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Sorry for the long hiatus! Since Finn was a brown crayon, we had a lovely Thanksgiving at Aunt Lynne’s, then a visit with Grandma and Grandpa. Finn got to play with Great-Grandma Marie (and later show her the Academy of Sciences), and meet his newest cousin, Walker. Ahma visited for Finn’s birthday, and lots of family and friends celebrated with us. Christmas was at Auntie Jo and Uncle Nolan’s, where Finn had a grand time (Cousin August being big enough to enchant him, but small enough not to object when Finn hogged his toys)! He got lots of great stuff, and his first experience with snow. We drove into the hills for a half-inch of the white stuff, and after all the hype about snowballs I think he was a little let down. (He quickly asked for his OTHER balls, the ones that aren’t so cold!)
New Year’s Eve was spent with our good friends (and Finn’s), Elisabeth, Andy and Leah. Grandpa Greg arrived in February for lots of sketching, climbing the chairs, fort-building, and one particularly fun Jimi Hendrix song. Finn was lucky to get another visit with Cousin Walker, and finally meet Cousin Atticus. Early this month we made an unexpected trip to Seattle where we were fortunate to have some time with my old friends Alex and Christian, and their son Nicholas. Finn and Nicholas were trading shrieks in no time, and had the run of the Flight Museum.
The winter has been busy but good. Finn sings “Yellow Submarine” and the Oompa Loompa song daily. He draws lots of spirals and circles. He builds tall towers and airplanes and cranes and hammers out of blocks. He regularly tells us he’s not a little baby anymore, he’s a kid! Yup, he is.
Great-Grandma Marie! (Thanksgiving
He's two! (12/7/08)
Sharing a smile with Ahma.
On the lookout for a Christmas tree.
This is the best part of presents arriving!
It was a very merry Christmas with Auntie Jo and Cousin August.
Grandma and Grandpa help Finn on his first white Christmas.
Snow! Hey, it's cold...
Up late on New Year's Eve with Leah.
Grandpa Greg visits -- time for drawing, climbing and Hendrix! (2/09)
Cousins Elkhanah and Walker -- his soft belly is Finn's favorite. (2/09)
Another cousin! Finn introduces Atticus to Buddy Puppy. (3/09)
Future pilots? Finn and Nicholas at the Flight Museum (3/09)
Tough guys!
Finn’s been singing (to the tune of Frère Jacques)!
Finn’s cousin August John arrived July 11! The new family is doing great.
Finn’s not sure what to make of August yet, but they’ll be buddies. He loves his Auntie Jo, though!
The proud grandmas.
Uncles Ben and Tom put together a fabulous cookbook for a wedding present. It’s full of Ben’s recipes, and Tom made the prints that serve as section dividers. Finn thought that pie looked good enough to eat. So he did.
It’s not like it’s been months since Finn and his mama went east… Oh wait, it has! Here are some overdue pictures from our trip to see family and remember Nana and Papa.
Finn and Ahma enjoy the light on the water, the music, the happy crowd out for the evening, and the human gargoyles at Water Fire.
Ahma found Finn a super ball. And Grandpa Stan played guitar to a happy audience.
Finn tolerated the New Hampshire mosquitos (how did we ever?) in his first visit to the town his mama grew up in. We had a peaceful afternoon among the violets and dandylions and pine needles, then a lovely service for Nana and Papa. (He got good at saying their names, too, upon seeing their pictures.) We got to see Uncle Ben, Grandpa Greg, Grandpa Peter, Great-Aunt Julie and more (Finn especially enjoyed running around with his cousins, who were great to play with him all afternoon).
Finn’s east-coast grandmother came for a visit in March. It was a grand time, with plenty of ball-throwing, a walk in the woods, a visit to San Francisco and a trip to the zoo just for Finn and Ahma. Thank you, Ahma!
Soccer ball, tennis ball, baseball, basketball (that one is “buhteBAH”), whiffle ball, plastic smiling ball, green ball with ladybugs, anything else round and semi-throwable… Finn loves them all!
Suddenly Finn’s putting sounds together like never before. He went from “moon” a few months ago to over a dozen. To date he says: moon, bird, mama, daddy, wow, hi, uh-oh, ball (of course), gato (cat), juice, cheese, shoe, fish and tea. Throw some monkey sounds into his repertoire and the new level of communication is such fun.
Grandpa Greg came to visit a couple of weeks ago and it was grrrrreat. We met his sister Lynne at the de Young where it became clear that keeping track of a toddler in a museum is a whole other thing than carting a baby around. That Mark di Suvero sculpture was just magnetic and I had to chase after him several times to keep him from climbing the beams. Fortunately we found refuge in the James Turrell piece — all echoes and light and cool cement.
Finn had a blast with his grandpa. How could he resist the funny voices, crazy faces and wild dancing?
Finn says TTFN in the dawn light.
We visited Finn’s Auntie Jen, Grandma and Great-Grandma Jo on Valentines Day. We went to a fabulous park, where Finn immediately went for the stray basketball lying in the park and practiced his ball-handling, which Dad loved, of course. Then Finn got some help down the slide from Jen, got a push on the swing from Grandma, got a cool new car from Great-Grandma Jo, and spotted planes with Grandma, all of which he loved!
