standing up in the play saucer

micah would like to thank aunt amanda and his cousins avery and colby for the play saucer. what a cool toy, he loves it! :) as you can see we're propping him up with a big book under his feet so he has more space to push off of. his little chubby legs aren't quite long enough to reach the floor yet, hahah.

first time swimming!

i took micah swimming with jen and viv the other day at the glassell park public swimming pool near eagle rock. he didn't seem to mind it much, although he didn't seem to care for it all that much either. he was kinda just chill about the whole thing. sucking on his thumb and looking around relaxing.

milestones!!

micah has definitely been reaching some major milestones in the past few weeks. he's taking his binkie in and out of his mouth (kinda), holding toys and bringing them up to his mouth, eating solid foods....

....batting and grabbing at the toys dangling from his jungle play mat


....and rolling over!!!!

memorial day bbq

we had a bbq at the park for memorial day with all our friends. you can't go wrong with a big blanket on a nice big grassy knoll, hot dogs, chips, pasta salad, and a little bit of bocce ball.

first solid meal!

micah received his first solid meal on may 24, 2009. he did pretty good, spit a lot of it out but i think 1/2 a tablespoon was swallowed :) every day he's getting better and better at it.

second round of immunizations :(

micah got his second round of immunizations at his 4 month pediatrician appointment a few weeks ago. he weighed in at 16lbs 13oz and 26.5" long! the doctor called him a "hefty boy" :)

his poor little chubbers legs :(

standing up with daddy

micah loves to hang out with daddy in the mornings when he's off work. they stand up and laugh and read books and sing songs. josh is such a fantastic daddy and micah loves him so much. :)

look at josh's profile compared to micah's... it's identical!! look at those noses! :)

sad to leave napa :(

micah was bummed when the time to leave came. thank you to grandma and grandpa, mimi and papa, and the chambers family for a great visit! see you soon!

i love my cousins

micah got to spend lots of time with his cousins, colby and avery. he can't wait until he's big enough to shoot hawks with a rifle with colby :) and spar with avery, she's a tough little girl. we think she'll be quite the fighter :)

like papa like grandson :)

i dunno about you, but i think those chins look awful alike :) hahahah

micah, mommy & his other mommies on mothers day

micah & his mommy

micah, mommy & daddy (josh doesn't count as a mommy, but somehow he snuck into the picture, haha!)


micah & his grandma cindy

micah & his mimi

mother's day brunch at the club

all our families got together for mother's day brunch on sunday at the golf course. it was so nice to spend the day with everyone together, and they had creme brulee...my favorite!!!

billings family moms & kids:
avery, amanda, me, micah, mimi & colby

billings family: brad, avery, amanda, papa, me, josh, mimi, micah & colby

turnbow family: lydia, grandma cindy, grandpa billy, caleb, josh, me & micah

micah's first haircut!!

the past few weeks micah's hair has been falling out RAPIDLY. i mean, we're talking long whispy hairs everywhere we look. in our mouth, in micah's mouth, on our clothes, sheets, blankets, binkies. everywhere. so we decided while we were in napa to have aunt amanda give him a buzz.

meet the cousins

micah's cousin avery is getting to know baby micah. she's still getting used to not being the baby in the house anymore! (cue screaming) :)

saturday at the farmers market

saturday we took our cool-cat son micah to the napa farmers market. the farmers market was pretty crappy, but we walked over to the oxbow market and got some organic ice cream from three twins ice cream...delish!

where's micah??

micah's new thing is being completely covered by blankets when he's sleeping. if we drape a blanky over his face (in a safe breathing manner) he instantly closes his eyes and gets tired. (with a few exceptions, this typically works).

here's micah completely camouflaged in his crib. the polka dot sheet blends nicely with the polka dot blanket, almost as if he's not even there. hahah :)

thumbsucker

it's been awhile since i posted because we just got back from a trip up to napa for mothers day. here's a few pictures of micah before we left. he's discovered his rattles as well as his thumb. he definitely loves to suck on his thumb, which is nice for us cause he knows how to self soothe finally! :)

here's micah chewing on the apple rattle from mimi. he loves to bite the rubbery tubes, good on the gums :)