Daycare Photos: Water play pictures

More water play! Veronica loved playing with the sponges and watching
the water drain out of them.

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From: Infant Teachers
Date: Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:35 PM
Subject: water play pictures
To:

Hi parents,
Here are some pictures of your children playing with water and
colorful sponges. This is a great sensory activity and they all
enjoyed splashing and even squeezing the sponges.

Have a great afternoon
Infant One

Playing Dress Up: More photos from daycare

More photos from daycare. Check out the scarf on Veronica!

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From: Infant Teachers
Date: Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:43 PM
Subject: classroom fun
To:

Dear Parents
 Here are some pictures of your childs day. we all had fun playing
dress up and sitting up with no support. That is showing great gross
motor skills
have a great night

Infant one

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!

Veronica's Baptism

The three of us traveled to Washington, DC last weekend for Veronica's baptism. On the way down, we met up with Adrian's Uncle Ricky near King of Prussia, PA. Uncle Ricky was kind enough to drive an hour south out of his way so that he could give us the Boldt Family baptismal gown. All of the Boldt grandchildren and all three great-grandchildren (now including Veronica) have been baptized in this handmade gown. This tradition began in 1966! We are so grateful to Uncle Ricky for delivering the gown to us, and on a Harley to boot! There are a couple of photos of the lovely gown in the photo album (the link is below). You can definitely make out all the names hand-embroidered in the gown. Isn't that amazing?
After getting the gown from Uncle Ricky, we drove another hour to Downingtown to visit with Grandma Betty LeBuffe and Uncle Paul and Aunt Penny. We spent the night and the four of us (now including Grandma) drove to Falls Church the next morning.
Veronica was very lucky to have her Aunt Elyse (now godmother), Grandma Kathy, and Great Grandma Betty at her baptism. That's 4 generations! We were so happy to have Kathy and Elyse fly in all the way from Houston for the baptism. Erik and Jose (now ninong = godfather) drove down from NYC. We spent a very happy weekend in DC and were able to also see Veronica's Lilong (grandfather) and our old friends Arlene and Mark and their growing families. Veronica did not cry once during the baptism, not even when the water was poured on her head. Seriously, she's such a happy baby. Thanks to everyone who could make the baptism, and thanks especially to my mom and UI for hosting so many people and hosting yet another amazing party. And super thanks to my mom for the wonderful food. She outdid herself. Again. Click here to see the photos, enjoy!

Enjoying a gorgeous Saturday in Winchester and Cambridge

Veronica Video: Dancing to New Order

I just took this with my phone so the quality may not be great.
I think she's actually dancing! What do you think?
Check out the bow in her hair.

7 months old today and enjoying the sunshine!

It is a gorgeously sunny 88 degrees in Boston today. So very warm for early April. We Bostonians go nuts when this happens. Veronica turned 7 months today. I can't believe how fast she's growing. I love it and hate it all at the same time. It seems every day she does something new and discovers something new. The wonder in her eyes over every new discovery, however tiny, brings so much joy to my heart.

We just happened to have our first parent-teacher conference at daycare today. Veronica is doing very well--she's getting straight A's! Just kidding. She really is doing well at daycare and loves it there. All the teachers (not just the infant teachers but the toddler and preschool teachers) love her and tell me she looks just like a doll. I think she's the most beautiful baby in the world so I must agree. She is rolling over a bit, sitting up on her own a lot, enjoying new solid foods, and laughs and babbles all the time. She is such a joy and such a happy baby.

After the parent-teacher conference, Adrian, Veronica and I had lunch together in Kendall Square today. Veronica had her lunch bottle of breast milk and Adrian and I had yummy sandwiches, rosemary french fries, gazpacho, and fresh lemonade from Clover Food Lab, which I've been wanting Adrian to experience for a while now. The photo above is of Veronica at lunch in her Maclaren stroller (the first time we've used it because they need to be able to sit up on their own). As you can see, she loves to smile!

Practicing sitting up

This is the xylophone toy at daycare that she likes

Veronica's sitting up!

This is Veronica showing off her recently acquired skill of sitting up. She babbles all the time and just loves to smile and laugh. In her repertoire are "ba", "da", "ma", "aba" and lots of different squeals and laughs.
She's also getting pretty good with solid foods. She started with rice cereal and has moved on to sweet potato and banana. She wasn't a big fan of the papaya or avocado, but we'll try those again soon.
Happy Spring everyone!