Splish Splash!

Bathtime is one of J's favorite things to do. He gets so excited when he hears the water turn on and crawls as fast as he can to the side of the tub. He pulls himself up to see his big rubber duck tub being filled and squeals with excitement. Too bad the excitement doesn't last too long. If we are lucky we'll get him to sit and play with toys for a few minutes while we get his hair and body washed. But usually he's trying to stand up almost immediately. His favorite bathtime toys are his animal washcloths which are like puppets - he grins from ear to ear, and he also just loves this little starfish toy that squirts water at him out of one of the arms. He likes when you keep squeezing after the water is gone and it's just air. Here are a few fun bath pictures...

The many faces of teething...

It's funny, the most popular teething toy in our house is the teething gel itself. Must be a texture thing or maybe he's already associating it with some relief. J has been teething since early May. The bottom two teeth came in mid-May and his top right came in just about a week ago. We're still working on that top left...it's so close! Hopefully we'll have some fun toothy grins for you all in the near future. For now, you'll have to settle for the cute bottom tooth shot (above right). Now off to bed...the chances that the tooth will make its grand entrance tonight...i'd say 50/50. Sooooo much for sleeping through the night!

Fourth of July

We spent the 4th in LA at the beach! Here's some adorable pictures of J and cousin, Gmae. J just loves G and like a typical boy, chases her all around. Last time we visited neither of the kids were crawling. Now they are tearing around the apartment and pulling themselves up everywhere!

Michigan!

After adjusting to the humidity and jetlag, we had a wonderful trip! Jackson got to spend time with his maternal grandparents and Auntie Lindsay and Uncle Jason as well. We took a trip to Ann Arbor to see Amanda and Steve where J got to play with Ruben his favorite dog friend. We also got to see a lot of my (H) friends and their kids - it was so fun to see the kids interact. D had a great Father's Day and received a money clip from Tiffany with "DAD" engraved on it. I'll keep the writing short as I know you just want to see pictures anyway :)