3 Months Old! Wk 13

Is it a bird, is it a plane, no its Super Baby! This Wednesday marked my 3 month birthday and this Super Baby has learned a few more tricks. In addition to increasing my weight to ~13 pds and growing to ~23.5 inches I've added flying, sitting and arm control to my repertoire of skills.

Mere mortal babies work on the belly time on the floor, but Super Baby does it by flying through the air on Mom's arms! Pretty cool trick, huh? For all my adoring fans, here is the picture to make you go ahh.... Momma thought a naked baby picture would be enjoyed by all!

So if flying wasn't enough this week I'm also working on sitting up on my own. Mom and Dad promise that sitting will get to be more fun and less work as time goes by. Look everyone, no hands!
And for my final Super Baby feat, I've taken control of my arms! Well, mostly. Its all about my fists these days. Mom and Dad think I might be planning a boxing career. Put 'em up!
But in reality I just like to suck on them. They have such better flavor than those Paci's that Mom and Dad seem to keep misplacing. Mmmm fists!
I hope everyone has enjoyed sharing in my new accomplishments. I'm looking forward to showing them off to everyone next month at the Cape. Til then keep on smiling and I'll see everyone soon!

Learning Cause and Effect - Wk 12

Happy Martin Luther King's Birthday! I hope that everyone was able to enjoy the long weekend. It was great to have Dad to play with for an extra day. While we were playing I continued to work on my ability to control my arms. The rocker chair that Aunt Melissa and Uncle Andre and Lucas gave me is my favorite place to do target practice. I had to concentrate really hard... But I was finally able to connect with the swinging rattling toys that hang from the bar!
Success is soooo sweet!
Since all work and no play makes us boring Mom and Dad made sure we had an outing to the beach to enjoy the last of the warm weather before the rain comes this week. Can you see Tazz in the background returning the ball while we were on our walk at Fort Funston? I can't believe how she never tires of chasing that ball... Its a slippery thing!
And of course, all good long weekends are wrapped up with a rejuvenating nap. Dad and I settled in on the blue couch while Mom crashed on the leather couch and Tazz took to her bed. After a long nap Dad got up and I had the blue couch to myself. Dad's got mad skills to be able to get out from underneath me without waking me up!
I'm still not sure how he slipped out without me noticing!

Aunt Sarah Comes to Town - Wk 11

Welcome to San Francisco - the city by the bay!It seems there is something magic about Aunt Sarah! She could quiet me with a gentle bounce, change a diaper in the blink of an eye, hold me for hours on end and even blow the clouds away with the arrival of her airplane so we could have a great time outside... a super Mom without a doubt!
To celebrate the beautiful weather Tazz and I conferenced and decided that a trip to Chrissy Field was in order. Tazz campaigned hard for it, as its flat and she can swim in the bay water since the waves are so much smaller. I thought Fort Funston might be fun, but Mom and Aunt Sarah weren't too keen on the big sand hill that is involved with going to the beach there. So Chrissy Field it was!
You can see that Tazz had great fun getting covered in sand and sea water chasing her ball up and down the beach!

Aunt Sarah wasn't the only introduction that was made this weekend. Mom has a surprise for me! She bought me a brand new mobile. This one has so much more going on than my first mobile. It moves, and sings and the little pieces slide down the arms as it rotates. Its quite fun to watch! Can you see how much fun I'm having watching it?

Tummy Time and Storms! (Wk 10)

Man, the fun just never stops around here! First, I got to help dad work for a little while. I'm not really sure what he does, but I like typing and clicking the mouse a lot - I'm really good at it, and can even do it with my feet :-)


Mom and I spent a lot of time working on tummy time too. I'm still not so sure how I feel about it (can you tell?), but....






Once she figured out that I like to stare at myself and admire how cute I am, things got a little better.



The trick works for awhile when I'm lying on my back too (thats a mirror above me). Tazz even seems to have fun staring at me during this activity. Did I mention how cute I am?







Over the weekend, I got to experience my first real rain storms. They were pretty cool - at least when viewing them from inside. Dad was telling me about the added fun of thunder and lightning that you can get in storms back East - I can't wait to see and hear one of those. Once things settled down, we all went out for a walk. The storm did quite a bit of damage - taking out several trees and huge branches in the Presidio. Here are mom and I posing by one of them. Luckily we didn't see any real damage, even from the one that fell off the neighbors tree.

I can't wait to see what this weekend has in store when Aunt Sarah comes to visit!

Woohoo...More Visitors!

Man, December was just a great month for meeting my extended family, not to mention getting to celebrate Christmas round three (Did I mention I like this holiday?!)
This time it was my dad's dad and his wife (Don and Joan) that came out to see me. They're still trying to decide which fun nicknames they want to use, but I told them that was ok since I won't learn to talk for a little while yet.

They both took a shine to me, and enjoyed staring at me a lot (seems like a common thing with all these big people).







The Jazzman did a pretty good job feeding me too - though I think I caught them both a little off guard with the whole burping process

I can't wait to meet all the rest of my family - its all been so much fun so far!

Christmas Day

Merry Christmas everyone!
I must say, I think I really like this holiday...it's great fun! Not only did I get lots of wonderful presents from everyone, but I got to learn a few things as well.

Tazz started things off by showing me how to open presents. She really has a knack for it, though sometimes she does tend to go a bit overboard and play with the paper more than the actual gift for awhile. I think I can help her with that though. Here she is opening up her frog, which is now her favorite toy (and one of mom and dad's least favorites once it gets all covered in drool...)



After we had opened a good portion of the gifts, I needed a small break, so mom broke out my playmat for a little rest. To add a little Christmas cheer to it, she made a new dangling toy out of some of the shiny/crinkly green wrapping paper. Maybe Tazz is onto something with this whole paper thing.... Right now she is saying 'See, I told you so!'


Eventually we managed to finish up with opening everything. Look at the great mess we made!! Mom was very proud of me, and is giving me a pat on the back to say what a good job I did :-)

I hope everyone had as Merry of a Christmas as I did!! Talk to you in the New Year ... if not sooner.

Christmas Eve, 2 Months Old

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to... Well that seemed to be the theme of my second month birthday. Mom and Dad worked hard to keep me happy today, but it wasn't in the cards. Everyone is taking bets that I am going through another growth spurt. At the doctors visit on Friday I weighed in at 10 pounds and 22 inches. Thats 2 MORE pounds since last visit for those that are keeping track!


On a happier note, the Christmas tree is all decked out and the presents have arrived and been placed with care. Thanks to everyone who has sent packages to help fill our tree. We are looking forward to opening them and making a Surrette style mess tomorrow morning!
Mom and Dad wrapped up my evening with my first reading of "The Night Before Christmas". Fortunately Mom took pictures early, because I didn't make it past the first page before declaring the night done.

So to all my friends and family...

"Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night"