several states (Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Vermont), went swimming, traveled to another country, watched fireworks, and started intentionally playing with toys.  We posted some pictures and videos from the past 4 weeks here.

Maryland

It's official.  Mitch has accepted a post-doctoral fellowship in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland.  His start date is August 6th, so we will be packing up and moving down there in a few short weeks.  We're sad to leave Boston and all the wonderful friends we have here, but we are excited for the new opportunities ahead.  Keep us in your thoughts and prayers in the coming weeks as we deal with all the logistics of a big move.

Week 8

Simon is now 8 weeks old.  How the time flies by!  This week we took Simon to the Cape to enjoy the weekend with friends and celebrate Mitch's first Father's Day.  Simon saw his first seals there and even got a tour of the Cape Cod Potato Chip factory.  Check out the pictures.

Week 7

Week 7 was again more eventful.  Simon had more visitors come by, he took a trip to Bekah's work, visited our garden, had his first picnic at Bunker Hill, traveled to Rockport for his second time, and enjoyed his first trip to the beach in Portsmouth, NH.  What a lucky guy!  Check out the pictures (and videos) here.