Countdown to Californie-way

Things around here are same old limbo for the three of us, but only for a little while longer. Daniel made it home safely and healthily from the Mexico house building trip and Jacob and I were happy to have him back! Jacob missed his playmate and special time with the dad and for a few days following Daniel's return, the little guy whould whimper a bit when Daniel had to go anywhere.

It's finally in stone: our official moving to Berkeley date is August 8th. Then it's desert weather no more for this family, just cool coastal breezes and monstrous hills. What a drastic change it will be....but we're getting really excited (nerves included) and we're thinking our petit boy will love the environment. Just recently he's finding trees to be hilarious (I can't explain that one) and is starting to notice wildlife, so this move is timed just right to help him fall in love with nature. (and you know that makes all of his family proud!)

Before the move Jacob's got a bit in store for him: he'll be baptized on August third and then have his 4 month check-up on the 6th. Four months already and he continues to grow, change, and surprise us.

As usual, here's a little montage of the boy and some of his current hobbies:

Lifting his tush and legs straight into the air and cooing at us (while making odd faces at the camera).

Shoving his entire fist into his mouth- and then smiling and talking.


Being large and in charge in his exersaucer. Seriously, look at those thighs. They're incredible.


Smiling at everything. And he's beginning to laugh too, not just loud smiling. (Which absolutely cracks us up every time!)


And since lunch-today, he's taken to dominating this caterpillar rocker at a random Cracker Barrel. He's moving on up in this world!