Never too late!

For all the parents out there that despair that their children aren't doing this or that developmentally, here's good news... it's never too late! Well.. ok.. maybe that's not altogether right. If your kid is still drinking formula when she is 15, then something might be a little bit off. But otherwise, it's all cool. So why this preface? Well, starting exactly four days ago, Armaan started crawling. He's made up for six months of time in these past few days. From taking a few hesitant steps, to now crawling clear across the room, the big li'l guy is doing well. Of course, there are always going to be child prodigies like Jaymin, who has walking since a few months before his first birthday - but we're never about comparing, are we?

It's pretty unreal that Armaan's first birthday is coming up. [Insert cliche here] Time really flies. We will be having a couple of back to back trips to Michigan. It's funny. Several years ago when we had to do a similar thing, all the talk was about the time spent in traveling, and planning for it. With the price of gas now, all the time is spent on planning for the costs of fuel. When you're driving a van that on its best days gives 18 miles to a gallon, those gallons tend to go pretty quickly.

In the meantime, the kids have been enjoying the pool. For all the work we thought it was, turns out maintenance is pretty easy.

The Vespas stopped by for a visit, including little Ben

I love this picture!!

Curls

A family visit to Millennium Park