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We just got back from a vacation to Cape Cod with your mom,
Dad and aunt Sandy. You thought the beach was alright, but you loved being at the pool! When we got home this evening, we went to sushi, where you demonstrated your latest trick: shaking your head no when you don't want to eat something. Turns out you aren't a huge fan Asian food lately. Well, off to play Settlers of Catan. Later!
Dad
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A couple of weeks ago now we took a trip with your mom to New York City (New York City?!?) to see your uncle Jim and honorary uncle Jay. Click on the picture above to see the rest of the photos from that trip. Today we're packing up the car for a trip to Cape Cod. More pictures soon of that trip!
-Dad
Jake -
Although you won't officially be a year old until Thursday afternoon, we had a birthday party for you on Sunday. Click the picture with this post to see the rest of the set in Flickr.
Your aunt Cathy and her boyfriend Steve flew in from DC and we had a fantastic weekend showing them around Hartford.
You had a stupendous birthday party and especially liked the cake, I think. It seems like you were just waiting for a reason to act like a big kid, because this weekend you started to point at objects, you started to hand me legos and help me to construct lego castles and you started laughing at Pixar animated short films. What a remarkable kiddo you are.
Love,
Dad
Yankees Fan, originally uploaded by ben.truitt.Jacob,
On Independence Day, we took the "game train" to New York to watch the Yankees play against the Blue Jays with your uncle Jim. You seemed to like baseball, but you refused to wear your new Yankees cap for more than 10 seconds at a time. Are you trying to signal that you are a Red Sox fan, perhaps? Click the picture to see some more shots from our outing.
-Dad
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Well your slacker parents have finally gotten around to taking some pictures of our new house. You can click on the picture above to see the rest of the set.
A couple of notes - your room is incomplete because we're waiting on your new crib to arrive, and your parent's room is excluded for the safety of the eyes of your fans (eyes which would otherwise be scalded by the sight of the mess contained therein).
-Papa
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This weekend our adventure in Hartford became even more interesting. On Friday afternoon a severe thunderstorm blew through the area with 75 mph winds and nickle-sized hail. In cities throughout Connecticut, the high winds, coupled with more than a solid two weeks of rain meant that many large trees were toppled. About one block from our house, a large tree fell on some power lines that serve our neighborhood. Because of this, we were without power for about 43 hours. We are happy to have light again, and more importantly, Internet connectivity. :) It turns out that we are pretty deeply dependent on power. Sad, yes, but unimpeachably true. Love,
Dad
Picnic Playtime, originally uploaded by ben.truitt.Jake,
Partway along our trip to Connecticut, we stopped by Washington DC to hang out with some family. We had a fantastic dinner at a very nice restaurant with your aunts Sandy and Cathy, Steve, Lindsay and her sister Emily, and Nicole and her husband. It was a great meal, but what you liked even better was the subway ride to get there and back from Cathy's house. It was your first time on a subway and you thought it was great stuff...although you totally broke the rule about no eye contact by flirting with all of the girls on the train. The next morning, we had a late breakfast with your aunts, then drove across town to your cousin Emmy's house, where you played for several hours (unfortunately we narrowly missed seeing Sam, who was on an airplane during our visit). After playing in the front yard at the Brown's house for a while, we walked to a nearby park where you and Emmy played. We got some good pictures of the whole thing, which you can find here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benvolio/sets/72157620154235404/. So this is my last post for the night. I have to get to bed because I start work tomorrow for the first time in about a month. Vacation has been great, but you, your mom, and I have not had much time to relax during our time here in Hartford so far. But that is a story for another night.
Dad
