Baby Friends

You may be wondering what Jeremy does with his days. He has lots of time to explore the world as a 8 month old.

Jeremy goes on lots of adventures; to the park, playground, local market, and his favorite, baby stores. He's also pretty busy playing in his jumper or with his ball and blocks. Plus, he loves reading and dancing when his favorite song comes on the IPOD. Friday he works out at swim time. As you can see he's getting quite buff.









To balance out all these activities Jeremy has a bit of a baby beauty regime. His three naps a day allow him to rejuvinate because as you can imagine, it takes a lot of energy to be so cute. Of course his facials help maintain his soft, kissable skin. And his nightly baby massage relaxes him before his 11 hours of sleep.

Finally, Jeremy has a social calendar to maintain as well. He has met a lot of baby friends and has quite a network. Last weekend he enjoyed hanging out with his buddies, Sienna, Natasha, Kristoffer, and Kaimana. Everyone showed off their latest talents, from crawling, to playing the drums, to knawing on a chicken bone. There was lots of "talking" going on too. Probably about their wonderful parents.

Here comes Peter Cottontail...

Jeremy enjoyed his first Easter in socal. The weather was amazing so Jeremy lounged about in his summer clothes showing off his toned arms and legs.
The Easter Bunny (aka Grandma and Grandpa) gave Jeremy lots of treats! His basket was filled with toys, candy (for mom and dad), books, and clothes.

Jeremy loved the tradition of the Easter egg hunt. He and Dad found lots of eggs at Aunt Kate's. Of course Jeremy had to taste each and every egg he came across. There was money in most of them, but he was content just playing with the egg. Isn't childhood bliss!
He hung out with his cousin, Chloe. Chloe is already 2 so she knew the ropes of finding all the eggs. In the end Jeremy was content just to sit back and watch everyone with Grandma and Grandpa.

We also spent time with family friends Rick, Lori, and Kelly. Jeremy fell in love with Kelly. I think he has a new girlfriend and misses her already.

He also met Zadie, Kate and Tori's little girl. Kate and Tori are Peace Corps alum just like John, so maybe Zadie and Jeremy will volunteer together someday. We had the best time hanging out with them at the park. We wished we lived closer!

My First Haircut

It was a hard decision for us.

Living in Berzerkeley the mullet allowed Jeremy to fit right in.

And we were going to have to give up doing the cool 50's hairstyles in the bathtub.



But, the time had come. At 7 1/2 months Jeremy went in for his FIRST HAIRCUT!

Jeremy's cousin Kevin is a fabulous hairstylist and gave Jeremy his new look. Jeremy immediately felt comfortable with him and enjoyed all the special treatment at the fancy salon. He let Kevin do his magic snipping away at his long locks. He even enjoyed when Kevin used the clippers to give him sharp-looking side burns like his dad. But his favorite part was the hair dryer. It just made him giggle away.

And here he is with his new clean cut look. We think he looks much more mature, but still the little kid he is inside.
Thank you Kevin, you made Jeremy's first haircut the best ever!!

Mr. Mom

We've had a lot of changes in the past few weeks...not just with Jeremy. I'm back at work and John is on paternity leave until April. Jeremy handled the transition well. He loves having dad at home. Each day is filled with adventures. They haven't even been able to squeeze in a visit to mom's office yet.

Jeremy has also reached some milestones. He's rolling over and therefore keeping us on our toes. His first tooth is starting to peek through. And he's sleeping in his own room. It was harder for John and I to move Jeremy to his own room than vice versa. We miss waking up with him each morning.

A Flock of Seagulls ain't got nothin on Jeremy

Is anyone having an 80's Party soon? If so Jeremy would love to attend.

We immediately thought of Michael Score from the 80's band "A Flock of Seagulls". A little embarrassing, but true right? You're probably thinking we need to put the little guy out of his misery and give him a haircut. It'll be soon, but we just can't do it yet. He's only 7 months old.

Happy Valentines Day!

Loverboy Jeremy would like to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day!  He hasn't fully grasped the holiday, but he's learning from his dad that it's a great day to spoil the people you love.

Jeremy just hit the 6-month mark a week ago.  He had a doctor's appointment yesterday and is doing well.  He's starting to sit up now and has lots of fun playing on the floor with all of his toys.  He gets super excited trying to grab everything.

He's slowed down a bit in weight gain.  He's 17 pounds now, only a pound more in two months.  It's such a difference from his chubby days.  But as you can see his cheeks haven't lost any chub.

He's also found his toes which has elevated diaper changes to a whole new level.

The food front is the same...slow. Bananas are his favorite and he loves "drinking" water from his cup (probably 10% goes in and 90% down his chin).

Rice Cereal...Yum????

With the start of the new year Jeremy has started to eat solid foods. Well, "eat" needs to be redefined here. Most of the items end up on his bib and face. But, we think just a bit of the rice cereal, bananas, and squash is getting down. We're hoping he warms up to the food, but so far he's holding out. While he loves the spoon, his face is pretty much as seen below for each meal.

Merry Christmas!

We can't believe Christmas is in just a few days. We've had fun preparing for Jeremy's first Christmas. The tree is decorated, stockings hung and presents bought. Most importantly we have the camcorder charged so we can show Jeremy what a great time he had! Jeremy is "talking" up a storm lately...he's probably telling us what a good boy he's been this year.

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday with family and friends and best wishes for 2008!

SoCal Debut

Jeremy just completed his Southern California Debut over the Thanksgiving holiday. With 6 cities in the tour he had multiple engagements along the way.

Stop 1: Seal Beach
Jeremy settled in quite well at Grandma and Grandpa's House. They had the bedroom all set up for him and tons of new books to read. Jeremy visited the beach for the first time and met Cymbre's college roommate, Michelle. Aunty Michelle had Jeremy laughing away the entire time. Truly big "Belly Laughs".


Stop 2: Long Beach
Jeremy visited Great Grandma and Grandpa's House deeeep in Long Beach. It was fun to go out to lunch with Papa Gene and Gramma Kay and get the backyard ready for Thanksgiving.

Jeremy also met more of Cymbre's friends from grade school...Caryn and Helen and their kids, Ava and Nicholas. Ava and Nicholas are 2 and 3 years old so Caryn and Helen were able to impart lots of "mommy wisdom". Finally Jeremy met Aunty Michelle at her house. Supposedly she's the one to know because she's promised lots of presents in the future.

Thanksgiving was definitely the highlight of the tour. The day started out cheering at the Turkey Bowl. Then Jeremy met 50 of his aunties, uncles, and cousins. It was quite a day for him, but surprisingly no major melt downs. He loved hanging out with everyone and being held the entire day. Jeremy found another favorite laughing buddy in cousin Kristen. He couldn't stop smiling and giggling with her.

Stop 3: Fountain Valley Jeremy visited Grandpa at his classroom and enjoyed seeing what a wonderful place school will be.








Stop 4: Tustin
Jeremy got his first taste of the OC when we visited Aunty Melissa in Tustin. He met a dog for the first time, Lola. But, I think he knew he was in control...he probably weighs more than Lola.




Stop 5: Culver City
Jeremy ventured up to LA and visited on of our favorite cuban restaurants. There he met more friends from mom's architecture life, Jeff and Julie.






Stop 6: Huntington Beach
The tour wouldn't have been complete without a visit with Rick and Lori. And here Jeremy got to bond more with Uncle Tim. He showed Jeremy a new perspective on things.

CAL v. WSU Football Weekend

This weekend was full of football, fun, family, and friends. We couldn't have asked for nicer weather for our traditional CAL football weekend. Jeremy met so many new family members and friends, including his great grandparents, Papa Gene and Gramma Kay. The weekend started out with dinner at Henry's. It was a late night for Jeremy, but he managed to fall asleep with Daddy. And he must have known it was going to be a busy Saturday because he slept straight through the night.

On the day of the game everyone came over for a BBQ. We had such a fun time having everyone here. Gramma Kay, Aunt Kate, cousins Samantha and Sara were wonderful to take care of Jeremy while we went to the football game. He had a great time playing and listening to Gramma Kay sing him songs. The evening ended well (for everyone except Jeanette) as CAL ended their loosing streak beating Washington State.

And no weekend would be complete without breakfast at Homemade Cafe, our favorite breakfast spot. Grandpa Paul may try to convince you Fat Apples is better, but don't be led astray. And Sunday ended perfectly as we relaxed in the backyard and Jeremy had more time with his grandparents and the rest of the family.

We had a fun time with all of you at the game and BBQ. We are so thankful to have such loving family and friends. We posted all the pictures from the weekend on the Kodak Website. The link is to the right.

Happy Halloween!

VIVA LAS VEGAS! Yes, the King is back!!
Jeremy thoroughly enjoyed his first Halloween. And as you can see we had lots of fun getting him ready for his first holiday. I'm sure most of you knew he had to be Elvis for Halloween. What else would be the fitting given all his hair! We had a fun day carving our pumpkin, hanging out with one of Jeremy's friends, Kaimana, who was a punk rocker, and handing out candy to a few kids who came by the house.


We also enjoyed visiting a pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay. It was quite a trek out there, but since we'd never been it was a mini-adventure. Thank goodness Jeremy isn't old enough to go on any rides because we could have been there for hours. There were so many fun activities for the kids, but we'll save that for future years. We just had a nice time picking out our pumpkins and taking a few pictures.








Jeremy seems to have a look of "Are you kidding me right now...prop me up against pumpkins for a photo shoot?!?" He should be used to it though...we can't take enough pictures of the little guy.

2 Months Old!

It's hard to believe that Jeremy is already 2 months old. He just had a doctor's appointment and weighs 13 pounds 10 ounces and is 23 inches long. He had a few vaccinations so it was a bit of a rough day for him.
The only prescription was for more tummy time. It's not Jeremy's favorite activity, but he did smile yesterday when we did it and now that he's found his hand that keeps him distracted for awhile.

We've seen so many exciting changes in Jeremy in the last month. He's like a little man! At 6 weeks he started to sleep about 6 hours a night. Of course "night" to him is from about 7pm to 1pm, but we'll take it! Some nights he even sleeps 8 hours. The first time it happened it scared us a little bit. Being the worried first time parents we are...we pretty much woke him up for fear he was in a sleep coma! We also get lots of smiles from the little guy. He'll look right at you and flash a smile that makes you melt and gush all over him. About a week ago he followed up the smiles with lots of "talking". He loves to have a conversation with us, but he'll talk up a storm all alone too.

Jeremy is also a pretty alert, always looking around and straining his neck and eyes not to miss anything. It can make breastfeeding quite a challenge sometimes. But, it is fun to move around and watch him follow us wherever we go. He's always ready to show off his smile and gorgeous hair for all the ladies we see on our walks or at the stores.

Grandpa Paul and Grandma Jeanette had to go back home a few weeks back as well. I'd be lying if I didn't say it's a lot harder without them. We miss all their support and good dinners! And I think Jeremy was pretty confused when he didn't have them around to play with. But, we're doing well going on new excursions and meeting other mommies and babies.

Our latest trip was to Sacramento. John and I went to his High School reunion and Jeremy stayed with Uncle Phil and Aunty Rose. Jeremy was great on the way up, sleeping soundly for the full trip. The trip back home was a different story, but I guess you can't expect a dream trip on your first try! He had a great time at Uncle Phil and Aunty Rose's house. The rest of the family came over so he had a lots of people to pla with. And when it was time to go to sleep he quietly closed his eyes...all by himself. That's a first so John and I are hoping it sticks now.

We posted lots of pictures to the right. There's one of all the visitors with Jeremy. That has been so much fun...to see Jeremy with all of you.