As you can see from the photos, he really was quite unaware of the other baby (a girl none the less!) and basically ignored her the entire time.
Thankfully his Mama, Rachel, and I are good friends so we chatted the entire time as we watched our children drool and willfully ignore eachother.
At one point, I was positive Eliza Rose was going to show her rolling skills and effectively show Jamisen who was boss but nah, she was just stretching.
New outfits from our friends Jeff and Lynette who give us hand-me-downs from their twin boys that are barely barely used and are always always adorable.
A hairstyle the military would be proud of!
Wearing Grandpa's Guatemala hat.
Reading the always exciting "One Fish, Two Fish" book.
I constantly say that I have the best friends in the world. The adorable baby hot tub above is just one more reason for me to love my friends. It was a gift from entrepreneur Bob Pritchett and his lovely wife Audra. Side note: Bob runs an awesome Bible Software company so if you're looking for Bible Software, Logos is the place to shop. Jamisen LOVES his bathtub and the unique shape lets him sit upright, leaving his hands free to play in the water.
Another gift from an awesome entrepreneur friend, Jeff Hill and his wife Lynette, this bathrobe makes Jamisen look like such the little dude. Side note: Jeff runs the 1-800-GOT-JUNK franchise in the Seattle area and also a very neat no-cardboard-boxes moving solution called 'FrogBox'.
Notice Jamisen's favorite 'One Fish, Two Fish' book in the background as Grandpa reads the always amazing "Moo Moo Baa La La" book (a gift from Artist Lisa McShane. She has one of Jamisen's favorite shoulders to spit up on.) Jamisen still is loving his reading time AND as his neck strength improves, we're noticing he has a longer attention span during reading time too.
Jamisen is so much fun. We laugh all the time, especially now that he's getting close to laughing. While he's not laughing, he is definitely shrieking in that high pitched way that only babies can. It's adorable. He is STILL nowhere close to sleeping through the night. His longest stretch is 3 hours and it usually starts at 7 p.m. so Chris and I are both a bit zombified every day but one smile from Jamisen at his 6 a.m. wake time and we're rarin' to greet the day with our little boy.
One of the things that has saved me in the mornings when Jamisen wakes up rarin' to go at 6:00 a.m. (he is his Mother's son for sure; I'm a super happy hyper morning person!) is the BOB stroller. Chris found one used for me on Craiglist and it is amazing! I love that it has shock absorbers. Jamisen and I run to the co-op in the morning where I get a decaff, caramel sauce, hempmilk latte which promptly negates any calories I may have burned on the jog. That drink also clearly identifies me as 'high maintenance'. Ha!
Jamisen's latest trick is rolling from front to back. He still doesn't roll from back to front (but given that he doesn't like tummy time, I can't say I'm surprised). He did this trick right when his Dad walked in the door on Wednesday. We were quite delighted and obviously showered praises on him, as if he had just solved Pythagoras' theorem. Just call us "proud parents." The one thing about parenthood that surprises me the most is how much fun it is! I didn't expect it to be this much fun on a daily basis and we're already talking about adding a little brother or little sister to the family.
We have figured out how to best shop with Jamisen - we put his car seat into the bottom of the shopping cart and go tooling through the store. He LOVES the trip down the aisles and his eyes are SO wide looking at all the colors. We don't have a lot of room in the cart for groceries but you can't have it all.
Already starting his political career
Jamisen attended his first political fundraiser and we got some fantastic photos of the (hopefully!) next Mayor of Bellingham doing lots of kissing of his forehead. With his tie, he was a hit! And everyone at the party complemented Chris on how amazing he was with Jamisen. I could've told 'em that but it was sure nice to hear other people raving about Jamisen's Daddy.
Little hat for a little man
Jamisen has a new sun hat for the lake. It's less bonnet like and more fisherman, though he looks nothing like a crusty old fisherman and more like a spry little fly guy.
Working with Daddy
He's getting good with his neck and sits up and watches Daddy work on the weekends. This is a new thing and most of the time, he uses the opportunity to spit up but since he's still our spitter (the Doctor says it will be over soon enough; I don't believe her), that's pretty much par for the course.
Wearing a tie to help Daddy
If Jamisen looks like he's gaining weight ... it's because he is! He is in the 19% weight percentile now at 12 pounds, 5 ounces. Yay! So even though we're having to supplement breastmilk with some formula, it's 100% worth it (hormones in the formula be damned; maybe they'll help him grow I guess) because he's finally growing. We're thrilled with the fact that he's over 12 pounds and are looking forward to that correlating to him sleeping through the night (for which we are nowhere close - we're still at 3 hour stretches). I'm looking forward to giving you a good sleep report ... hopefully soon!
