Aunts Rachel & Kara in NY

CJ met his Aunts Rachel and Kara on April 16th when they came to visit from California. Kara stayed for a long weekend, and Rachel was able to extend her trip through the following week so she could attend Aunt Maggie's wedding shower in New Jersey.

Since this was their first time meeting CJ, we spent a lot of time at the apartment just hanging out and cooking dinner every night. We also went on walks in the neighborhood, ran errands, and hung out in Central Park almost every day (even though the weather could have been better).

Here are some of the highlights from around the apartment











And from the park










More photos from Rachel and Kara's visit are posted here in CJ's photo journal.

2-Month Milestones & Pictures

CJ turned 2 months old today and had his 2-month well baby visit with the pediatrician yesterday. He now weighs 10 lbs 4 oz and is 22.25" long compared to 8 lbs 6oz and 22" last month.

This visit wasn't as pleasant as last month though. CJ got his first vaccination shots. Here's a few pictures of him shortly after...


At two months, CJ still sleeps a lot, about 13-15 hours a day. He's eating more during the day, sometimes every 1-2 hours, but less at night. Last week he started sleeping 5 hours in a row from 9/10pm to 2 or 3am -- and he even had one night with a 7-hour stretch!

CJ has also begun talking more. His favorite words are oooh, cooh, and gooo. He especially likes chatting in the evenings and anytime he's getting his diaper changed. He's also much more alert during the day. He no longer quickly falls asleep whenever we go out in the stroller. Now, he's much too preoccupied with other people and things around us.

Here are a few of CJ's other 2-month milestones and photos:

Discoveries - his giraffe blanket toy

Accomplishments - lifts his head, holds his head up steady, pushes his chest up when lying on his stomach, standing up on mom's lap, talking back, and looking to see where noises are coming from

Feeding himself!

A nice day in the park.


One of his first smiling photos.

CJ's First Easter

We spent Easter weekend at grandma's house in New Jersey. On Good Friday, CJ got to experience his first lunch at Bedens Brook.


And later got to meet his godfather Nick Long.

On Sunday morning, we took CJ to church for the first time. And after, had breakfast and lounged outside in the nice weather at grandma's house.







On Sunday afternoon, we had lunch at CJ's great aunt and uncle's house in Philadelphia.


Lots more pictures from Easter weekend are posted here!