New England Trip

Knowing that our time is limited here in the Northeast, we decided to travel north to the Berkshires in Massachusetts on Friday and spend time in Connecticut on Saturday.

We introduced Jonah to his Great-Grandfather Monico on Friday and also spent some time with a friend and her family in Northampton where we went to a park with a small zoo and a fun train ride. We then shared our Wisconsin news with Connecticut friends on Saturday afternoon. It was a whirlwind, bittersweet trip - plus there was all of the horrible news coming out of Boston - but I'm glad we did it.

Here are a few photos: Mass./CT trip (I added two recent random photos of the boys, too.)

It's official

Here is what I posted on Facebook:

After more than 7 years living in the Northeast - nearly 4 of which have been in NYC - we are moving back to the great state of Wisconsin. Dave has accepted a job at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and we plan to relocate in mid-May. This exciting news is bittersweet for us, as we have to say goodbye to so many wonderful friends and goodbye to a city that we have truly fallen in love with. But we know this move is what's best for this family of five, so I say: On, Wisconsin!

The Bronx Zoo

On Saturday the 13th, we visited The Bronx Zoo. It was the first time we went there, and I think it was a great success. The weather was semi-cool and cloudy -- sure beats a hot, humid day or a snowy one.

Highlights include the giraffes, the Reptile House and the bears. Henry was particularly funny on a few occasions. When we saw a sleeping animal, he would yell "Cock-a-doodle-doo." (He does this at home, too, at a sleeping Jonah....) And when we saw three brown bears, he won my heart by saying, "Go, Bears!"

Enjoy the photos: Bronx Zoo

Ice cream and bugs

We are enjoying a few days of warmer weather here in Brooklyn. On Monday, Sam and Henry enjoyed some long-awaited ice cream cones from the ice cream truck at the park. Notice Henry's hat. That's my Chicago Bears hat.....it fits him. It is adjustable in the back, but that kid has a large head!

And this morning, the boys did some bug collecting at preschool. Jonah and I were working up in the church office, so I was able to watch them in the church's yard without them seeing me. That's Sam and Henry in the hats with Teacher Jose, examining the bugs they found. Their buddy Jack is the one in the white shirt.

Jonah's baptism

Jonah was baptized on Easter, and we had a house full of people, including Papa and Debbie who came for a week. Here are links to Papa's photos: Jonah 1 and Jonah 2.

1st video of Jonah

I've been meaning to post this for some time now. I'm finally getting around to it. It's a video Dave took after Jonah was born. Enjoy! Also, I hope to get some photos from Papa and Debbie's visit and Jonah's Easter baptism posted this week. Stay tuned.