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Tate's Kitchen

Tate's walking like a little motor-mounted, red bull-driven machine--it's awesome!
About two months ago, an NMA board member said to me, "Colin, Tate must be just about a year old now, isn't he?"
"Yes, that's right," I said. "He's almost exactly a year old."
She laughed. "You're about to lose some weight!"
Well, I'm going to lose some weight, I think, but what a great way to do it.
Tate's taking over Gram and BaBa's kitchen in this little flick. He's moving faster than his dad can keep up with the camera, as you can see... ;-)

Ack -- the end of June already?

Tate says: "Happy First Birthday to my cousin, Sadie!" We love you!!

We all say: what the? It's July 1 tomorrow? Yikes!

We've had a really fun month with a trip up to Washington to celebrate Auntie Caitlin's graduation, a trip for Tate to Gram and Paba's house which he LOVED, and a trip to NYC for mama and dada. Good times.

Important firsts this month: first fat lip, real transition to big-boy scraps and bruises, real transition to being able to walk around/change direction/sprint in the direction of something that's not-for-babies, mastery of drinking through a straw.

Found Something

If I could have stopped him, I would have, but he was too fast.

Tuna Tuna Tuna

To celebrate several April birthdays, we went to Monterey for the weekend of the 2nd-4th of May. What a great time we had! Monica drove to Grass Valley with Tate on Thursday night that week--as there was a lecture I needed to be at at the museum--and I flew down to Monterey Friday night late. We spent the better part of Saturday at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I love it! The tuna tank was among my favorite things, but the jellyfish displays were outrageously cool. So glad to have been able to go.

Fun in Monterey Last Weekend

More than anything, it made us realize we need a longer vacation! But we had good fun, good hotel, good food with Tate's Gram and Papa. Colin and I have been trading off on business trips, and/or creating strange hybrid trips of work and play for months; now we're ready for a REAL vacation.
A girl can dream.

Miss you, Daddy!

Tate is One Year Old!

Steaming Coffee and a Baby Boy

We were sure glad to have Monica home safe from China. Tate not only got a t-shirt from his mom's trip to Shanghai, but also a stuffed panda bear, and a postcard. I got a great watch with Chairman Mao who's waving arm is the second hand, beautiful chopsticks, and a lovely painting and photographs. Here's a short clip from just before she got here...

Tate's Birthday Present from China

Just kidding. A t-shirt! The real thing wouldn't fit in my carry-on.