A year ago next week, Tessa was pregnant and I was on a flight to Tanzania, Africa, to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. One of the memorable people I climbed with was Shahir and his children. It was during the climb that I got a first text message that the baby within Tessa was likely a boy, and Shahir was one of the first to congratulate me. Having caught the high altitude bug, Shahir came through town this week on his way to the summit of Mount Rainier. We had a lovely dinner together at our local Ethiopean restaurant, and discovered that Shahir has a real talent with infants. Elliott loved him. These pictures show it.
