Alex and Rory: Last days at the cape

whew- way late, lots of pics... the last few days we moved over to the Gelsey-Ryan house and stayed with Andrew, John, Ruth, Katherine and Ellie. We had a great time hanging out with them. Of course we all went out to Nauset for big waves and the onion rings. We spent some time at Oyster Pond, Alex had his swimming class with the lifeguards. He kind of enjoyed it, it looked like so much fun with all the games on the beach and in the water but Alex was so reluctant to get his face wet- or let go of us. Anyway, here are the last cape pics (for now)- we still have to post pics from NYC, the birthday, DC fun, our trip to NH, seeing the Drapers, Christine's wedding and... the first day of school! 8) so more postings to come- just as soona s we wade out from under the thousands of pics.

OH! the updates- Alex turned 3 on Aug 12, we were in NYC, this year he celebrated his birthday over and over again, with family at the cape, in NYC, with Caryn, Joe and Jasper, in DC with his friends... amazing. Rory is doing fantastically (for lack of a better word). Both kids went to the pediatrician and given clean bills of health, Rory followed with her surgeon, again, clean bill of health. He wants to see her again when she turns 1 and if all goes well, says he won't need to see her until she turns 2! He said her chances of developing enterocolitis etc are pretty low... basically zero. The pediatrician told us to start feeding her table food so now she's eating like a champ, cheerios, chicken, chick peas, cucumber (we're doing only c foods.... just kidding), avacado, rice cakes... we put it in front of her, and she eats it.

ok, so the pics....

ruth and rory- rory took an instant liking to ruth

austin and alex working on austin's new boat (formerly Stewart's)

rory and gramps watching austin work

alex became interested in the hedge... ?

nana and alex

alex in his swimming class

dada and alex

paul and austiin on nauset beach

austin, paul, john and ellie

ellie and alex

katherine, rory and maya

her majesty maya

catepillars and crysallis (really cool, the catepillar that's shaped like a "j" will make its cocoon soon!)

fish heads, fish heads...

alex at the fish pier

the constance sea... one of the fishing boats we watch unload

at the fish pier alex's favorite person is a woman named Abbey who works at the fish market. Abbey is a really sweet woman who lets Alex see the lobsters in the fish tank. Alex likes to say hi to her when we go to the fish pier...