Family at the Shore

I took my first long car trip on the 4th of July weekend to the Jersey shore. My Glo Glo and Zayda have a house in Longport, NJ with a gorgeous bay view and a bassinet that I slept very soundly in. Best of all, I met lots of new people! My Aunt Cara, Uncle Francois, and cousins Emmanuelle, Leo and Flora were all at the shore house too (cousin Justin was at hockey camp.) I also met lots of other cousins and babies in the Berman family, and all the Bar Davids... plus friends galore. It turns out I am pretty popular! This is the annual family photo in front of the shore house, and the first one with ME in it!

From Happy 4th of July

After the babies went to bed, the adults dined on lobster for Aunt Cara's birthday. Daddy had to pull out the lobster meat for Mommy (even though she's an adult, Mommy has trouble feeding herself when it comes to lobster!)

From Shore trip

Happy Daddy's Day

Nothing says Father's Day like dim sum (Chinese brunch)!

From Father's Day

Julian took us downtown for the big day. We learned about a new concept: the Baby Ghetto. The Baby Ghetto is the back of the restaurant where they stick all the people with little kids and babies. At first, you're insulted, then you're relieved - no one will judge you for the spit up and noise, or gripe about your giant stroller. We ate great food, gave Daddy his presents, and wore TWO different robot outfits (we'll spare you the details of why outfit #2 was very, very necessary.)

From Father's Day

We love Daddy - even more than we love dim sum!

From Father's Day

(though we really really do love dim sum...)

The Many Faces of Julian

Who knew such a little guy could do so many impressions?

Rodney Dangerfield



Gene Simmons



William F. Buckley, Jr.



Dr. Evil



And ONE BILLION other faces!

Jungle Baby

From what I can tell so far, I live in the jungle. I like it - the animals are nice, it's indoor air conditioned, and it only requires a couple of C batteries every so often to keep the sky flashing and playing music. [Click here for more photos]

From Lil' Buddy

This pair is cute from all angles

From Cute with Daddy

Alllll day long

Allll day long. Yes, that's right, I like to be held by someone alllll day long. In fact, I sort of demand it. I have a rule: if it is light outside, I want to be held. It's a good thing Grandma and Pop Pop were here so they could help with life under my new regime. Grandma read me books, I watched some golf with Pop Pop - life was good! [Click here for more photos]

From Grandma & Pop Pop

Visitors from Ohio!

From Visitors from Ohio

Julian got to meet his big cousins, and his Uncle Doug and Aunt Katie, for the first time last weekend. Even though boys can be very stinky, Kyra and Daria decided that THIS baby boy cousin is pretty snuggly and fun.  The girls were very gentle and sweet in holding Baby Julian, and Kyra even got him to smile!

Grandma & Pop Pop came for the day too, so the whole Lesmerises clan was together. John grilled, we celebrated Grandma's birthday with an ice cream cake, Kyra did her Richard Nixon impersonation (seriously - it's good), and Daria was just grateful to NOT be the baby of the family anymore.

We can't wait for Uncle Doug, Aunt Katie & the girls to come back for a long visit at the end of June.

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