sweet madeline

This weekend we went to visit Gordon, Kristin, and Madeline in CA. We thought that the cousins and aunts and uncles needed some bonding time. We got to spend some time enjoying our sweet niece, Madeline.






We went for a short stroll on Long Beach, and Hazel tried to go swimming. We spent a few hours at the aquarium--both girls really liked watching the fish.






We went to the little park at the end of the block where Madeline decided to eat some mulch. She really liked it, and kept going back for more!
























The girls ended their weekend together with some quality bath time. They had lots of fun playing next to each other and making silly noises at each other.

uncle sean

Hazel, after having a meltdown during the superbowl, just snuggled in with Sean. She even looked right at his face to make sure she knew who he was...we thought it might have been a case of mistake identity. She just needed a little sean time.

"Communication with your 13-month-old is getting more sophisticated all the time. "

I read this quote, taken from babycenter.com, right after I had just spent about five minutes repeating bldah, bldah, bldah (imagine running your tongue on your bottom teeth/lip while trying to say lalala) back and forth with Hazel.

Hazel walking

first steps

Hazel took her first steps (more than one) on Friday night! She had taken a few, unintentional, steps on her birthday. But these were intentional unbalanced, but so cute! The pictures aren't the best, but they give you an idea of her wobbliness--she is very impressed with herself. She gives herself a round of applause after she careens into one of our arms.