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We celebrated Quinlan’s baptism on Sunday, June 25. We have a wonderful pastor who worked with us to create a special and unique liturgy, and she included some of our favorite hymns as part of the worship service. Beaming godparents … Continue reading →

Mikey enjoyed Father’s Day as a Daddy of *two* this year, and although he liked his gifts and dinner with the family, he had LOTS of fun using the excavator he borrowed today. Declan helped and you can imagine how … Continue reading →

Quinn had her first trip up to Schenectady this week! She and Declan immensely enjoyed Grandma Chase’s latest, and last, performance conducting her high school chamber music group. She’s retiring! While we were in Schenectady, we had a nice visit … Continue reading →

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again – the time is just flying by! Now coming up to the three-month point, she’s no longer classified as a “newborn.” Quinn is more and more interactive every day, really tuned … Continue reading →

We had a great trip to Georgia for cousin Ian’s high school graduation! Hooray, Ian! (Same day as Papa’s birthday!) While we were there, we enjoyed introducing Quinlan to her Aunt Linda, Aunt Marsha, Uncle Steven, Aunt Hattie, and cousins … Continue reading →

Erica enjoyed celebrating her first Mother’s Day of *two* kiddos this year! To celebrate, we had a fun time here at home with G’ma and G’pa Chase, Great G’pa “Gumpa” Chase, and Gemma and Papa Salerno and ate way too … Continue reading →

Quinlan is two months old now and we’ve been getting more and more smiles, coos, gurgles, and “talking” sounds. We can’t stop touching her amazingly soft hair, and her “do” is the main subject of conversation with people when we’re … Continue reading →

We love being outside and try to hike when we can. Here are some pix from last week, along with some friends. Our friend Heather came to visit this weekend, and Quinlan enjoyed her one-on-one time with her. Declan having … Continue reading →

Despite what Declan had told Papa the day before Easter (“We can’t let the Easter Bunny in the house, Papa – we don’t let any bunnies in the house – they eat everything all up!”), the Easter Bunny arrived anyway, … Continue reading →

Hooray for warmer weather! Despite some runny noses, things are going pretty smoothly around here during this second week of “real life” after having Mike home for such a wonderful month. We had some great visits last week with some … Continue reading →