gabriella & jd (and alex! and vincent!)

Happy Birthday..Bela..Dad...Nagypapa! A trip down memory lane. Some great pictures from my Dad's good friends Bob Neidert and Ken Wright. And I quote "If he does not laugh, you should take him immediately to the Emergency Room. If he does laugh, thank Ken and me for saving some of those old, old photos of our dear, dear friend."

Bela's Birthday dinner at Morton's. We had a nice dinner to celebrate Bela's upcoming "special" birthday on November 26th, and Peter and Anna joined us.

Brian's 3rd Birthday party. At Jump!Zone. A good time was had by all. Afterwards, Alex passed out in the car holding all his gifts from Toots.

Last week. Alex likes to ride his tricycle inside while wearing his pajamas. Vacuuming, sticker book, eating ice cream, and chilling out on the couch with Lincoln.

Sunday November 2. Barb generously included us in a trip to Cirque du Soleil "KOOZA" and dinner at McCormick and Schmick's at National Harbor. The show was amazing, and dinner was fabulous. Thanks Barb! We also celebrated Bert's 10th birthday.

Pictures from last Saturday. Playing outside, and a visit to Grannie and Nagypapa's where Alex vacuumed Nagypapa's slippers and helped Grannie water the tree and rake the leaves.

Pictures. Party at Childtime. Alex was a fireman. Check out those other costumes - Alan was Mr. T!

Pictures from last week and this weekend. Fish and chips (and Guinness) at the chippy . They even had mushy peas! Trying on Alex's Halloween costume. Pumpkins. Driving across the 14th St bridge on Sunday we saw Marine One, and the Marine Corps Marathon runners! Rose and Beth's Halloween party. Lots of food and fun and friends. Alex didn't want to wear his costume though. Later we went for a walk and played in the bamboo.

Pictures from last weekend. Playing with trains in the kitchen. Snacks outside, and pulling the wagon. Grannie and Aunt Andrea came over and we went for a walk. Alex is really into "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" now. He jumps up and down and says "hump of a wump of a gump"!

This video is from week before last - Dancing with David.

We're in Austin now visiting Rachel (JD's sister) and Jon. We enjoyed the flight to Houston, dinner with JD's friends Tom and Cheryl, breakfast with JD's dad and stepmother and lunch with Gabby's former colleague Jim. Just as we thought things couldn't get any better, we realized we needed to take Alex to the Urgent Care to get a shot and some antibiotics for his upper respiratory infection and ear infections. He's all better now though. :-) Click here for the pictures. We'll have more descriptions of the events soon, but Rachel has company now and they are forcing me to have a beer.

Pictures from last Sunday - more Eddy Lee! We went to visit Mace and Suzanne and Eddy Lee on Sunday. Suzanne's family was visiting and we had a great time - the boys, Eddy Lee, Matthew and Alex got along nicely, and really enjoyed Jimmy's golf cart.

Last week. Playing with the truck pillow. Watching airplanes. Reading. Playground. Picnic outside. Reading "Red News". Birthday party at Carrie's! (Thanks for a great meal and all those steaks and sausages from Nicks of Calvert ).

Last weekend. When we went over to Grannie's, Alex was very dissappointed that summer is over so he just sat in the pool and played with his toys. On Sunday we went over to see Sara, Bryan, Jeffrey and Heather at Val's Mom's house.

Reading the Freight Train book. Alex loves the "Freight Train" book Toots brought him.

Hmm, someone was in Paris last week!

Pictures from last weekend. Toots came to visit and we had a great time - the weather was beautiful. Second picture is Alex on Friday, it was "wear your pajamas to daycare" day. On Saturday we picked up Toots at the train, then went and had lunch on the DC Waterfront at Cantina Marina. When we got home, Dad was trying to take a nap and Alex sat on him and read his train book. Later, Alex played with his bubble machine, and took off his clothes and only wanted to wear his Elmo Jacket. Poppie came over since he was at Tyson's for a tent sale. On Sunday, we took the Trolley to the Alexandria waterfront, and the new water taxi over to National Harbor. The boat goes under the new Wilson Bridge - best views around. The Freedom Schooner Amistad was docked there also.

Guess who what where? Name these people, location, and food/drink being consumed!

The week before last. Watching airplanes with Aunt Andrea after work - including the Duck Boats that launch from Gravelly Point. Alex's new shoes. Construction we see everyday that Alex loves! Haircut - first time Alex sat by himself for a haircut.

Pictures from Friday and Saturday. Eddy Lee has arrived! We went to Mace & Suzanne's on Saturday to meet him. He is a sweet little boy (16 months old) and so happy and friendly and loves to eat and socialize. Alex is very excited to get to know his new cousin.