Stair Climbing!

The adventures are just beginning!

Here's a video of Juliet chasing Dozer up the stairs:

Great Midwestern Road Trip - Part 2: Saginaw

So after some time in Dayton we headed up I-75 to Saginaw (with a dinner stop in Toledo). Mid-Michigan is a truly lovely place, particularly in late summer, with cool breezes through the pine trees.

Karen's parent's house is on a nice stretch of land that leads back to the Tittabawassee River and we took a lot of nice walks back there.




Another highlight was our trip to the Saginaw Children's Zoo - a really nice collection of animals (including penguins! and monkeys!) in downtown Saginaw. They had a really fun train ride around the perimeter that Juliet thoroughly enjoyed and she seemed rather entertained by the various creatures (though she called some of them "cat").







And several miscellaneous shots of playing:






The complete set, in higher resolution, is available here.

Great Midwestern Road Trip - Part 1: Dayton!

So we left DC in the late afternoon on the last day of August and after a dinner stop in Morgantown WV, Juliet slept all the way to Dayton.

The weather was beautiful so we spread a blanket in the backyard and filled up an old washtub with water and played!



Then a little bit later Ben's cousins came over with their kids:



There was also a trip to Glen Helen in lovely Yellow Springs:



Followed by a trip to Young's Dairy for some fresh delicious ice cream and a chance for Juliet to meet the goats:



There was a park a short walk away and Juliet really loved the baby swing:



And, of course, lots of miscellaneous pictures:



And, finally, a video of Juliet helping Ben and his dad fix an innertube flat:


The complete set of photos is up here.

Back in DC

So we're back in DC, enjoying the lovely clear blue skies of early fall and putting some finishing touches on the new place (hanging pictures, thinking about doing some yard work, etc.)!

We had a lovely 2 1/2 weeks in Ohio and Michigan - and have lots of pictures (but not too many videos, alas) to share in a series of blog posts - but first, here are a few videos and a picture from the last few days here in DC.


And some videos -

Pushing down the pop-up toy!


Playing with Puma.


And eating (soy) ice cream with mommy!