L.A.

We've just returned from a week in Los Angeles. We stayed with Aunt Theresa and Uncle Pete, saw friends and family, and enjoyed the balmy weather. Meredith and I also signed up for some free uncle-and-aunt babysitting.

Theresa has a great back yard and Silas took full advantage of it. Here he is, shortly after our arrival, having talked Pete into chasing him around the lawn.

Silas was fascinated with Theresa's fountain and garden hose. He went through several shirts a day playing with water -- a minor problem, since he refused to wear short-sleeve shirts during the trip and we'd brought only a few with long sleeves.






High on our to-do list was seeing a passel of babies. Meredith and I adored Lucia and Clementine, the five-month-old twin daughters of Ron and Lisa.




From right to left: Wollaeger, daughter Emma, and Otis of the Birnbaums.



In the center of this tangle is Ivan and Nicole's recent arrival, Linus, also five months. (Also pictured: Nicole, Otis, Ivan, Milo.)



Silas, Uncle Pete, and Aunt Theresa on Wilshire Boulevard:



With the L.A. Kelly cousins, Maeve and Caitlin:



More pictures from Los Angeles are here.