Lake Harriet 7/25/10

At a beach on Lake Harriet on Sunday night.

Aquatennial 7/24/10

On Saturday night we went down to the aquatennial festival pre-fireworks party. Got to try out the two-up stroller. Worked pretty well.













Junior and Hiroe enjoyed the music...

Junior's greeting 7/13/10

We tried to teach Junior how to kiss Nicole on the head. He prefers to rub foreheads instead.

Nicole is 3 weeks old today 7/23/10

And she was awake for the celebration!

Side by side 7/10

I guess the brother/sister relation is obvious. We'll see if this stands true when they're 18.

Pop quiz - which one is Junior and which one is Nicole?

Junior and the trash can 7/10

It takes a lot of concentration and patience to do this...

Junior in Sign Language Class 7/10

oh my! 7/13/10

Sunday 7/11/10

On Sunday we went to the main farmers market. Junior really enjoys going here.


















Really, really enjoys it.


















He's taken to checking on his sister a lot. I think he's a great big brother.





































From there we went to the mall. Junior wanted to practice riding the escalator. I think we went up and down at least 30 times. He's getting pretty good.

Downtown 7/10/10

Went downtown with Junior on Saturday. He's getting pretty independent and usually not too concerned if I'm following him. Hmmmmm.

Video on Nicole's first day 7/6/10

An old (o.k. it was only 4 days ago) video of Nicole. This was taken the day she was born. :-)

Awake 7/5/10

Nicole 7/4/10

Getting ready to come home...

Junior meets his sister 7/3/10

Junior met his little sister today. He was gentle and amazed, pointing and proclaiming "Baby!" His touch was loving. As the nurse drew some blood from Nicole for tests, causing her to cry, Junior wanted to be held up so he could watch and make sure his little sister was O.K.

It's a girl!!! 7/2/10

Meet baby Nicole. Mom and baby are doing great. :-)