Summer update

Once again I have gone a long time without posting. This time it is because we have been traveling - we went to Montana to meet up with my family and then to Yosemite with friends. Lots of car time for Abel! He didn't really like it too much, though you can't tell from the picture.

Montana was great! It was a lot of fun to see my family and good for Abel to see everyone, and vice versa. My sister and brother (and their spouses) hadn't been around him since he was two months old, so he had changed a lot. He loved my niece - every time she came close to him he would start giggling. It was really cute. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures because my sister had the good camera and I can't figure out how to get Snapfish pictures onto the blog - they turn out really small when I try to upload them. I'll have to ask about that.

We went to Yellowstone one day - here we are in front of Old Faithful.

Yosemite was fun too. J climbed Half Dome with some friends. It's a 17-mile hike, and they did it overnight. Impressive! I stayed back with Abel and we slept. :) This was our second time visiting the park and I was reminded how much I like it - I think we have decided we will go back every year.
Abel is good! He's getting really close to crawling - he has his army crawl down pat and can get up and crawl for a bit, but just needs to decide to do it. He's eating all sorts of foods now. It seems like eating takes up a lot of our day. He will be 9 months old tomorrow. Time is flying!

I took two pictures to show his crazy hair. I combed it down at first and then tried to get it to all stick up. After a bath it looks pretty funny.


He's starting to pull himself up on things. Sadly, we don't have too many things around for him to pull himself up on, so he's going to get bored quickly. He uses me a lot. Poor kid.

A long time

It's been a while since our last post - two months actually! Sorry for the delay. We were busy in April with visitors and then our AC adapter went on the fritz so our computer wasn't working. All that to say, no pictures of Abel.

He's been changing a lot! We started solids, and he's eating like a champ. He's had bananas, avocado, sweet potato, peas, green beans, acorn squash, oatmeal, rice and prunes. He seems to really like everything except for the green beans, but J was clever and snuck them in with the oatmeal and now he will eat them.

He wasn't much of a fan at first

But now he loves to eat!

He has also gone mobile. He has been rolling in both directions for a while now, and about a month ago he developed a little scoot. Unfortunately, he could only scoot backwards, which caused him some frustration. But he has now mastered the army crawl and can get to where he wants to go quicker than I want him to!

He came from across the room to get my shoe

And, he has teeth! His two bottom teeth have come in. In the first picture I don't know if you will be able to see them, but I think you can in the second one.
Here are some more pictures from the past couple months.

Grandma & Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa B are here for a visit! Abel is getting lots of love and attention (and new clothes!).

We had him dedicated at church on Sunday. It was a nice service. The pictures didn't turn out that well at church, but we got some good ones afterwards. My mom got him a new outfit - he looked very handsome and all grown up!

We went to the zoo one day. I don't think he really cared about the animals. Maybe in a few months. We thought they were cool. They had zebras, giraffes, elephants, tigers, bears, chimps - it's a pretty good zoo! The chimps were fun to watch. They were giving them bananas and they would peel them and eat them nicely and then eat the peel. Ha.

We gave him a bath yesterday and my mom thought to try out his sunglasses - isn't this picture adorable? I thought he might be bothered by having them on, but he didn't mind a bit. He usually is pretty active in the bath, kicking and splashing, but once we put the glasses on him he was really chill. Maybe it was the new view.

Here are a couple other pictures from the week, and from earlier - I haven't updated the blog in a bit.

He's getting really close to sitting up on his own.

He likes to roll over a lot now, and has started trying to do it in his swing. Maybe we should strap him in.

Family Pictures

I realized recently that almost all of the pictures on here (and that we take in general) are just of Abel. That's okay because he's pretty cute, but I want to try to be better about taking pictures of him with us too - so that later he realizes that he does indeed have parents. It's hard to remember to bring out the camera in the evenings, but we got some the other day.

So far he hasn't turned out to be the chunky baby I thought he might be earlier in life (and that his dad wishes he would be), but he still has cute little rolls on his legs.

We swaddle him at night and for his long nap. He doesn't really like it that much but it is necessary keep him from flailing his arms and waking himself up. I will often come out in the morning to find that he has gotten his arms out. Lately, he has been really cute when he wakes up - he will just talk and coo for a while, playing by himself. I think this was right after a nap.

Of course, then the hand goes to the mouth - he loves to chew on those hands! J is fearful that we may have a thumbsucker, but we're hoping it's too early to tell.

Spring Fever

Is everyone ready for spring? We really can't complain living in CA because we have had a great winter, but the past couple weeks have been rainy and we have been shut inside. Abel is ready for warmer and sunnier weather!

We're doing well. We haven't been up to much lately. I recently started a swimming class on Monday and Wednesday evenings, so Abel stays home with dad. I don't think I have reported how much he loves his papa. It's quite funny - J can make him laugh just by walking in the room. It's really cute.

And of course, Abel is growing well. He learned how to roll over from his back to his tummy! We are very proud. :) He continues to be a lot of fun - he's generous with his smiles and even giggles too, especially for his dad. It's getting more fun as he is developing more of a personality.

We went to J's sister's house for our niece's birthday

Abel and Clarissa, the birthday girl (and her brother Jeremiah, going in for a smooch)


Love that face!

Cute boy

Here are some recent pictures. There's not much to say about them, except he's getting big fast!

I couldn't decide which picture I liked better, so you get both.

3 months

Our little boy is 3 months old! Whoa. It's going quite fast. He's been doing lots of smiling and starting to laugh. He's been sleeping great, which has been a blessing. He has discovered his hands and thinks they are very fun to chew. He rolled over once, but we think it was an accident - he hasn't done it since.

Here are some recent pictures. Sorry, I'm not a great photographer, so lots our pictures are him sitting on the couch. :)

It kind of looks like he has a bad toupee. Nice.

A cute dino outfit from cousins Kent and Becky - this is his "I'm cool" look.


He's started grabbing his toys - he plays a mean tug-of-war with his dad.

Uncle Nik went to China and got him a Chinese baby outfit