Jake has a single curl on the back of his head. It's not in the middle, and it's always there. So it looks like a cowlick. The more hair that comes in, the more it seems it's going to have some curl, at least at the bottom. He would come by it honestly, since both me and my dad have curly hair.

Posted in: Jake on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at at 12:24 AM 0 comments    

We are 1/3 of the way through Jake's second year!

He and Snoopy coordinated this month.

He may not be doing a lot of things "on time," but he sure can grow teeth! Two of his four molars are in, and I saw just today that all four of his canines are coming in. He'll be gnawing on steak in no time.

This is the best picture I could get of his foot size.

He can now stand on his own for up to a minute, but can't get to standing without holding on to something. He's started letting go of things once he gets to standing. He walks around the house holding onto furniture or our hands. He's really close to actually taking those steps by himself. Maybe by next month!

Posted in: Growth pictures, Jake on at at 12:12 AM 0 comments    

My college roommate/BFF/Los Angeles travelmate Erin got married on June 18th. I was one of the bridesmaids, along with our other roommate Gillian... and 7 other girls. I'm not going to post a bunch of pictures here, mostly because I'm still on the slow-upload train, but also because it's hard to pick the best ones without posting too many. So if you want to see my 75 favorites, go here to see the album on Facebook.

At the rehearsal dinner.

The Candy Bar at the reception! I was so excited about it!

My first bag of candy from the candy bar.

Yay! We're all married now!

They had a video guest book at the reception, so Gillian, her husband John, and I used items at the reception to make a representation of the tot we had in college (see here) to be with us in the video.

If you want to see more pics from the weekend, go here.

Posted in: candy, friends, roommates on Friday, July 16, 2010 at at 11:35 PM 0 comments    

Yes, it's been a month since I posted.
I had been out of town the week before the Father's Day post for Erin's wedding. The week after I got back was spent packing up the house. That Friday we moved. The next week was spent with no internet at the house. This past week was spent reading Eclipse as I was going to see it with friends last night.
I was planning on posting tonight, but the internet is too slow to post pictures. We're out in the country now and there is no cable internet out here. So we bought this nifty little doo-dad that creates a wi-fi hotspot within the house, but it has to be placed in the window to get a good signal. We are waiting for the USB extension cord to come in to do that.So you'll have to wait.

Soon posts will include:
Erin's wedding
Weeks 2, 3, and 4 with the boys
The fourth of July
Sunday School fellowship

So hold your breath! Or don't. Because the extension cord is on 3-5 day shipping.
Here's one picture to tide you over...

Posted in: Jake on Friday, July 09, 2010 at at 9:53 PM 0 comments