The flight to Boston was pretty challenging. Nikolas remained very active during the entire time. We took turns bouncing him our our laps or walking him to the back of the plane. He just had to see and 'talk' to everyone :) It would have been more fun for me and Robb if we didn't have to get up at 4am that morning and change planes too.
As we arrived around noon, we had a full day to spend with the family and then also to visit Scott and Michelle for dinner and some live entertainment by our favorite guitar band (Scott and Robb). Nikolas must have gotten pretty exhausted by the end of the day: he slept from 11pm-7am that night as well as the next without waking up!
We are staying at Tom and Lisa's in Medfield. Nikolas is a big boy now and prefers to turn and sleep completely on his side. I have to mention that he fully takes advantage of the middle spot in bed between mommy and daddy to the extent that he managed to push mommy off the bed once.
We borrowed a couple of Sean's favorite toys when he was Nikolas' age: one was a bouncer that one attaches to the door frame, and the other is a bouncer that sits on the ground with a bunch of toys all around the baby to play with (ExerSaucer)! It's so much fun to watch him brighten up when he gets inside either toy and then starts jumping wildly!!!! He also has this special focused expression on his face as he explores the little toys around the ExerSaucer (when he is not jumping and shrieking to the rhythm of the songs). I can't tell which one Nikolas loves more, but as soon as we put then in either one he screams out of happiness and starts jumping wildly!
July 19th
Aida and Frank arrived from Germany while the family was at the Red Sox game. Steve got 28 seats together for the game!
July 20th
Aida, Frank, Robb, Nikolas and I went to Boston downtown to check out USS Constitution and to get coffee in the North End. We didn't stay long since Tom and Lisa organized BBQ in Nikolas's honor that we had to join for at least a bit, although we already had plans to visit Vlado and Ivana for dinner (what a fun and busy day!). My parents arrived this morning as well, so we got to see them in Medfield briefly when we returned from Boston and before we drove off to Lexington where Vlado and Ivana live.
It was great to see the Stojanovic family! Marko and Marija have grown so much: Marija is 7 and Marko 5, and they are such well brought-up kids. Vlado is enjoying teaching at MIT and Ivana her Ph.D. We chatted away until almost 1am!
July 21st
The whole Moore family, my parents, Aida and Frank, and Scott and Michelle joined us for Nikolas's christening in Wellesley. He was such a good boy during the ceremony.
Afterwards we all went to Grandma and Grandpa Moore's house for a lobster cookout in they backyard and spent the rest of the day there in beautiful weather. The family noticed what joy Nikolas takes in being bounced on his feet. The boy is an exercise machine! He loves jumping and shows it by smiling these huge smiles and yelling out shrills of pure excitement.
Scott thought that WE did the work in bouncing him until he picked him up himself and realized that it was really Nikolas who did all the work in jumping and wouldn't stop for hours if we let him!!!!!
July 22nd
Robb went to a conference for a couple of days and Aida, Frank, Nikolas and I drove to Boston this morning to meet with my parents and see the city. We started out in Copley Square, visited the park at the end of it where we met with Atosa, Omid and their baby Amiti. Later in the day my parents drove off to the airport and the rest of us took a guided bus tour around the city. Nikolas was surprisingly calm sitting in his car seat on the bus or in my arms, but eventually he did get bored and played by snatching my glasses! They were so close to flying out the window too if Aida hadn't saved them! We ended the night in some Italian restaurant in the North End.
July 23rd
It's Robb's and my wedding anniversary and Nikolas's 5th month!
Too bad Robb is still in Ottawa. Nikolas and I spent a relaxing day in Wellesley with Grandma, Grandpa, Lisa and little Sean. Sean and Nikolas are old buddies by now. Sean calls him 'baby' and looks for him as soon as he wakes up every morning, it's very cute.
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