November 2011 - A (Collin) Sobczak is born!

Pleased to introduce to the world - Collin Grant Sobczak! healthy 9 1/2 pounder, little brother to his doting Goh Goh Adam. Mom and baby are doing well and we're all enjoying some family time at home.

Enjoy some pictures of young Collin and the various well-wishing friends and family members who stopped by hospital or home to meet and pose with him.



First off, mommy and Collin



Aunt Allison and eldest cousin Audrey



Dad and Goh Goh , all smiles



Adam bestows the brotherly kindness



Gung Gung and Poh Poh, proud grandparents one more time around



Adam shows off the new gifts Collin brought him



Adam snuggles up to Mommy on the reclining bed



Got your nose, little bro



The whole family gets together



Uncle Darren always dresses fancy for new baby arrivals



Aunt Karyn and Dad line up to show the Sobczak sibling trait spectrum



Dad sleeping soundly on his hospital "bed"



Family time back at the house



Adam and crew enjoy the belated birthday fishing game from Tara



FISH!



Adam happily joins in doling out the feedings



The brothers Sobczak and the grandparents, chatting before bedtime



Adam enjoys some of Aunt Karyn's watercoloring gifts



Papa Bob confers with Adam on the current building block project



Engineering goes awry at the end



Aunt Lara enjoying some cradling



Papa Bob lets Collin experience his tallest person-holding-me yet



Grandma and Adam sharing a moment



Aunt Lara and Adam catch up on the latest iPod gaming



Adam takes a sit down memory lane



Mom and son keeping warm on a cold day



Mom and sons laugh it up, I suspect because Collin burped



Sleepy time



Collin filling up not quite as much of this seat as Adam



I can still ride in this, too, right?



Kate comes by to let Adam introduce her to her new playmate



'Uncle' Lance and Kate give Collin a warm welcome

October 2011 - Pumpkins & Trains

the weather finally started taking a turn for the colder which led to some outdoor fun times for the kids in the form of a visit to the pumpkin patch and some treehouse monkeying around at Day Day and Mui Mui's backyard.

back indoors a bunch of elderly hobbyists decided to entertain both themselves and the very very young with a model train convention downtown; Adam could hardly contain himself




Adam tells Gung Gung which large-scale train he wants Dad to buy and bring home



Mommy, Adam, and Collin (belly inset) head to the next exhibit



Checking out an A+ worthy diorama of the American train system of the 20th century



The grandfolks catch up at lunch after the convention




Elegant baby Mary



Adam and Audrey amidst the pumpkins



Gung Gung and Adam take a bench rest



All the kid-pumpkins in a row



You can feel the kinetic energy in this photograph just by looking at it



Gung Gung has his hands full here



Adam gives Audrey a push



Audrey hangs on for dear life



Slide time!



CRASH! nah just kidding



Evelyn in the garden



Daily iPad interface conditioning



Flash cards!



Fun time with flashlight: moon on the ceiling!

September 2011 - Adam, meet the Aquarium

The McGuire family came over for some late-summer backyard fun in the water and sun, plus Adam, Paw Paw, Gung Gung, and Mommy headed off to the aquarium to see the fishes. Also, Adam shows off his iPad skills





Adam rocks out to some totally rad nursery songs




Getting a head start on mastering device interactivity of the future



Spotting the Dot




Changing tires like a NASCAR pit crew pro



Let's have an aquarium adventure!



Adam gets his height from Daddy



BIIIIIIIIG FISH



"Gung Gung, neeehhhhh!"



Prepping his wide-eyed amazement look for the shark train ride



Feed the birds, tuppence a bag. (dropping the reference yet I've never seen the movie all the way through)




A good old fashioned pigeon chase



Mommy strikes a sweet pose



Adam and Olivia cheerfully ride off together into the sunset



Uncle David helpfully fills up Adam's frisbee as per request



Getting hosed down, and loving it



heads up dude!



Olivia elusively dodges her dad's water spraying



hehe, hey stop it! ok, well one more time



hanging out together - good times



Backyard superhero!



Gung Gung puts on a science display, during which Adams stages a sneak attack




I AM TSUNAMI!