On Friday, we headed out to New Jersey to visit Maile’s good friends Maggie and Jane and their respective families (including new baby brothers for each that we hadn’t met yet, Sean and Dean, respectively!) Uncle Ryan and Aunt Diana also came up from Washington, DC to see everyone – so we had a full on reunion.
Due to the new babies this was our first time getting everyone together since our trip last year. It was awesome seeing how much the girls have grown up. Maggie and Jane are both a little less than a year older than Maile. Maile wasn’t even walking on our last visit – this time she was able to run all over with the girls – and run they did!
Highlights included: Maile taking her first boat ride (as we joined Uncle Matt for his commute home from work on Friday), baby Sean getting his first kiss from Maile Girl, conspiring with Maggie and Jane, reading stories with Auntie Diana and Uncle Ryan, visiting the New Jersey swamp refuge (Maile swears she saw a bus out there, but I’m dubious) and enjoying some great food and laughs with our favorite New Jersey friends…
We took a ton of pictures, too many to post directly, so enjoy the slide show below of the highlights…
On Friday morning, mommy and daddy woke me up really early. I thought they were just being cute by returning the favor since I always wake them up, but they said I should pack my bags because we were off on an adventure. (I was immediately flustered because I’ve never actually packed a bag before, but luckily mommy said she already took care of it for me. I love how she always has my back like that.)
In any event, mommy explained that since she had to work in New York City this week, she thought it would be fun if we all came along and that way we could see some friends and daddy and I could explore the city a bit. Sounded like a good deal to me. We hopped on a plane (I’m an old pro now, although this time I couldn’t really get comfortable enough to take a nap). And then a short 5 hours later we were in … New Jersey?! At first I was a bit confused – even I know that New Jersey does not equal New York City – but daddy explained we were going to see my friend Maggie again (who I originally met over Thanksgiving) and also meet a new friend Jane. They moved to New Jersey when mommy and daddy moved to San Francisco.
First stop was Maggie’s house – it was awesome seeing her again. She’s a whole year older than me, so she’s always teaching me all types of new tricks.
When we first arrived, Maggie took me down into her play room and we caught up on everything that had happened over the past couple of months...
Here's Maggie helping me eat my dinner ...
... as you can see, she is already an expert at the eating thing!
Maggie is a really good friend - even though she can walk and everything, she got down on the floor and tried to show me how to crawl.
But she didn’t stop at crawling. Daddy always says that since Maggie and Jane are almost a year older than me AND they live near New York City, that they are my “fast friends” and are going to teach me all types of crazy things as I get older. Case in point, Maggie taught me how to drive this weekend. Yes, drive! I’m not even 9 months old. My poor daddy.
Maggie and her mommy, Liz, were great hosts (unfortunately, Uncle Matt was out of town until the very end). I hope I get to come visit them again very soon!
I had a great time with Maggie, her mommy Liz, and, of course, my mommy too!
On Saturday, we went over to where Jane lives. Jane is the daughter of mommy and daddy’s friends, Peter and Jill. I had met Peter and Jill before, but never Jane. Both Maggie and I had a lot of fun playing with Jane – she has all types of fun toys – including the actual Yo Gabba Gabba people! Yes, that is right, the Yo Gabba Gabba people LIVE. WITH. JANE. How cool is that?
(Dad note: this was our first introduction to Yo Gabba Gabba. Given how absolutely hypnotically fascinated Maggie and Jane were, I have no doubt it will not be our last…)
Here I am with Brobee. Okay, I'll be honest, I don't fully get it, but Maggie and Jane are older than me, so I'll take their word for it - Brobee is a cool cat.
Jane: What? Do I have something in my hair? Maile/Maggie: No, no, nothing, nothing...
Maggie, Jane and me - my east coast girlfriends!
I gotta say, I haven’t even made it to New York yet on my New York Adventure and I’m already having a blast!
