Happy New Year!

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We took Richie to the MD Science Center for New Years at Noon! We were joined by our friends from Annapolis, too!

Here we are getting read for the ball to drop!



Here's the ball dropping!


Glitter as the group Milkshake plays in the background. Well, really foreground. It was kinda' loud!


Richie is still having some difficulties sleeping at night. Normal, according to his pediatrician, but it does not make us happy. Well, I suppose I am happy that it's normal but I wish he would show some signs of improvement. We put him to bed at normal time tonight, but he's already up crying. Bummer. Especially because we're going to wake him up at midnight to go see the fireworks. Can you say, "Back to square one?"

Here is a recently discovered picture from Ning-ning's recent visit.


Happy New Year!!

December

Oh boy! Everyone with their underwear in a wad because I haven't been posting.....
It's been quite a busy month!
We convinced Ning-ning to come visit this month, which is the first time she has been out of Florida during the winter since our Wedding reception in Atlanta 8 years ago. Did I mention that it snowed in Atlanta during that visit? It snowed on the morning of her arrival, fortunately it had all melted before she disembarked from the plane. I was a little worried that morning, however, because there was no prediction of snow. Actually, they're so bad with predicting the weather that while we were watching it snow, we were listening to the weather report which said, "Partly cloudy with highs in the 30's." No mention of snow, even while it was coming down! Must be a government plot. Unfortunately, I think those pictures are still on the camera.

And, I suppose, before that visit, was a visit by Papa-Nat and Honey! We got to go to the aquarium and take lots of new movies, which is all Richie wants to watch. You know, I think he enjoys watching the movies of the aquarium that we take better than the aquarium. I suppose that may be because he gets to sit on Dada's knee when we watch them instead of being herded around.

Last night, when we were putting Richie to bed, out of no where he said, "Me!" We asked him who Me was and he through up his hands saying, "I don't know?" So we taught him that was him!Then we taught him how to say Mommy...which he picked up quickly. Well, on skype this evening, which Dada was reciting "But not the Hippopotamus," Richie suddenly blurts out, "Baby!" And quite clearly, however, we could not get him to repeat it...nope, not a trained monkey.

Yesterday, we opened up some presents from Mommy's family. We also opened up the sibling stocking stuffers with the crew in Florida via skype. It's such a nice little piece of software.

One of Richie's playgroup kids recently moved away and they had a little going-away party. I know Richie is on the left and Milo (the child who moved away) in on the right. I think Shiri is next to Richie and I've lost track of who is sitting next to Milo. Maybe Mama will log in and correct all of this...
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Three generations of Gozansky men!


There's a little bird sanctuary in the aquarium, and this was a good shot.