The Last Idyllic Days

 

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Baby Girl, who remains stubbornly in my belly (despite herculean efforts by our Doctors that would make for a great horror film). Jamisen remains blissfully unaware that he soon will have the divided attention of his parents (but plus side, he'll have a friend and a built in play date forever).

  

We remain enamored with our new home, thankful that we moved and feeling very excited about some of the amenities like this retrotastic pink bathtub for Jamisen to play in nightly. He loves bathtime!

  

He's even tried a little bit of immersion programming here:

  

 I've been working on a bath crayon recipe that Jamisen was very hesitant to play with. Every time he used a crayon to write on the walls, he asked to wash his hands in the faucet. He's not a fan of getting dirty. His teacher at Hillcrest told me that he asks for a paintbrush to do fingerpainting with!  

 Another joy in the new house is outdoor fun! We used to go to parks, almost daily (!), to get out and run and at our new house, we just step outside and there's always a new wonder to behold. Jamisen loves learning about everything going on and is very curious about all things water-related especially.  

 I'll admit, he wasn't a fan of my homemade sidewalk chalk. He mostly watched me draw, "Help, help, Mama!" but was thoughtful enough to pose for some photos to make it look like he was totally into it.

  

What he really got excited about was the clean up! Yeah! Water! He washed and washed that sidewalk until it was fully clean and then some.

  

 One of our new routines in the house is reading in Mommy and Daddy's bed before bedtime. Jamisen just snuggles up in his after bath towel, and we read and read and read. He always says "More! More books!" when it's time to go to sleep. I can never deny him more books or more reading time (after all, I'm the girl that would stay up all night reading when I was younger and still stay up way later than is prudent to this day!) so I always grant him one more. He carefully picks the longest one, and just when I get a few pages from the end, deliberately turns the pages almost all the way back to the beginning, ostensibly to pick up a major plot point. He's a clever one, our little Jamisen. 

  

All of the baby equipment is out and ready for Baby Girl's arrival. Stay tuned for her name. We have the full list of possible names here. We'll be choosing from one of them tomorrow!