lovey 365.346

Tt was recommended that instead of letting Ruben choose his own lovey, we introduce one to him. This makes sense on several levels, we have to see it for the next two + years so we should like it, also it should be something that we can buy replacements for should it ever get lost. He seems to have taken to our choice rather well.

video! 365.345

bonus today, moving picture!

inquisitive 365.344

As Ruben gets older he gets more inquisitive, tonight he was fascinated with my face as I watched the DNC on the TV.

present 365.343

one of our neighbors, Jenn Mason, made this awesome hat for Ruben. Its a little big right now, but by the time its cold enough it will fit perfectly! Thanks Jenn!

mid morning snooze 365.342

after a long morning of eating, looking around and getting diaper changes, Ruben needed a nap.

book keeping 365.341

Will and Ruben were working hard on our finances. I love how interested Ruben looks in the process! (also check out the awesome head and neck control!)

family 365.339

Today was all family all the time. Here is a shot with his cousins.

With his Grandpa Mike and Donna.

And with his Worcester family (except Bubbe). Its a rare moment in time to have everyone in the same place at the same time, even for a few hours. There are many out-takes of this picture but there isn't a single one where everyone is actually looking at the camera. (thanks to Uncle Becky for taking these shots!)

cousins 365.338

For most of the time that Ruben's cousins were around he stared at them in wide-eyed awe! Who are these beautiful girls, he seemed to ask. The minute I try to capture this, he gets a little fussy.

cousins! 365.337

This weekend Ruben's 2 of the 3 cousins from the Philly area came to visit with grandparents in tow. We went to the Museum of Science and then they went on a Duck Tour. This is them enjoying the virtual fishtank.

Eating lunch!

and finally making funny faces!

now what? 365.336

now that I have my MBA, I should do something with it. So this week I started interviewing for jobs. Here I am making a decision about what shoes to wear. The first time I have worn high-heels in 9 months!

date night 365.335

tonight Will and I went out for dinner some friends of ours. We had a great time, good company, great waiter and tasty food. The best part was coming home to this. My son asleep snuggled up next to his Savta.

Uncle Saul 365.334

this evening, Saul came home, he is the last of Will's brothers to meet Ruben. Ruben was a little cranky at first...

but soon calmed down and enjoyed his company.

Julia! 365.334

Ruben had a great time with Julia over the weekend, here he is telling her not to leave its been too much fun and that life is more fun in your pajamas.


also a quandary, I am on post 334, which somehow puts me ahead of one picture a day by three days! . did anyone notice any days with double posts? (i know that i sometimes post more than one day at a time but each day is its own post. Color me confused) *** i figured it out but i am too lazy to fix it as it goes back many posts! i have learned to deal with my imperfections and you can too! ****

a walk along the water 365.333

our friend julia came to visit and she brought her sense of adventure and her dog Shadow. Jackson loved the company and so did we!

neck muscles 365.332

i know the image is fuzzy, someone was too busy turning his head about taking in the whole wide world.

this is less fuzzy, but towards the end of his endurance.

and finally after all that hard work he just wanted to relax with jackson.

Hard at work? 365.331

Today I met Will at his office to go out for lunch. The people in his office were thrilled to see him, Ruben just wanted to be sure he was well represented on his dad's desk. (note pictures of me, Ruben and Jackson!)

Adjusting 365.330

Since Will has gone back to work, we are all working on getting a good schedule about spending time with one another. While I know Will likes coming home to me, I think he is most excited about the time he gets to spend with Ruben while he is awake and not crying.

Becky! 365.329

Becky came in from western MA to visit with Jesse, but really to see Ruben. In the course of the evening we accidentally said Uncle Becky. She didn't love it, but in the best possible way it really makes her part of the Z family so I think she should take it as a compliment.

visitor 365.328

today one of my b-school friends, Martha, came over. we talked about job hunting, families and the rest of stuff that we now have time to talk about now that school is over. The most important part is that she held Ruben (and she didn't break him!)
later on Will and Jackson were playing in the hall while I was nursing Ruben. I realized that there haven't been so many Jackson shots recently, Ruben has taken center stage. Our dog has amazing muscles that are really quite beautiful, hard to capture in a picture though.

friends and the future 365.327

today I went to costco with Jason. we took our kids, they were for the most well behaved. (Jason's son is 7 months old and Ruben is 7 weeks in this picture) while we were driving and talking realized that our kids will most likely be in the same class in school. its a good thing we all like each other, because we will be in one anothers lives for a long time

quality time with uncle jesse 365.326

though not the clearest picture of Jesse, they were both pretty happy

also as a bonus Ruben was awake while visiting with his Saba.
(the claim was that Ruben was always sleeping when he came around)

relief! 365.325

in addition to being a spit-up machine our son also gets some bad gas, this is Will attempting one of the many tricks to alleviate Ruben's gas. prior to being held like this by Will Ruben was screaming his little head off.

graduate!!!!!! 365.324

I did it! I have an MBA!

Thanks to my family, especially my husband, for supporting me through this endeavor.

dean's dinner 365.323

today was the first part of my graduation festivities. we celebrated our accomplishments and as i sat there and listened to my friends win awards i realized just how far we've come.
Ruben also got dressed up for the event! I think he is excited that he doesn't have to listen all the finance, strategy and business talk anymore.

hipper than his mom 365.322

thanks to our friends who lent us clothing for Ruben, our son is hipper than his mom. He is apparently "with the band."

As a side note, I don't understand his jeans, they have actual pockets. I mean what is he going to store in there, his all-access backstage pass?

stuffed animals 365.321

Ruben got a gift from his Australian relatives a fabulous koala bear, while you can't tell in this picture the workmanship is superb.
Lest you think he doesn't have enough stuffed animals, here is a selection of them just waiting for his hand eye coordination to kick in.

likes the compy 365.320

squirmy man stopped squirming as soon as he saw the soft glow of the compy

to sleep, perchance to dream 365.319

this is Will attempting to rock our son to sleep, he is very sad that Aunt Cara left

we miss jonathan 365.318

today we met a friend of Cara's in the South End, we walked right by Jonathan's door, we were all a little sad that we couldn't just ring the doorbell and say hi. so to make it better...

we went blueberry picking (no action shots because it was raining)

a natural 365.317

while Will and I were finishing dinner, Auntie Cara took care of feeding the little man. she is a natural. I am told that Judy tried to a post a comment to the effect of how natural Cara looks with Ruben, to add to that fire I decided to post this picture.

more Aunt Cara 365.316

amongst all the other things that happened today, Cara and Ruben got a good snuggle in. Ruben is learning from the best, Aunt Cara is a superstar snuggler.

also we are lucky enough to have many generous friends who have given us hand-me-downs for Ruben, this onesie is among my favorite, on the front it has drawing of the caterpillar from The Very Hungry Caterillar and on the back it says this. Really what could be cuter?

Aunt Cara! 365.315

today Cara and I went out for lunch, Ruben was the main course