Bean Town Reunion

One of the perks from our recent trip to Boston was catching up with friends. Almost the entire cadre of graduate students from my PhD laboratory has ended up on the east coast. Kelly, now a post-doc at MIT, and Sooj have a little one too (not pictured due to bedtime). Inbal, also a MIT post-doc, has brought her sunny personality to sometimes gloomy Boston. Heather is thriving graduate student at Harvard. Still a high school student, Max is so grown up that I barely recognized him. I tried my best to pitch Penn, but I was clearly outnumbered by the Harvard/MIT gang. Missing is Pete, busy saving lives at Children's. (That cake was for you and your second stomach!). Thanks to Kelly's mom for a fantastic home cooked meal.

Backseat Driver

Aidan recently graduated from his infant car seat (pictured above) to a larger, still rear-facing version. The new seat is taller and has more room, but we miss being able to see him peeking over at us.

Hamlet meets our little piglet

We enjoyed near perfect weather in Boston. Here we are at Shakespeare at the Commons. This year's production was Hamlet. Aidan didn't quite make it through the whole play without fussing. Still we managed to stay and see the whole show. Also joining us was Pete and Loh-tse, not pictured because they were responsible for getting Upper Crust Pizza. Sausage or no sauage, that is the question.

Rugrats or Labrats?

After many months we finally got to see Abby in person. They seemed to have hit it off right away. Abby graciously shared many of her toys and her exer-saucer. Aidan responded quickly by slobbering over everything. Sorry Kelly and Sooj. Rob was always messier than Kelly.

Funky little shack!

We recently made out way to Boston for 2 weeks. Rob was working, but that didn't stop us from stopping (ok, we didn't even check into our room yet) for some good local eats. Jasper White's Summer Shack is a surprisingly large space that serves up some hard to beat New England seafood fare. We had the chowder, fish stew, fried Ipswich clams and of course, the lobster roll.

Frequent flyer indeed

Here's Aidan paying rapt attention to the emergency evacuation procedures on a recent flight back to the San Francisco.

You "D" man. 

Scrumptious

On June 25th, Aidan started on solids. Here he is with his very first spoonful of rice. The first few weeks were rather messy, but he quickly got the hang of it. He must know what is to come. Yum!