Ian

     Bio

Ian Patrick Maher was born in the spring of 2003. He was nine weeks premature, due to Ellen developing pre-ecclampsia, and was 2 pounds, 15 1/4 ounces at birth. After spending almost seven weeks in the hospital (Beth Israel in Boston, followed by Winchester Hospital), he was about 6 pounds when he finally came home, and now you wouldn't know that he had ever been so small. He loves his stuffed monkey, trains (especially Thomas The Tank Engine), cars, and his "mommy" and "daddy".

Ian has a very active imagination. One day, I asked him if he had seen Mommy's phone, and he walked down the hallway, found the cat, and announced that he had "found a kitty phone". Another night, he found a squash in the kitchen, brought it into the living room, and started narrating a story with it - "Hello Daddy, said the squash", he said. We must be reading too many books to him. I'm just kidding of course, but I'm sure that's why his mind thinks like that. I love hearing him talk - it's like a window into his mind.