Here are some fun shots of my boys: (and Jacob is 10 weeks old!)


Using Daniel as a baby jungle gym was Jacob's way of celebrating Father's day.


This is Jacob's newest discovery: a motorcycle-esque pose of the arms, flared nostrils, and a duck-bill looking top lip. All of this is done with frantically kicking. It's absolutely hilarious!


What better way to start a day then to get to sleep in mom's spot next to dad in bed!


Again with Jacob's friend Yertle. Jacob's nearly always happy when he gets to sit up and look around!

Movin' on up

Well, we're not so much "moving on up" as we're just starting the summer of moving. Despite living in summers of 110+ heat, Daniel and I seem to have made it tradition to have at least two moves. You'd think we'd learn....there's always next year :)
We're in the process of moving out of our apt and into the home of daniel's parents until we make the official move to Berkeley in early August. As we'll be on the East side of the country (WAHOO!) from this wednesday through July 7th,and Daniel will be in Mexico for a week in July, paying another month of rent seemed like a waste. And fortunately, we have some very loving and accepting family to take us in for the time being.
Jacob doesn't seem to mind living with his grandparents as it means more people to laugh at and play with daily. Or, as it was yesterday, nightly too. Jacob proved to us just how aware he is of his environment- on moving day he took 2 naps for about 20 minutes each. Daniel and I yearned for a nap and Jacob refused to sleep or be out of one of our arms.

There will be some pictures to share -but as of right now, the website won't let us upload them. Until then, we can't wait to see NC folks in less than a week!!

Rolls and all

Here it is 2 months since Jacob was born and we continue to fall in love with him more every single day (chub rolls and all). He's got a doctor visit on Monday, so I don't technically know his present weight; however, I am confident in guessing he's well beyond 11 pounds. He's also now long enough to kick his dad while buckled in his car seat- which he seems to really enjoy. I'm not looking forward to the tortured cries of this little boy as he receives his many shots...but I'm sure we'll report his 'stats' and how he did at the pediatrician sometime next week!

For your updated pleasure on the two month old version of Jacob:

-He's learned how to pout, and cry. He'll give several warning pouty faces before he actually cries, but his cry is still pretty much him yelling at us to figure out what's wrong with him and it never lasts more than about 1 whole minute.

-He's a smiling fool! Never has a toothless grin been so rewarding- or elusive when a camera is brought into the picture. We've tried to capture the smiles to post here, but our camera has a little light that shines and distracts Jacob nearly every single time we snap a shot. You'll just have to take our word for it, he smiles all the time!

-Jacob is really starting to sleep well at night- there have even been a few 6 hour stretches. Typically, he goes to sleep between 9:30 and 10:30pm, wakes up twice to eat during the night, and is then wide-eyed and ready to play at about 8 or 9am.

-He's a firm believer in cat naps. He so much love looking at his environment, family, and digital alarm clock faces next to our bed, that he forgets to go to sleep. His typical total nap time during the day ranges from 2 to about 5 hours....truly, he just to busy to sleep!

-Bath time and naked time are still adored. If we've tried everything to make the grumping stop to no avail, we just have to get him completely undressed and he'll begin the cooing and smiles.

This past week, Daniel sold my old reliable and efficient Saturn to a young couple from Israel here to site-see for 6 months. The following picture is possibly a terrible picture, but it just seemed too funny...you be the judge.

Hey, we had to include at least one picture where Jacob had some clothes on....