Bath Time is a Good Time!

One of the best times of the day is after J has had his bath.  He won't let me dry him off but instead crawls around the house naked and dripping wet.  He loves this...a true exhibitionist.

I love that little face!

In His Shoes

Check out J's kicks.  Those are 29 year old Nike's that Scott wore when he was a baby.  We had to cram J's pudgy feet into them but it was totally worth it.  By the way, can you tell these two are related?!?

Could these two be any cuter?  Notice Rob in the background yawning....that is why you don't run 30 miles before breakfast!

He's a big boy!

How We Spent Our Summer

So I have decided that I'm not very good at blogging.  I let months pass between posts and it starts to nag at me like homework that I haven't done.  I should be better and will be better at updating.  Especially if I remember to charge the camera battery so I can upload the photos!

Anyway, this past summer has been so much fun for our little family.  Scott and I are amazed at how fast J is growing and changing.  He's crawling,babbling and even wearing big boy clothes.  We love being his parents and we feel very lucky.

There have been some growing pains along the way, mostly in the teeth region.  July and August were pretty rough months for us as far as sleep goes. There were many nights when I had to load J into the car seat around 2:00 a.m. and take him on a drive so he would fall asleep. Those drives were brutal but J has six teeth to show for it and I have some pretty nice dark circles under my eyes. The good news, he is officially sleeping through the night.  However I did buy under eye concealer...just in case.

Looking back at the summer, some of my favorite memories were spent at the beach. James loved spending the day at the beach just watching the waves and playing under his umbrella.  He even got used to putting his feet in the water and letting waves rush up against him.  The jury is out on whether he really liked this or not but since he didn't cry, we will take that as enjoyment.

Okay, enough of the writing already.  I'll give you what you really want...pictures.

This umbrella saved us all summer.  I don't know how I ever went to the beach without it.

Cousin Tess bought James his super sweet swimsuit.

This day we met Scott after work for an evening at the beach.

Beach picnic at La Jolla Shores.  J spent most of the time on the blanket with grandpa.

Grandpa and Grandma Olson visited us for Labor Day weekend.  It took J a day to warm up to Grandpa O. but once he did, they were best buds.