Happy First Birthday!

We had a great time celebrating Caleb's first birthday. It's hard to believe it's already been a year. The past eight and a half months* of it went by so fast! It was extra special because my parents and my brother, Matt, drove all the way up here from Virginia, and Aaron's parents joined us via Skype. Now for picture overload (in no particular order)...

I made the figurines out of clay, so they will make a reappearance for future Purcell babies' first birthdays

Grandpa Inouye bought Caleb this sweet hat!

We had fun on the Freedom Trail!

Grandpa and Baby Caleb

Uncle Matt and Caleb

Happy Birthday to You!

The first of Caleb's Playmobil collection

Woohoo! A corn popper!

Playing with his awesome sit 'n' ride!

Caleb's indignant face

*The first three and a half months felt like they would never end.

Walden Pond

Here's Part II in my "catch-up" series of blog posts. 

Aaron and I have been determined to get a whole lot more sight-seeing done in Boston than we ever did in California. Since we didn't really do any touristy things in San Francisco (mostly because Aaron worked almost every weekend while we were there), our odds of success are pretty high.

We recently* went to Walden Pond, and it was not at all what we expected. The "pond" is huge and has a pretty nice beach, which was packed with swimmers when we went. We wanted to find Thoreau's cabin, so we went on quite the trek with our non-trekking stroller to find it. We soon discovered why everyone else was at the beach.

This rock was all that was left. As I'll later learn during our trip to Plymouth, disappointing rocks seems to be a trend among Massachusetts' historical sights.

*Several months ago

Oregon Coast

I keep thinking that it hasn't been that long since I last blogged. But three months ago is really not all that recent. A lot of things have happened since then, (like parents visiting, Caleb turning one, etc.) so here are a couple catch-up posts before I get to those.

At the end of July Aaron's parents rented a beach house on the Oregon coast and we spent a week there with his family. We went to the aquarium, checked out the tide pools, and watched the Olympics. It was so much fun and the start of a great tradition.