I don’t mean to brag, but, in my very biased opinion, I seriously have some of the cutest  nieces and nephews on the planet. It is basically blowing my mind that two of them have now grown enough to start school. Here are some adorable recent shots of them.

Maya off to her first day of school in Ketchikan Alaska. Beyond cute–

I seriously love that her backpack is as big as she is. Flawless first day of school outfit, right down to the ruby slippers.

And here is my little nephew Kelton. I’m not going to say these are cute (because I don’t want to risk taking a samurai sword to the knee caps next time I see the guy), but he is a handsome little kindergartner.

Serious props on the hairstyle (he chose it himself). His teacher is going to smell trouble in the air from a mile away with this little guy.  Hahahah.

Piper did remember, today. Phew! She was in a great mood when we arrived. I feel like she is getting better and better at walking. She has to hold on to stuff, but I think that she enjoys being mobile on her feet. Today she kept making the rounds between me, Reagan and the bottom of her crib. She would take stuff out, put it back, then come over and sit on my lap to play with whatever she had found under her crib.

One of Piper’s favorite things, lately is when we lay on the ground. She basically mauls us the same way that a puppy would. Except instead of licking, she just gets cozy by laying her head on our face, or sitting on our head.

Ultimately, she got tuckered out and came over for her favorite nap spot– me. She snored and sqeaked in her sleep a little bit, until we tucked her in and headed out.

Here are a few more from our visit, today.

After our visit, we headed home for a quick nap, then I headed down to the Altman, to shoot a B-boy battle. It was ridiculous. I felt like I was in 4th grade again, watching Turbo and Ozone for the first time. Here are a couple of my faves:

This weekend was so great. We really didn’t do much, at all. I was able to take naps on both Saturday and Sunday. The definite highlight of the weekend, was our Sunday morning visit with Piper. It was one of those times, where she was in an awesome mood when we arrived, and stayed that way the whole time we were there. Her therapist left Piper’s little walker in her room, this weekend, so that we could let her use it. As soon as we got it out, she started squeaking and smiling from ear to ear. She LOVES walking around, now. It seriously might be the cutest thing that I have every personally witnessed.

After she walked around in her walker for a while, we decided to take her outside. It was pretty sunny and warm, so we went straight for the shade. Even in the shade, it was a little brighter than Piper was accustomed to. It took her a little while to adjust.

After going back inside, we decided to take Piper down to the cafeteria, which is always empty on the weekends, and has some windows that are just the right height for Piper to stand up and look out of.

Who knew that windows could be so fun? Hahahaha

If you want to check out more shots from our Sunday visit with Piper, head over here.

We were pretty spoiled, this weekend, with visits from some of our good friends. Friday night, our good friends the Truscotts stopped through on their way moving out west. We are really bummed to see them move so far away from us. They have a new baby, which Piper was extremely curious about (above).

It was really good to see them, and we feel spoiled that they made a stop here on their epic road trip.

Some of Reagan’s close friends from high school, Terrah and Anthony were also in town over the weekend.

Piper didn’t waste any time snuggling up with Terrah. She was pretty interested in her jewelry, as well. It was really fun to have two such great visits with the PJ, this weekend.

Even though Piper was still running a low grade fever on Sunday, we could tell that for the most part she was in a good mood. Hopefully by next weekend, she will be completely over the little bug that has been irritating her.

Check out the rest of the photos, over here.

For the 4th of July, we visited PJ in the morning, then walked across the GW Bridge to NJ, for a picnic at a Revolutionary War site. Above is a shot of Reagan on the GW Bridge, standing beneath the “largest free-flying American flag in the world; 90 feet (27 m) long and 60 feet (18 m) wide, the flag weighs 450 pounds (200 kg),” according to Wikipedia. The shot above doesn’t really allow for proper reference.

The shot below is looking back at NYC from the historic Ft. Lee battery.

Here is a shot of the flag after dark, from the Manhattan side. The shot below gives a better idea of how large the flag actually is.

And finally,  another one of these shots. This time, with the towers lit up for the holiday.

I apologize in advance for including so many photos in a single post.

After our Saturday morning run, we trekked out to Coney Island. This was our third (and hopefully final) visit to Coney Island this summer.

We rode the Wonder Wheel (we do, every time we go to CI). We also did the Cyclone, which is the old rickety roller coaster, that they are always threatening to shut down. I actually filmed the whole thing, maybe I’ll post it later.

The sky was extremely clear and blue, all day long. It was hot, and it really felt like summer.

The beach was totally packed, despite a shark warning. Hahahah. No one was bitten this weekend, except a guy on a boat who caught an 8 foot blue shark that bit him when he was trying to release it.

Even though we have a thousand shots of Reagan and the parachute drop. I liked this angle from the pier, instead of the usual boardwalk shot.

After lunch, we went to visit Piper, who was sleeping exactly like this, when we arrived. At cute as it was, it turns out that she wasn’t feeling very well. She has had a bit of a fever for the past couple of days. Her lungs are clear though. So, hopefully it isn’t anything serious.

There are a few more Coney Shots over here.

I got the weekend off to a banging start, last night in SoHo. I had the privilege of meeting several professional skateboarders that I looked up to, as a kid, including original Z-boy Pat Ngoho. We kept the weekend in high gear on Saturday, with the arrival of Reagan’s Sister Erin and her husband JR. First we took a jaunt into Westchester to visit the Pipster.

She climbed under a chair, chasing one of her birthday cards that she had dropped on the floor, and had to be coaxed out by auntie Erin.

For dinner, we ordered in. But since it is so bloody hot in our apartment (even with the A/C running full tilt) that we retired to the rooftop for a picnic of sorts. It was breezy and much cooler up there. Of course I couldn’t be on the roof without getting a shot of my favorite buildings, hahahah.

Memorial day, we went to visit Piper, first thing in the morning. Reagan cut Piper’s hair (they now have matching haircuts). Piper was in such a great mood, that we just hung out with her goofing off, for a few hours.

More photos over here (warning, there are about 1000).

Sunday, some of our close friends (and Piper’s friends), the Carters came to hang out with Piper one last time before moving to AZ. We had a blast, as usual. The Carter girls always play so nice with Piper. I love the shot below, of little Penelope entertaining Piper:

Piper was also able to get in a couple of extra snuggles with aunt Jody, before she flew home, Sunday afternoon.

Piper pointing out Lyle the Crocodile:

We had fantastic weather for the Brooklyn Half-Marathon today. Reagan and I traveled to the race with a bunch of our friends from the running club, which made it a lot of fun. We all had a pretty good race. I didn’t hit my 1:30 goal. But I wasn’t too bummed about it, since I didn’t really deserve it, the way that I have been slacking lately. The race was really fun for me though, and I was ok with my time.

Stats:
Distance: 13.1 Miles, 21.1 Kilometers
Date/Time: May 22, 2010, 7:00 am
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Weather: 58 Degrees, 86% Humidity, Wind 6MPH
Total Finishers: Men – 3421 Women – 3585 Total – 7006

I had an awesome view, while being stretched out, under the Parachute Drop on the boardwalk at Coney (above). Below: our group chilling out and stretching on the boardwalk after the race.

Reagan’s sister Jody, who is visiting for the weekend, met up with us after the race. Of course we couldn’t go to Coney Island without taking a lap on the Wonder Wheel.

Danger! Hahhaha