Morning hike with friends

Alder and I went out to a friend's house this morning to go for a hike. I met Janet in a breastfeeding class and her daughter, Sylvia, was born exactly one week before Alder, and with the same mid-wife! We are having fun as first-time moms seeing how are babies are the same and different.

We went for a long and very enjoyable hike, and we made it back just before the heat and humidity became unbearable. While we were cooling off, we decided to take some photos of our babes together.

Alder is a bit of a bully....sorry Sylvia!

If you notice, Sylvia is not wearing a diaper...she does wear diapers, but not all the time b/c Janet and her husband are using "elimination communication" with Sylvia in an attempt to be 'diaper free' at a much earlier age than is typical in our society. (see these links to learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimination_communication, http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/, http://www.natural-wisdom.com/) Very cool!