The Best Birthday Present Ever

Since mom's birthday falls on Wednesday this year, we decided to celebrate this weekend. Elena spent her first night with a sitter and Juan took me our for a nice dinner at one of our favorites, Ze Mean Bean Cafe in Fells Point for the restaurant week Polish Sampler.

On Sunday morning, Elena gave mom the best birthday present ever when she walked for the first time. She's been taking "steps" for a few weeks now, but this morning she walked with purpose and didn't fall over at the end of her trek. We are so proud of our little lady! Judging from her giggles she's pretty proud of herself too.

She Stands to Conquer!

9 Months Old!

The Stats: 20lbs. 14 oz.(90%), 27.5 inches (50%)
The Skills: Crawling, Pulling Up, Walking with help and babbling
The Sustenance: Anything she can get in her mouth.

My smart little girl is learning new things every day!

OBX '09

June 13th Elena packed all her things and headed to Nags Head, Outer Banks for a week of waves, sand and sun. She weathered the (too many) hours in the car well... Cheerios came to the rescue more than a few times.

She loved the sand and the beach and hated the ocean. Once, she was sitting on mom's lap as the waves came in and was crying when MOM got wet. On the flip side she LOVED the swimming pool. She was all giggles and smiles when she was in the pool.

We went on a few adventures- Roanoke, Wright Brothers Memorial, Jockeys Ridge National park. Elena jumped right into the Bjorn and hung with the best of them! Her favorite thing was flying the kite on the sand dunes but really she just loved spending 7 days in a row with Mom and Dad. We've uploaded a ton of pictures to the Picasa site.

Hanging with the Gang

Elena got to see her friends from New York this weekend who were in town for the Loyola College 5 year reunion. Although she wasn't allowed to come to the event with us, she did hang out with everyone while we barbecued at Druid Hill Park.

Congratulations Aunt Becca!

This weekend Elena got to go to Pennsylvania and spend some time with her Aunt Becca, Uncle Dave, Nana and Pop-Pop while we celebrated Becca's high school graduation. Elena showed off all her new tricks to her family and even had a sleep over in Aunt Becca's room. Becca really enjoyed it when she woke up at 3:00 am. She can't WAIT to do it again :)