A fun weekend

The weekend was wonderful! Dinner with Batya and Erin was great: we made kid-friendly fare of spaghetti and meatballs with lots of cheesy bread and salad. Three-year-old Carlie's a spitfire; she exalted in running around the dining room and she loved to play with the cats. In fact, she kept trying to give Xander the cat toys to play with because she thought his were boring! We don't have any pictures of that night, but these were taken before they came over.

Simcha claimed Xander's bathtub while I was getting the water warm.

All fresh and clean for Shabbat.

Concentrating on reaching for the toy during tummy time.

One day I'll learn to actually move, right?!

What an exhausting ten minutes that was! Time to relax.

And from Thursday:

Hangin' with Makaio at Maria's.

Jonathan and I have been experimenting with different ways of putting Xander down for bed, and two nights in a row he's slept nine hours now, only waking once to nurse/diaper change. This is marvelous. At Sunday school today a parent came up to me and said, "Wow, you look rested! Things must be going well." Indeed they are! Also, because I hate the cold, Jonathan got up early with me to warm up my car and maneuver it out of the snowy driveway. It was a great morning. :)

And to end on a note of infectious laughing, here is the baby enjoying life to the utmost: