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  • Wine tasting

    Wine tasting

    Uncle Ryan and aunt Rhonda made the super drive up from NC to check me out for my birthday. While it was a bit much to do too much the other night, and they have to leave tomorrow, we did manage to have a great day. Last day for grandparents and cool outing. We went to a wine tasting for Maryland wines. I mostly sat in the stroller in the shade but everyone else had a good time. It was HOT as you know what out there so it was a bit uncomfortable for me after a while. Turns out Maryland has quite a few wineries to be seen. If it wasn’t so darn hot it may have been a bit different but man it was warm out. Got a few bottles of wine as souvenirs and mom and dad gave grandparents a wine necklace (wine holder around the neck. Pretty funny stuff actually). After the festival we went home and had a killer BBQ. It was quite a day.

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  • And now, I am one!

    Well it was bound to happen sooner or later, I finally turned one. And quite a day it was. We had grandparents from California, cousins and aunt/uncle from around here. It was sweet. Lemon cake and presents to rip open. Didn’t care much for the presents but the paper and boxes were the bee’s knees. (Just kidding those who got me presents, I eventually played with them the day after). Got a cool car thinger, an interactive horsey thing that talks to the TV, and a guitar thingamabob that also speaks Spanish. (Which was good for dad because he forgot how to say duck in Spanish. It is pato by the way). All good stuff. Can’t believe it has been a year already. My quest for world domination is that much closer.

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  • Breakfast at Miss Shirley’s

    Breakfast at Miss Shirley’s

    So this was not the first time here by a long shot. In fact this is a place I really enjoy going to. Grandma and grandpa have never been though so it was good to get them out there. Man, this joint rocks. Food is ridiculous and I always get a ton of it to sample. Now that I have 3 whole teeth and one on the way, I can eat pretty much anything. Buckwheat and banana pancakes from dad, chocolate from mom, hash browns, bacon, man what a morning. Then off for the nap. Food is good.

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  • Assembling furniture with grandpa

    Grandma and grandpa came out for the week for my birthday. Sweet. Mom and dad’s furniture arrived a few days back but was sitting in the respective boxes on the deck. Grandpa was bored so the furniture assembly began. Given my track record with helping out with tool projects, I once again jumped right in. I was mostly clanking tools together, playing with styrofoam, playing with the boxes, well, you get the picture. Took grandpa almost an entire day to assemble but in the end, the furniture was up and all was good in the universe.

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  • First photos with pasta

    First photos with pasta

    So while this may not be the first pasta experience it was one of the first. Certainly the first one with a camera nearby. Typically speaking I have yet to coordinate my hands with the mouth and well, eating is not always the cleanest activity I do. Pasta was particularly interesting and dad could not stop laughing. Then out came the camera. Thanks dad. I will be sure to pull this up to show my friends sometime in the future.

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  • Rollin’ with the lawnmower

    Rollin’ with the lawnmower

    While I recognize the need to mow the lawn on a regular basis I was straight sick of dad getting to have all the fun. Wheelie and cousing Sam hooked me up with this sweet little gadget so I can now join in the fun. The blades on mine are not quite as sharp as dad’s but mine makes cool popping noises. No one can touch that.

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  • Rolling up my sleeves on the bike

    After dad’s 100 mile stint on the bike he has become a bit of a bike guy. Loving tools the way I do I wasted no time jumping right in and lending a helping hand. I played with zip ties, wrenches and a few screwdrivers. We successfully mounted the odometer on dad’s bike so he can now know how fast he is going. Every time he goes a bit faster, he will now think of me.

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  • My first bike ride

    Last year mom and dad (mostly dad) got hustled by Flo in Hoboken to install a baby seat that the bike store knew was too big for me. Their disappointment aside, a year has passed and voila! I am big enough. So the weekend weather was still holding out so they packed me up and away we went. I must admit I was not thrilled to have the helmet on. Aside from that though we had a great time. Dad was pushing for an even 10 mile ride that first day but mom pooped out around 6 and when dad took me back out we didn’t quite make it the 10. You can see the odometer here. It was pretty hot and I was getting a bit dismayed on that seat. All around though a good day.

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