Warm Wednesday

Gracie loves wearing her new bib from Aunt Meredith; Mommy loves it too because it keeps Grace super clean! Today we went for a morning walk, had lunch with Ali and Jackson and headed to the park, where Brett and Brody joined. Later on we met up with Danielle and Penelope, who had to go topless after painting herself in her dinner.

Mother's Day Luncheon

Today Grace and I went on a tour of Central Park with Mom-Mom, and then we went to Tavern on the Green to meet Grandma. The three of us had a blast at the Big City Moms Mother's Day lunch. Mom-Mom won a prize in the raffle, and we saw Jo from Super Nanny. She offered to signed her new book for Grace but would not take a picture. Pssh. Get over yourself, Super Nanny. LOL.

Mom-Mom Visits

Mom-Mom came to visit today. She taught Grace a lot of stuff, read to her, took her for a walk in the afternoon and got her ready for bed.

Grace Discovers Grass

This morning we had brunch with the Langers, and then we went to Jake Sussberg's 1st birthday party. Good times. In the afternoon we went to the park, where we took a nap, played in the grass (and loved it) and bumped into the Sundheims.

Grace Turns 21!

Gracie reached the 21 week mark today. Here are the albums for Week 20 and Week 21. Today we celebrated Zoe Goldstein's 2nd birthday.

Friday

Today it was gray so we stayed inside until Grace's second nap was over. Then we went out to meet Grace's friends Caroline and Ethan. We walked for a little bit and then hung out at H&H.

Baby with Baguette

Here is Grace outside Citarella tonight. Today we met Caroline and Jacob at Le Pain Quotidien.

Fun with Friends

Grace and I went for a walk with Ilyse and Riley this morning, took a long afternoon nap, strolled with Liz and baby Charlie and Jessie and then played with Nikki and George. Here is a pic of Gracie and George. Thanks for the photo, Nikki!

Goody Goody Gumballs

This morning we went to Dylan's Candy Bar for lunch, and Grace loved lounging on the gumball table. She layed on it almost the whole time. In the afternoon we rocked out with Andy. Then later in the day I read Grace a book; I think she's starting to understand the cadence of speak. She looked at me almost everytime I finished a sentence.

Rainy Play

Grace and I practiced tummy time together today. Then Caroline and Ethan came over for lunch and a rainy day playdate. The babies had a blast hanging out together, as did the moms.

Daddy Turns 30

Today was Daddy's birthday, and Abby, Jeremy, Sam and Henry came over for brunch to celebrate. It was a lot of fun! Then we went to Al Forno with the family for dinner in honor of Grandma and Daddy. Good times.

One...Two...Weeeeee

Happy Birthday, Grandma! Here is some serious laughter from Grace today. She totally understood the game we were playing and was waiting for me sit up and say "weeee" so she could crack up. Babies learn so fast; it's incredible. Check it out.

This morning we went to brunch with Burke, Neil, Lauren, Justin and Brigit.

Tonight we went out to The Cutting Room to celebrate the big 3-0. It was great to see so many awesome people in one place. We feel lucky to have such nice friends and siblings :)

Watch Out, Tiger

Here is Grace in her sporty bib from Grandpa. He brought it back from The Masters. Pretty cool, huh?! Grace met cousin Amy at lunch today.

No Nap Day

Grace slept so well last night and was cheerful this morning (see pic of her hanging with her blabla dolls), but she just wouldn't nap for long today. We went to the Park with Lauren and Shannon, but Grace just couldn't drift off and became really fussy. Tonight we walked to Jenn's for a Hunter Dixon shopping party. Grace loved meeting Jenn's mom, Carla, but apparently she doesn't love shopping...

New Developments

Grace is learning her name; she's very responsive to "Gracie" in particular. She is also learning to sit up. And she loves her exersaucer - check out this video. Oh - and she's learned to crinkle her nose and curl her upper lip.

Rockin Out

Grace was a kid in a candy store this morning - really, here she is at Heavenly Delights. Then we went to Bloomingdales, where Grace ate lunch and picked up a gift for a friend. This afternoon we had our first Rockin with Andy class. All the babies had a lot of fun. Check out the bottom left below of Grace - she is in the foreground. Ha - cracks me up :)

Hanging with Her Friends

Daddy worked from NYC today, and Gracie got some quality time with him this morning. She also helped him crunch away - she's so smart! Later on, Gracie met up with her Y group friends - Caroline, Haley and Ethan - for a delicious lunch and an early afternoon playdate at Haley's. Afterwards we visited Brody Sundheim, and - being an older and wiser baby - he taught her a couple of things. She practiced sitting up and played with his toys. Grace was in an awesome mood. She was probably still star-struck...forgot to post yesterday that Grace, Daddy and I saw Conan O'Brien on Park last night.

Itty Knitty

Gracie was thrilled to see Grandpa after her morning nap today. Then we drove back to NYC with Aunt Meredith, who entertained Grace the little time she was awake in the car. Tonight we went to Roni and Howard's for the second night. Gracie got all dolled up in her hand-knit sweater from Aunt Enid and her hand-knit hat from Roni. She even took along her hand-knit Aunt Enid blanket, which matches the hat! Roni and Aunt E are too much. They don't mess with baby style.

Gracie's First Passover

We hit the road today for Philly for an amazing seder at Mom-mom and Grandpa's on Gracie's 19 week birthday. She had a great time and looked adorable in her dress from Aunt Meredith. Here are the albums from Week 18 and Week 19. Most of the photos, though, are of Gracie's first vacation!

Boy Crazy

Today Grace joined Mommy at a doctor's appointment and spent some quality time with Dr. Michel, who delivered Gracie 4 1/2 months ago. After that, we met up with Daddy and the three of us worked our way to Central Park (through a lot of policemen and road blocks due the Pope being in town). We crossed the park and made it to the Schiffman's apartment. And Grace FINALLY met Sam and Henry. It was love at first sight. Really. Check out Gracie's face. How happy is she to see Sam?! You really can't blame her though - these boys are SO cute and very charming, to say the least.

The babies ate together, changed diapers together, played together and even had sophisticated conversation together in baby armchairs. Precious. The walk home was so beautiful, we had to stop for even more pictures.

Going Home

After a great vacation, we came back home today. Grace was so behaved the whole day. For whatever reason, she loves being in airports! She was even good for the flight back to NYC.