These are the first pictures of our new family, after the addition of Charlie. These pictures were taken on November 17th during Jay’s first visit.
Category: Firsts
first haircut
It’s photos like this,
this,
and especially this one…
that made it really hard to ignore the fact that my little Jay Bird was in desperate need of his first haircut. That and the fact that I could no longer tame it with comb and a little water. Knowing that his curls would not disappear (like so many people said they would) Jamie and I decided to bite the bullet when Aunt Holly opened the barber shop and to get it cut. Bribed with a few jelly beans to sit still and sitting in his booster chair on top of an Outburst box he was transformed into a little boy… thanks Aunt Holly (the great) for the great new do!
I don’t have any great after shots- sorry; however, some of the most recent photos that have been posted show off the new do. Check them out to see his handsome little self :)
a very special book to share
It’s no secret around here that our little Jay Bird loves a good book. He will crawl up into almost anyone’s lap, book in hand and sign “please” practically begging you to read to him. I challenge you to try and say no to his sweet little face; I simply don’t think it’s possible.
A little more than a month ago I ordered a very special book for Jay to share with all of our friends and family. Little by little, he crawled into each of their laps and had them read to him. Why is this book, “Things I Love…” so special you ask? Well, the end of this book marks a very exciting beginning for our family…
It reads…
But while I have loved being the number one son,
I know being a BIG BROTHER will be much more fun!!
Baby #2 due Thanksgiving 2011!!!!!!
Jamie , Jay and I are so very excited to share that this Thanksgiving we will have one more thing to be grateful for- a brand new baby, a fourth member of our family!!
And while we weren’t able to tell everyone in person I did have my camera out when we did and here are some of their reactions. They weren’t as shocked as the ones we had when we told them about Jay but they were fun to get on camera just the same!
a few steps
Just over the last few days Jay has taken multiple steps on his own. More often than not I think that he forgets what he is doing and takes them without even thinking. He is usually “walking” towards one of the animals or to get a phone or other electronic device he shouldn’t have. Occasionally, he will take a few steps to either me or Jamie; which I love- it’s great to have him walk to you!
Last weekend when he was playing with Piper I accidentally got a few of those steps on tape. Yippee for cool accidents :-) He was super excited to be playing with Piper, although I am not sure that Piper thinks it was too great since he just hands her the toy but he LOVED it. The first clip (towards the end) shows him taking a few steps, the second shows just a few more before Piper gets too excited to let him take anymore and in the last clip he is too excited to walk at all- it’s still adorable though. Enjoy!
p.s. sorry for the background laughing in the video, just can’t help myself!
Jay really loved seeing himself and Piper playing on the camera after it had been video taped. He heard the voices from across the room after I started playing it back, crawled up into my lap and watched fascinated until he had seen all of them.
breaking news
steps have been taken!!
We certainly do not have a full on walker by any means but our little Jay Bird has spread his wings and taken his first few steps! I still continue to think that he won’t really and truly walk until he is really sure he can- he is a very deliberate little boy, just like his Daddy, but we are excited none the less AND Daddy was home to see them too! I don’t have any pictures to show for it. We instead were simply enjoying the moment with him; but, I do have this super cute video to share instead. It has a little bit of everything from the last few weeks. A little laughing, a little playing with Daddy, a little dancing and a little bit of “old man” walker action. He was so tickled that he could push Aunt Martha’s old stool around the office- check out that proud grin!
Love, love, love this little boy!
christmas catch up…
We took so many pictures over the holidays and I have been steadily trying to play catch up. I have finally sorted through all of our holiday ones so here they are…
Sit back, relax and stay awhile :-)
coloring…
play date
this is Eli
He and his Mommy, Whitney, invited us over today to play. It was a very nice treat to get out of the house and hang out somewhere different for a change. The boys enjoyed playing “together” or at least playing in the same room together. It is so fun to watch them interact at this age.
Most of the playing looked like this…
and this…
and sometimes they just crawled over each other…
I did pull out my camera a little before we left to grab a few photos- since that is what I do. When I did Eli was really intrigued by the large black thing that I kept pointing in his face (guess he isn’t as used to it as Jay is). Isn’t he cute?
Regardless of how the kiddos played it was a really nice treat to get out the house, play with someone else’s toys and have adult conversation. We are looking forward to being able to do it again Whitney; thanks for having us!
pickles!
On Tuesday when Grandpa was over having lunch with us I thought it would be funny to see Jay’s face when he tasted a dill pickle. So after he finished his lunch I handed Jamie the rest of my pickle to give to him. Much to our surprise Jay loved the pickle and didn’t make any silly, squishy faces while eating it! So yesterday I gave him another after he was finished eating and he gobbled it up again. Guess I will have to put in his baby book that his first real table food was a pickle… Enjoy the pictures, I think they are too funny!
swinging!
Lately I have been taking Jay over to the Cady Way Park, a fairly good park for kids within walking distance from the house. It has been really nice to get out during the day, especially since it has been a little cooler lately (to my Canadian family- this is all relative, it’s still in the 90’s here). Jay has really enjoyed going to the park as well. This comes as no surprise to me since he can people watch outside there and what could be better?
Here are a few pictures of Jay swinging from our first trip.
the perreault family 