The "official" reopening of Andrew's Park!

Well, ok, it is also known as the "Portsmouth Playground".

Here we are with the famed, long-standing Mayor of Boston, Tom Menino (aka "Mumbles" Menino). It felt like we were old friends, something about his approachability and demeanor.

I came prepared with my request for a safer intersection to cross over to the Charles River (and hehe, to our fave playground in Watertown: the Arsenal Park).
With a chirp to so-and-so, Menino summonsed over an adept ear, keenly taking notes of the issue at hand. We were promised *results*, and astoundingly, within a week! Was this political hocus-pocus? I am skeptical.
Maybe as we head across the treacherous intersection tomorrow, (many strollers: "power in numbers" as we call it) I'll take some pictures of the "feat" in case we need ammunition.
We were also promised a follow-up phone call, in any case.

Cutting the ribbon to "allow entry" into our new playground!

There was a special kids musician who played harmonica too! Maracas and toy guitars were there for the kids. They also had face painting (we didn't dare), and lots of balloons.

....And, free t-shirts!

All the moms got big marigold plants! (Great) Grandma and (Great) Auntie Carol walked to-and-from the park and carried our plants back to put in our garden.
Menino said "You better plant that!" Little does he know, what a garden we have!

10 months!

Andrew LOVES his daddy!!! Here he was, talking on the phone and referring to a watch book. Andrew was blurting, "Buh, buh!"In disguise... The park was cooler than expected! We ended up at the nearby mall to warm up.

Andrew can now crawl room-to-room without a hitch. His army crawl is FAST! He did start to crawl more than 2 steps on all fours but the army crawl is still far more effective.
On Saturday, he started to "jargon" babble, using his tongue a lot- it sounds like he is speaking his own language! It's quite funny and we encourage it a lot (though he definitely humors himself, too!). We are amidst the disturbed-sleep-syndrome still. His morning naps have started to become longer (and, I might add, napping with grateful and tired mommy) while his afternoon naps short (20-30 min and late, after 3pm).