what do you think?

sooo....what color do you think these are?? we're thinking grey right now. but there's a slight ring of caramel-yellow showing up around his pupil, that is very similar to mommy's eyes.

laughing with mommy

peek-a-boo!

we took micah for a walk today, but it was a little chilly so he kept pulling the blanket over his face. hahaha he reminds me of the old kilroy cartoon. look at the intensity in his eyes, hahaha!

growing so fast!!

these are our favorite jammies right now. and unfortunately i think they're only going to fit micah for a little bit longer, his legs just barely straighten out in them. he's growing so fast! every day he's doing something new...smiling, laughing, cooing, babbling. he's starting to notice things from across the room, like when daddy walks into sight he'll kick his legs like crazy and smile with excitement. it's so much fun to watch him have a good time playing with us. :)

burbank on parade!

this past saturday was the annual burbank city parade down olive blvd. right by our house. we met up with friends and brought the babies out for breakfast at tallyrand (directly behind me in the photo) and then stood on the curb watching as the parade passed by. it was a bit windy, so micah wasn't in the best of spirits. once he konked out in his stroller he was just fine though.

cookie monster

micah's starting to learn how to grab and hold things, and even put them in his mouth. we place the toy on his belly or in front of him, and he takes it from there. sometimes we aren't quite sure that he's actually intending to grab the toy and shove it in his mouth...but we'd like to think it's intentional :)

micah is now officially a hipster

grandma turnbow is visiting for a few days. so we spent the day shopping at the americana in glendale yesterday, and found these SWEET sunglasses for micah. we've definitely needed some shades for this little man, everytime we drive east the sun shines directly in his face because we don't have one of those gay suction cup sun shades yet :) so he'll definitely enjoy these.

curious george jack-in-the-box

we found a vintage tin jack-in-the-box that we think is curious george. so we've been starting to train micah to get used to it, so he's not be startled by these scary things. i don't want him to be all jumpy like daddy for the rest of his life. :)

family trip to olvera street

today we took a family trip to olvera street in downtown LA to research josh's ninjito wardrobe. micah got to try on some incredibly embellished sombrero hats for reference :)

and we even ran into john wayne in the saddle shop!

12 weeks old!

elephant growth chart:

4 weeks old:

8 weeks old:

12 weeks old:

an afternoon at the descanso gardens

today we had a relaxing stroll through the descanso gardens in la canada with our friend from church channa and her two kids jaeda and asher. we'll definitely have to go back with daddy and explore more next time.

there's a huge koi pond with tons of fish


this is under a tree in the enormous rose garden

micah chillaxin on a bench in the lilac garden

barely was able to capture an image of a butterfly

this is jaeda :)


laughing with mommy in the japanese garden

little teddy bear

the weather down here is starting to warm up, so we utilized a cooler evening this week to put micah in this adorable teddy bear fuzzy jacket before he outgrows it :(

this one reminds me of the kid in the red snowsuit from a christmas story, hahaha

easter photo op with mommy

our little bean's first easter

yesterday we celebrated our first easter with our little boy. we snapped some pictures of him out in our front yard with his easter basket and eggs before he konked out hard and took a solid 3 hour nap upstairs while everyone came over for easter dinner. we really had a fantastic time with all our friends, and once micah woke up he came down and flirted with all the girls, smiling and gurgling and cooing. :)

he was very very upset by the whole sitting in the basket thing :)

bubble blowing

now that micah's babbling and cooing he loves to blow bubbles with his mouth. the other day a huge bubble drifted down his chin and chilled there for about 10 minutes. haha!

my little bunny rabbit

today we had a little sitting up time and worked on building micah's neck muscles. he's getting so good at holding up his head, and is even kinda using his abs to try and stay upright against a pillow. i think he looks kinda like a bunny rabbit in the end of this video, hahaha :) so cute!

sleeping in with daddy

daddy worked really late last night and didn't get home until 3am this morning. mommy woke up early (9:00) and put micah in bed with daddy so micah got the privilege to sleep in with him . those sleepy boys sure enjoyed a lazy morning. :)

a sunday out without daddy

we had a bit of a rough mid-part of the day today. the morning began fantastic. daddy's working, but micah and i woke up bright and early (that's 9am) and got ready for the day. got dressed, ate, played and laughed a little. then we headed off to church and scored a sweet front curb parking spot that i swiftly parallel parked in one sweeping move. what a great day so far!

the day took a downturn as i was leaning over unstrapping little micah from his carseat and didn't see his pudgy little pinky finger was resting fairly close to the clasp on his binkie holder. when i un-did it, his pinky got pinched pretty hard, and he definitely let it be known. suffice it to say, he went ballistic. i got him into the baby bjorn and settled him down, but he was still huffing a little by the time we got into the foyer. within seconds of hearing the loud music and drums, it was ballistic 2.0 so we retreated to the mommy and me room. we got settled, but even the loudness coming from the TV was upsetting him, so i thought to myself "hmm... what can i do to settle him down? i know! i'll breastfeed" even though technically it wasn't time to eat yet, he'd just finished eating less than an hour ago. but it certainly settled him down. once church service was over, we packed up and got ready to go do the meet and greet in the foyer. the minute micah sat upright...PUKE. all.the.milk. i guess in his heart he desired to eat, but his tummy must've been full still.

so now micah and i with my soaked wet tank top gather our gear and i toss the diaper bag over my shoulder and feel a pinch on my back. oh well, i keep walking. we're hanging out, saying our hellos and goodbyes to everyone and someone asks why i'm bleeding. what? i ask. i turn and look in the mirror and have a stream of blood dripping down my back shoulder onto my clothes. i suppose the buckle from the diaper bag stabbed me. what a day! i felt pretty overwhelmed carrying micah on my chest, dabbing a wound on my back, and hefting a diaper bag. i don't know how anyone ventures out of their house with a baby and no husband to help out. :) i think i'll make sure to let josh know how appreciative i am of him when he gets home tonight. it's hard to do it all alone!

once we got home we took naps and now we are feeling much better. micah's smiling and being a goober babbling on and on and i have a bandaid on my back and a fresh clean shirt on.

crib time and the magical mobile

like i'd mentioned in an earlier post...that mobile hanging over micah's crib is like crack to him. he kicks and and smiles, just laying there talking to himself while the mobile spins and spins. once it stops, he starts to get upset. and once you get up and rewind it, he gets so excited, waving his arms and kicking both legs and smiling. you can see how he locks eyes on one of the animals and tracks it to the side, then finds the next animal and tracks that one. pretty good vision, hopefully it'll stay that way but it's unlikely since both daddy and mommy both needed glasses!

nakee nap time

micah looooooves to hang out in just his diaper. like father like son, they love to chill in just the draws. :)

a morning with mommy

if we move micah's chin up and down it usually sparks some smiles and talking... he was a little fussy this morning because we'd waited a little too long to eat breakfast.

learning to talk

micah's first word will officially be "aahh-goooo" :)
here's where we spend a lot of our time hanging out on the futon bed in micah's room. daddy and micah love to take naps here while mommy works at her desk a few feet away.

uncle jason stops through

jason stopped by for dinner on his drive down to san diego this past wednesday. it was his first meet and greet with the little bean and they had a fantastic time together. micah slept and nuzzled jason's neck, making jason feel incredibly masculine. :)