Fam-Lee

Well, we got our new license plate this week. Our SUV will proudly proclaim that we are "One Fami-Lee!"



...also, Jake can now roll over to his back again (thank goodness- it was getting tiring doing it for him!). We'll try to capture some video of this amazing feat.

the pool

Last week we took a lovely trip out to Bethany Beach, DE.




The weather was terrible- thunderstorms every day!- but it was a relaxing time, and nice to hang out with Andrew's family. We took Jake to the indoor pool every day. He looked super-cool in his adorable swim trunks:



My two boys really had a fun time:




Jake took right to the water! He seemed to really enjoy "splashing", something I taught him in the bathtub. He now does it like his job; "Oh, water? Must be time to splash. Splash, splash, splash." He does this adorable thing when he's on his belly- he flails both arms and legs like he's doggy-paddling. It was too cute to hold him horizontally in the water and watch him do the same thing! He was totally "swimming"! I'm so happy that he likes the water so much, and can't wait to play with him more this summer!!

Here's a short video of his first adventure in the pool!

Easter

Hunting for Easter eggs is probably my favorite Easter tradition; I've done it every year. This year, Andrew hid eggs for both Jake and me- here we are in the front yard finding the easy ones wish Jake. He was interested in the brightly-colored (contrasting) eggs; he seemed to be able to actually notice them when they were "hidden". I was terribly proud of him- continuing the tradition!






Here's Jake's two Easter outfits:

Not a fan of the carrots...

Solid food experiments, day 2: Jake definitely prefers spitting the carrots on me (and rubbing them in his hair) to actually eating them. We're switching to bananas tomorrow.

mashed carrots

Well, thanks to the two teeth pictured below, we decided it might be time for Jacob to try baby food. I was all for waiting as long as possible (I love nursing him!), but he's been really interested in our food for a few weeks now, so it was as good a time as any. We started with mashed carrots, not the ideal first food, but one he was familiar with after the frozen carrot adventure.

Here's a (rather long) clip of our first adventure into real food. I love how he is really interested in the food at the beginning ("hmmmm... what is this?"), and then he suddenly decides that he doesn't like it at all ("Yuck, this is terrible!"). We stopped filming then, but believe me that we tried for a further 10 minutes. Jake had decided that mashed carrots were yucky, and we weren't changing his mind. His disgusted faces were adorable.

He did, however, enjoy feeding himself- he grabbed the spoon and put it and the food in his mouth. That was the only way he would eat anything, towards the end. I feel like he's growing up waaaay too fast.

teeth

We have teeth! Yes, 'teeth' plural! Here's one of the few good pictures (ie- no tongue) of Jake's existing tooth... and you can also just see the next one breaking through the skin. He's been a little trooper, not fussing too much, but we can tell he's not loving this. Hopefully, the next teeth will take a while before they decide to arrive.

This is what happens when Andrew hangs out with Jake...

I found this video on the camera, and have no idea when it was taken. Apparently this is what Andrew and Jake do when they're together. I love how Jake's so into the cars. Could he be any more of a boy?