Nieceling and Nephling

In extremely belated Ebel family news, I have a beautiful new niece, Grace! These pictures are now already out of date (she's a couple months old now and smiling!), but they're cute nonetheless. We hear she is living up to her name and being a wonderful baby. Can't wait to meet her in person.



Also, my brother Mark, sister-in-law Catherine, and nephew Oliver came to town for a long weekend about a month ago.
The highlight for me was babysitting Oliver one night while Mark and Catherine went to a wedding. I made him work for his dinner.

The highlight for Tom was finding out what happens when you feed a two year old ice cream right before bed. Cray-zeee! Tom spent a good ten minutes trying to wrestle Oliver's strong and limber little arms and legs into a set of pjs. Another one of Tom's highlights was changing a dirty diaper - the first one Tom can ever remember changing. Fun, fun!

The highlight for Oliver was Banjo, hands down. Banjo thought he could escape the enthusiastic petting by sneaking through his dog door and hiding in the bushes outside - but Oliver outsmarted him.
Good times!