Laura met up with her Edouard for a few weeks of camping in the Canadian Rockies. Thankfully, he had the good sense not to allow Laura to go for a closer look at a grizzly. Thank you for keeping my daughter safe!!
Jeesh.

Breakfast with our favorite family, before Burt heads off

Burt watches Hazel's reaction to her own photo cut out with her mom's voice! Pretty cute!
Daddy (Ryan) gives his baby daughter a ride down the hall. :) She loves it!!

Mommy (Melissa) hugs her baby after her first crawl!!!


The excitement is too much. Ryan suggests this this study be called 'A man with his shoe.' So maybe Saturday morning 1:30 am, to Sunday afternoon, is not enough time to adjust to east coast time.

Hazel LOVES her new perch!

I can almost touch the ceiling!!

Marissa's end of camp "box lunch" performance

We made it to Northampton just in time!! As soon as we were settled, Marissa got up to sing. Perfect timing!! She was just great!!

9 Months Old Already!!

Hazel had her nine month Dr.'s visit today! She was of course.. perfect in every way ;) yet the Dr. somehow failed to mention her unearthly beauty. I found that puzzling.
Hazel proudly carries on the Cashman family tradition of the giant noggin!

Ollie will miss his training sessions!!

Ollie and Burt go to bed early four times a week so that they can go running at 6:00 am together.

We are trying to be brave but neither one of us wants Burt to leave on Sunday for 6 months!!! Especially 2,000 miles away. Why couldn't a job open up just a little closer? I'm not brave and this stinks.

Dinner at the Capital Grille

After dinner we went to the fireworks in Acton..when we returned home we watched GREAT fireworks and equally great music on TV from Boston. Re-thinking next year!

We had a marvelous dinner with our favorite company :) Thank you Ryan and Melissa! Apparently our photographer failed to notice the tiny face behind the lampshade.

The Burt/Hazel bond

Burt will miss running his ongoing baby behavior experiments and testing out his hypotheses with his Hazel bug :(

How much do I love this baby?

Nana's renovated digs..

Nana finally moved into her new living space. She is not adjusting well, but each change is ever so difficult for her. Her confusion and anxiety seems off the charts , but hopefully she will begin to adjust to her surroundings.

At least the dining area is nice and sunny! :(