Continuing the stream of photo updates, Amanda, Joelle’s step-sister, visited us the first weekend in June. It was fantastic to see her; Aviva really took to Amanda and Amanda to Aviva – it was great to see. Amanda got to experience Aviva’s first farm visit (as part of Kavana’s CSA program), along with a fantastic communal Shabbat dinner, and Aviva’s first exploration of Fremont; it was quite a lot of fun!
(you likely need to visit the actual post to see the video, as usual)
Over Memorial Day weekend, my brother and his girlfriend, Elyssa, visited Seattle. We had a fantastic time showing them around, and having them meet and spend time with Aviva. They (along with Elana) even babysat for us one night – it’s still the only time we’ve gone out without Aviva for a night since she’s been born. Aviva got quite the whirlwind tour of Seattle with them as well – hitting Discovery Park, Folklife Festival, the Kirkland Waterfront, and more. More importantly, Jared and Elyssa were amazing with Aviva; she loved spending time with them.
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Looking at these now, it is hard to believe how much Aviva has grown in the past month; she looks so little here!
Hard to believe Aviva is two months old already – time is flying, and also been keeping us very busy; so busy, in fact, that I’ve failed in my goal of regular blog posting with picture and video updates to keep people updated on how she’s doing. If you read Facebook, you’ve seen a constant stream of mobile uploads (plus, Elana is always posting, which is nice), but our camera has been very lax in pushing to the web. I’m going to correct that this evening, and do a series of posts to catch everyone up on the past month; after that, I should be able to be much more consistent in posting as it will be a lot less overwhelming.
Two Months Old Today!
Hard to believe Aviva is one month already!
Joelle was having a fun time working on Aviva’s eye-tracking, when she decided to pull out the camera – it is definitely the most we’ve seen her have such tracking control yet. As usual, for videos, you’ll need to visit the actual post to view the video:
They say babies are a lot of work – we sure look like it in these pics!
Check out the T-Shirt Joelle put on Aviva today 
Splish splash, I was taking a bath
Long about a Wednesday night
A rub dub, just relaxing in the tub
Thinking everything was alright!
(modified from http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/splishsp.htm)
http://www.viddler.com/player/487c198b/0/30292116
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 10, 2009, as Mother’s Day. I urge all Americans to express their love, respect, and gratitude to mothers everywhere, and I call upon all citizens to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-Mothers-Day/
Aviva didn’t need the President to urge her to honor her mother (or grandmothers or great-grandmothers), but she’s happy to listen to the President (this one, at least!) and share her love publicly:
