Left: Coloring Easter eggs (yep, just threw that little wire thing away and used our hands), April 2007.
Right: Thankfully, I am two and mom can't dress me like that anymore.
Left: "Dad, somebody left a baby on our couch" (March 2007).
Right: Walker's 2nd birthday (note everybody - including Griffin - is blowing except for Walker)
Left: Dogsledding, February 2007.
Right: First time on x-country skis, February 2007.
With his friends Jonathan (left) and Griffin (right), July 2006.
Left: On the seesaw with Griffin (August 2006).
Right: At the three-county fair.
Left: Doing the dual-space optimization using Lagrange multipliers.
Center: Playing in the rain.
Right: Concentration (check out that tongue!)
Left: Amherst wading pools are great.
Center: Reading with mom.
Right: "Wake me at the top, Dad" [Climbing Mt. Marcy, Adirondacks, NY (August 2006)]
Left: Having a bit too much fun in his new sandbox (June 2006).
Right: Taking a swim with Mom, Nickerson State Park, Cape Code, Massachusetts (June 2006)
Left: With Uncle Brian at the upper Emerald Pool (Zion National Park, May 2006).
Right: Giving Dad instruction on the crossing of The Narrows (Zion National Park, May 2006)
Left: At the campsite on the canyon rim (Bryce Canyon National Park, May 2006).
Right: Watching the big boys play (Zion National Park, May 2006).
Left: With grandpa in the Utah desert (May 2006).
Right: Cares of the world.
Left: Loves the fiddlehead ferns!
Right: Being silly.
Left: Working over Big Tony with his pal Indy (note that the cat is the instigator!)
Right: Indy squashing!
Left: Primeros steps (Barcelona, April 2006)
Right: Drunk on backpacking (Merck Forest, VT)
Left: Sneaking a cracker to his good buddy (Indy).
Right: Dennis, Walker, David Schmidt, and Jonathan Zafian Schmidt (Merck Forest, Vermont - Feb 2006)
Left: With pal Jonathan in Merck
Center: Catching a ride with Mom
Right: Yep...found the pots and pans
Left: Crawling
Right: Oranges...
Left: In the rain forest of El Yunque (Puerto Rico), Jan 2006
Center: Playing with the balloon
Right: Starting to stand
With his puppy Indy
Left: Dayhiking Wilcox Pass (Jasper National Park, Canada), August 2005
Right: A cold day on the Skyline (Jasper National Park, Canada), August 2005
Backpacking:
Left: "That big climb didn't seem so bad, Dad!", Skyline Trail (Jasper National Park, Canada), August 2005
Right: Trying on Mom's pack, Berg Lake Trail, Mount Robson Provincial Park (British Columbia, Canada), August 2005
Left: With grandma and grandpa, below Mount Robson (Mount Robson Provincial Park, Canada)
Center: Ready for bed (Canadian Rockies, August 2005)
Right: With mom, Indy, and his pal Jonathan (September, 2005)
Whale watching out of Boston (July, 2005)
Left: In Washington, DC (July, 2005)
Right: Looking out the window with Mom (September, 2005)
Left: Steps of the Lincoln Memorial (July, 2005)
Left: With his Aunt Wendy (Kinney Lake, Mount Robson Provincial Park, Canada)
Right: With Uncle Jerry (near Boston Harbor)
Left: A bit intimidated by the seafood
Center: Studying up on the conservation ethic
Right: Starting that whole solid foods thing
Left: Staring down a big fish (New England Aquarium Giant Ocean Tank). Note the nurse shark in the background.
. Right: The sea turtles are his favorite (New England Aquarium Giant Ocean Tank)
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Left: Look, dad, I have a smile now!
Right: A little dancing.
Left: Doing the Curly Shuffle.
Right: Walker thinking Mom looks pretty good.
Left: Reading a little Michener.
Right: Mom gives instruction in one area of her expertise.
Left: Sometimes I sleep...
Right: ...other times, not so much!
Left: Ready for my first outing - a bright sunny day!
Right: The new familiy.
Left: Grandma Goeckel and Walker
Center: Grandpa Goeckel and Walker
Right: Pretty fired up for Easter.
Left: Dad and Walker, ready to go home.
Right: Mom and Walker, pretty amazed at the whole thing.
Left: Karen and Walker a few minutes after birth
Right: Tummy time!
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