Little Joe enjoying the snow Little Joe turned two today, and what a whirlwind year it's been. Again I find myself regretting that I've been unable to keep up with the amazing progress he's made but with our busy schedules I'm barely keeping my head above water with my school and work, let alone having the personal time to keep something like this up. For Joe's birthday Rachael and I both left work early to take him to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum because it was unfortunately a little cold for us to do much of anything else. We'd hoped to take him to the zoo or to a playground but I don't think he minded the museum. He still absolutely loves airplanes- just like dad- and he spent the better part of almost two hours wandering around and looking at the planes. "Aaaah! Shoom!" Yesterday we had a little birthday get together with Rachael's mom and two friends, Nick and Priya, along with their son Zack. It wasn't much to sp