Ready, sit, eat!

Over the last few weeks our little Olivia has gotten quite good at holding up that little head of hers. So, with her 5 month birthday drawing near (its today!), we decided it was time to give "solids" a try. I say solids, but let's be honest - it is not much more then feeding her breast milk on a spoon! The rice cereal - which should really be called rice powder - doesn't add much thickness to the milk. But I suppose learning to eat from the spoon is the main thing. I guess that's why you wait on the real solids until they can actually get the food in their mouths! For now I'm just happy when I can actually get the spoon past her very agile tongue : )  Here are some shots of the play-by-play.

"Me in my new little seat."

"OK, I'm ready Mom. Bring on the food!"

"On second thought.... I'm not so sure..."

"Hmm... maybe not so bad."

"More please! This is fun!"

"Now Dad is getting in on the fun - I'm ready!"

"Hmm.. I could get use to this!"

Broadway hits PPAC again!

Last year we had the great privilege of seeing the New York traveling company of Wicked when they came to Providence. Mary and John came down from Vermont and the four of us had a wonderful time. This year we were able to experience Broadway in our backyard once again when The Lion King arrived this February. This time not only did John and Mary come down, but Rebecca, Scott, Megan and Miles came as well. We split up into 2 viewing groups to enable for babysitting. The Vermont crew went to a Saturday matinee while Tony and I stayed behind with Olivia and Miles. Then, after a quick pizza dinner together, we switched up and Tony and I went to the Saturday evening show while John and Mary watched little O. I think it's safe to say that a good time was had by all. The show was really quite visually stunning.  I had never seen that much puppetry - and incredible puppetry at that! The sets were true works of art and the animals were just breathtakingly beautiful. Of course we all knew the story - which is sweet - but the real show was in the artistry of the visual aspects of the performance. Bravo!

Once again, Megan was a great, snuggly big cousin!

Too cute!

Peas in a pod.

Olivia Goes Skiing! (Well, not exactly...)

With my parents heading up to Montpelier to visit Jonathan - Tony and I thought it would be fun to head to Lincoln for a combo family ski weekend. Fortunately Jonathan was able to get the afternoon off from teaching his ski class at Sugarbush to join Tony, Mom, Dad and I for some skiing. Sounds great - but what to do with the little girl? Nonni and Poppi to the rescue! Mary and John were gracious enough to volunteer their babysitting services for the day. So, with Jonathan's assistance, we found a quiet, fairly unused room in the lodge and set up camp. It was a great set up - I could just stop in and nurse her and we all got to visit with each other on ski breaks. Thanks to everyone for a great weekend!

Visiting during one of our breaks from the trails.

Dad took this pic of Tony in front of a make shift tee-pee in the woods.