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Gracie & Max

July 2010

August 2010

September 2010

Over the past several months, Gracie and Max - aka "Maxie"- have had so much fun together. When they see each other, they yell, open their arms and run to embrace. And they don't just hug when we're just looking and oohing and awwing either; they really mean it and do it throughout their playdates. Here are some pics Chrissie sneak-snapped from July, August and Sept. It doesn't get any cuter. Also posted is some video from one of his visits to Westport.

Fun Sunday

Aunt Meredith and Jason came up to visit today and brought some gifts and a cool art/food project for Grace. Aunt Meredith had baked a sheet of muffins and used cookie cutters to make special shapes. G and Aunt Mer had a blast decorating together while Nate practiced standing.

Nate's New Tricks

Nate is up to some new things. He understands: "wave bye-bye," "clap hands," "shake no no," "play peekaboo," and "hands up and down." He is also standing up, letting go and balancing for a few seconds. Lastly, and not that it should come as a surprise, Nate eats with passion, speed and precision, like no other 8 month old I've seen. The boy loves his food, and he wants to put it in his mouth himself.

New Year In Philly

Grace went to to Har Zion with Mom-mom and Grandpa and had a great time. She also had a great time painting with Mom-mom and playing with Grandpa's iPad. On Friday Grandpa took us to Capri for our final water ice of the season.

Typical Little Brother

Nate has been all up in Grace's business recently. He wants whatever she is holding or touching. It's starting to get to her, too. She used to say "No Nate!" b/c she didn't want him around but now it has turned into, "No, Nate!" as direct address. Today she turned to me and said, "Mommy, Nate is always taking my things. He is very curious."

Back in NYC

Grace is thrilled to be back in NYC. Despite waking up in the car (yes, she napped!) in NYC and saying sadly, "We're not in Westport!", she has jumped back into her routine like she never left. This week we went to the Zoo, where she excitedly fed the sheep, goats and llamas; the Children's Museum of Art with Nikki, George and Rae; and the Children's Museum, where she had a blast dressing like a firefighter and sliding down the pole, visiting Dora's house and playing with Max, who came to meet us.

"Let's go to my Westport House" -Grace

We had a great month in Westport! I regret to report that we lost our 8MG memory card - with a lot of Aug and the first couple weeks of September - but fortunately I backed up a few weeks and have some pics to share. The house was awesome, and Gracie and Nate loved our stay - from dressing up in costumes to painting and blowing bubbles on the deck to playing on the swingset/seesaw/clubhouse to eating popsicles on the front porch bench to going to Stew Leonard's to being 5 mins from the beach, all of it. August 2010 Album.

Good Times

Here are some videos from Westport.

Keller Fam Weekend

We had a great time this weekend with the Keller crew - playing at the house, enjoying the Yankee/Mariners game in a suite with my dad's side, celebrating Mom-mom and Aunt Meredith's bdays, picking tomatoes off the vines on our deck and more. It was fun to be together. In Nate news, we're pretty sure he said Grace today - he def knows who she is b/c his eyes immediately dart to her when we say her name. He's also been working hard on his crawl for the past two weeks; he's become a real pro and moves with good speed. Tonight he shocked us by pulling up to stand and climbing two steps. At this rate, he'll be walking by 11 months. Please let that not be the case.

Nate the _______.

...Great. Period. He's so good.