October and November have meant lots of trips for the family. In addition to flying to New Hampshire (see post below), we also flew to Albuquerque to visit Micah's grandfather and aunts and uncles. We stayed with Great-Grandpa George in his very nice apartment near downtown Albuquerque. (Click on any photo to see more on our Flickr site)
Xander and Great Grandpa
Originally uploaded by lauren buckland
We saw Micah's aunt's Deb and Rebecca, and their families (Keith and Chris, respectively). I really enjoyed seeing Keith's under-construction adobe home (passive solar heat, courtyard and hand made adobe bricks). Great Grandpa George took us to a fabulous Indian restaurant (Taj Mahal), where Xander proceeded to eat an entire plate of saag paneer.
When we came back, Xander had two birthday packages--blocks from Grandma Ellen and Grandpa Denis and nice warm pants and top from Great Aunt Su-Z. Xander takes great pleasure in demolishing block towers. He also got a birthday gift certificate to a local toy store from Aunt Jen and Uncle Steve. He picked out (ok, Mom picked out) a wooden backhoe and a pounding bench. Xander knows how to pound. Thank you for all the birthday wishes and gifts!
Last week, Lauren flew up to Portland for a company retreat and briefly saw Xander's cousin Kayman, who is six months old, and Auntie Em and Uncle Vince. Kayman is a little charmer.
And to culminate all this fun activity, Else, our backyard neighbor, brought home an 8-week old puppy last weekend. Xander, who loves to chase Bootsy and the small dog at daycare, proceeded to go after the puppy. However, after being assaulted by the puppy's overeager licking, and having his socks gnawed on, Xander decided he didn't really want to be that close to the puppy.
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