Graham's First Birthday

We celebrated Graham's first birthday yesterday with friends and family. His due date was one year ago today -- one week before he was actually born. Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us. A few pictures and videos of the celebration follow.

Center of Attention

Birthday Cake
Happy Birthday!


Let Him Eat Cake!

Yummy!

The Aftermath

Cleaned up

Playing With Some Gifts

Sugar High!

Graham's Fun Weekend

On Saturday, we went to a

neighborhood playground.

On Sunday, Graham met

his second cousin.

Then and Now

Graham laughing with Mommy at 4 mo.

Graham laughing with Daddy at 11 mo.

Graham having fun at dinner last Sat. night

Roots, Pt III

As we continue to dig through ancestry.com, we find the following birth locations associated with Graham's great great grandparents. In this update, Alabama takes the lead.

25% Alabama
18.75% Texas
18.75% North Carolina
12.5% Poland
12.5% Russia
6.25% Georgia (U.S.)
6.25% Ohio

We'll keep posting more information as we learn more, but don't be surprised to see at least a small percentage attributed to "unknown" in the next generation.

Spending time with Daddy

On a lazy Saturday afternoon

Graham at 4 months

On a cold winter nightGraham at 4 months

On the phone to DC

Graham at 6 months

On a relaxing weekday evening

Graham at 9 months

Musical Baby

As Graham approaches his first birthday (October 5th), we will be posting cute photos and videos of him from earlier months that we never got around to sharing on this blog. He's 7 months in the video directly below, and 8.5 in the next one.

Graham rocks out to The Clash


Graham has a jam session at the piano

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Roots, Pt II

After our visit to Florida, we've been doing some work on Ancestry.com to learn more about where we all came from. So far, based on where Graham's great grandparents were born, he's:

25% Texan
12.5% Polish
12.5% Russian
12.5% Alabamian
12.5% Floridian
12.5% North Carolinian
12.5% Mississippi (Mississippian?)

We'll keep going back in time and let you know more as we discover more. Also, any relatives who want to contribute to the family tree or review it to verify any info can email Michael.

A few people who might be relatives are listed below. Of course, if you go back far enough, everyone is probably related in one way or another. Also keep in mind that the accuracy of some links might be questionable.

Edward I, King of England - Great, great, great, great, great, great, etc... grandfather.
Oliver Wendell Holmes - 7th cousin, 6 times removed
Isaac Newton - 5th cousin, 12 times removed
George W. Bush - 11th cousin, 1 time removed
John F. Kennedy - 10th cousin 4 times removed
George Orwell - 12th cousin, 3 times removed
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - 12th cousin, 3 times removed
Alexandre Dumas - 12th cousin, 6 times removed