Birthday Bash II

Gathered to celebrate the 1st birthday of Ezra the Great:

Mom, Dad, Veronica, Grandma and Grandpa Laiacona,Grandma and Grandpa Edgecomb, Zoe, Dirk and his son Oliver, Nikki and Morgan, Tim and Shayla, Mike, Wendy and Sofia...and baby Aiden in Mama Shayla's belly.

Birthday Bash

Don't Forget Nick's Birthday!

Sunday was Ezra's first birthday, but Saturday was Nick's birthday. My hands were a bit full planning for E's party so my mom was kind enough to make this awesome cake.

Making The Cake

Veronica and I decided to go all out and make Ezra's birthday cake ourselves. She chose a bear in honor of our favorite vacation spot, Bear Lodge. It was quite a bit of work, much of which Veronica did. I helped with the frosting and Morgan made the heart.

First Sled

We came home from the Adirondacks in March to snow in Virginia. Morgan and Ezra decided to take advantage of our little hill and do some sledding. Ezra takes it in in classic E fashion, observing and pondering. Reactions come after he has time to process.

More Official News

Our search for a new au pair has ended! We have been lucky enough to find Ana, a young woman from Venezuela. She comes from a large family of ten children and has good experience with children. She is very warm and loving, and we are certain that she will take great care of Ezra. She will arrive with us on July 3rd.

It's Official

After a few months of consideration Veronica decided to extend her time with our family another 6 months. I'm sure you all can imagine how happy we all were at that news. But alas, it is not to be. It turns out that her University is not able to extend her leave of absence another semester. So June 15 will be her last day with us. We have been mouring this for a few days now. The good news is that she may be able to study at McGill University in Montreal for a semester, which is only 2 hours from Bear Lodge. Whatever the future holds, we know that a trip to Colombia is definitely in our family's future,and Veronica and her family will always have a place with us here.

Now we will begin the search for a new au pair. The agency we use attracts very high quality people, so I'm sure we will find a good match.

It is hard though, not to tear up at the thought of Veronica leaving.

Scenes From Bear Lodge

Visit with Uncle Matt & Aunt Trish

On our way to Bear Lodge for our February visit we stopped over at Matt & Trish's house. We had a short but nice visit and Ezra scored an early birthday present.

Pushing Around

Here's Ezra showing off his almost walking skills. He really got going on this with Grandma Laiacona while we were at Bear Lodge. She held his hands while he was learning to put one foot in front of the other.

The chase is on!

Ezra really got his crawl on at Bear Lodge while we werevisiting in late February!