Visiting Akron

We made a spontaneous visit to northern Ohio two weekends ago to help Missy and Adrianne celebrate the Ohio portion of their wedding.  One bonus of the weekend was that we got in a little visit with my mom, a.k.a. Grammy, who drove up for a day and got some fun quality time with little Z.  Zain immediately put Grammy to work lifting him in and out of the hotel crib.  Apparently, she was the only one of the three of us who could do it to his standards.  

Having a serious chat

And a laugh

This is a wink - needs a little work

You turn right at the light....

This cup and straw provided hours of entertainment.  We shouldn't have bothered bringing toys on the trip.

It was nice to get back to Akron and enjoy some of the fantastic urban hiking there.  

Random snowstorm coats hikers and dog

Zain loves hiking (which, of course, delights us to no end).  He loves to tell us to go "up" hills and stairs.  Easy for him to say...  The other day at home, he looked out the window and saw that it was snowing and immediately said "hiking!"  That's our boy.  He says "hiking backpack" whenever he sees the backpack. Shif says this counteracts the fact that he can also say "IKEA".