Leavin' on a Jet Plane

After a flurry of packing, we head out early tomorrow morning for the other side of the world. Here's a video of where we're headed:

Ice Cream

Watch Hannah's first bites of ice cream:

A Family Dinner

We had a bunch of the extended Robbins' Family over for dinner this week. Here are some great pictures from that night.

cousin Sydney asking to give Hannah a hug

Hannah obliged

Sydney instructing Hannah & Reagan about how to read music :)

Reagan's beautiful blue eyes

eying each other from across the table (oh what mischief they will cause when they are older)

Reagan delighted in using Hannah's car seat as a rocker

Sydney eating her "beautiful" cake from the Nugget

Hannah and Uncle Ryan make friends

Unseasonably Beautiful

The weather is unseasonably beautiful right now! Going for a picnic is the best way I know how to celebrate. Today Hannah and I spent a good 2 hours with our friends Allison and Joshua picnicking and playing.

Hannah decided eating was not for her and instead decided to devour my wallet:


a few minutes later Joshua took off with his mom's shoe and Hannah escaped with my credit card (see her hands below):


Hannah was delighted to find a tin of Altoids chewing gum in my purse and shook it to make all the music she could:


Who needs a jungle gym when you've got a stroller to climb on and push?


and finally a single shot of Hannah's new shoes - now that she is cruising around and we're heading to India she has her first pair of real shoes:


(I'm pretty sure that only a one year old can pull off wearing bright pink shoes with butterflies on them.)

strawberry jam

Today I made strawberry jam for the first time.

It was amazing,

delicious,

and very messy!

*note to self - next time use a larger pot :)