Surprise!

We did it! Greg, Nick, Tim and I flew out to Seattle a couple of weeks ago to surprise Nana for her 60th birthday. Thanks to careful planning and participation by friends and family on both coasts, we were able to pull off the surprise completely :) Great job to everyone!!
Nick & Tim on the airplane:


Tim & Zoe with Nana & Pepere at the party:


The boys had a great week visiting with Nana and Pepere!



Nick enjoyed a new fun activity every day and Tim was in heaven with all of the attention :)
Monday: a trip to the Point Defiance Zoo:


Tuesday: a trip to Jumpin' Jack and Jill's:


Wednesday: Halloween!:



Thursday: a trip to the Tacoma Children's museum:


Go Sox! (and here comes a tooth!)

To make sure that Nana and Pepere got to celebrate some of his milestones, Tim had a banner week while in Seattle. It started with the arrival of his first upper front tooth the night before we flew out (Oct 25). On Sunday and Monday, he added what we are calling his first words - ball and mama. He said "ba" while playing with the ball,

and "mama" while looking at me - ok, so maybe its a coincidence, but we just like to think that its because he's a prodigy ;) He rounded out the week by learning to feed himself - when we arrived, he couldn't pick up cheerios on his own; by the time we left, he was picking them up with his thumb and forefinger, and getting them into his mouth. And, not to be forgotten, the companion upper front tooth arrived the night before our flight back (Nov 2). Phew - quite a week!



More photos here:

Nana's 60th B'day Surprise