Spring

At the beginning of April, we had a few nice stretches of weather so warm we were breaking out the summer dresses. Tess was thrilled to be able to wear her "Easter dress."

Everything bloomed about a month early, and it's been gorgeous to walk around the neighborhood for the last six weeks or so.

We also were excited to get the news a couple of weeks ago that we will be having another girl. Here she is:

I celebrated by buying ice cream. It really was that warm. :)

Then it turned cold and rainy again, and we have been wondering where that summer weather went. Meanwhile, there have been lots of birthday parties in the neighborhood as many of our friends from the Jackson Heights Spring Babies '09 group turn three. Here's some dark (Iphone) shots from one party. The theme was "pink." There seems to be a girly-explosion going on amongst the three-year-old girls here.

And then this week I finally walked into a salon and got Tess a much-needed haircut. Here's the super-cute results: