first snowday...

here in MA, we've had over a foot of snowfall in the past 24 hours. watching zack play in the snow today for the first time ever was enough to warm anyone's heart.

catching flakes on his tongue, dragging his arm out of the sled to make tracks, and just seeing the pure joy on his face -- all so cute! i'm not sure he's quite ready to make snow angels, though...

quick!

today, we accomplished the impossible: taking a photo of one of us with the 2 kids in the picture as well. sure, we're sitting on the floor, but we'll take what we can get!

little hands

penny loves to have her hands up touching her face...is she sweet or what?

one month

penny celebrated her first month in the world today be keeping her eyes open more and even giving us a little wink...

a loooong week...

with both zack and penny under the weather this week with minor colds, we had lots of time on our hands to goof around. some examples:

showing off his forward roll to penny,playing in cabinets he shouldn't be in... playing "peek-a-boo" through a tube...

why i had a second baby...

while people continually comment about how much zack looks like his dad, i think penny resembles her mom a bit...

baby penny:

baby laura:

booties and booty

inspired by a bundle of booties hanging in the window of "purl soho", mom commissioned pro knitter grammy (now called "meme" by zack) to knit penny a pair. they came out beautiful -- mom adores the color -- and are as soft as can be. the inspiration booties:

a booty of a different sort: for about the past, say 6 months, zack's favorite food has been pirate's booty (this includes actual "pirate's booty", "smart puffs", and the vegan "simply booty". sorry, "veggie booty", zack is allergic to your soy...) it is such a staple in his diet that we even developed a sign for "booty". while the possiblities were endless and potentially hilarious, we went with a simple head tap. given how messy zack's hands get during a meal, we sorta regret this sign.

3 fun weeks!

we've had quite a good time with miss penny so far....she's enjoyed visits from grandpa keenan, grampy, grammy and papa lou, auntie heather...etc...etc... lucky gal!

thanks for helping mommy out, grammy!

hello, auntie h...the keenan clan at thanksgiving dinner...with grampy...and with the best big brother ever...

just a bit bigger than our remote control...

look at that form!

dad and grandpa keenan took zack to his little gym class while mom was home recovering. not sure what he's doing here, but his form looks spot on!

santa who?

today, mom, zack, penny and grammy sue headed out to go visit with santa claus. there were no tears, but zack was clearly not impressed...