New House Pics & BBC Pool

We spent Memorial Day weekend in NJ seeing the new house and doing some shopping. Before heading to the train, CJ tried out the big boy seat to his stroller.

Here are a few pictures of our soon to be new home!

This will be CJ's room:

The pool at Bedens Brook also opened Memorial Day weekend. CJ definitely had the right outfit!

3-Month Milestones & Pictures

CJ turned 3 months old on May 14th. We saw the pediatrician for his 3-month well baby visit this week. He now weighs 12 lbs 1 oz and is 23.75" long (compared to 10 lbs 4 oz and 22.25" last month).

Fortunately there were no shots this month (he will get the same series of 3 shots that he had at 2 months during his 4-month visit in June). The doctor said CJ looks great. She commented that he was very expressive and chatty but also seemed to have a bit of stranger anxiety because of the way he reacted towards her. She said this was actually a good thing because it means he shouldn't have it later around 9 months when most babies have it.

At three months CJ is an excellent nighttime sleeper. He goes to sleep around 8:30 and sleeps for 10-12 hours. Daytime naps are another story. He doesn't like to nap during the day, and when he does, it's anywhere but in his crib.

CJ's big discovery this month was his feet. He began starring at them when in his stroller or propped up on the couch and is now reaching for and grabbing them. He also brings his hands together and reaches for and holds on to objects. And, he smiles more, makes squealing noises, and laughs too (and not just in his sleep).

Here are a few photos from the day after CJ's 3-month birthday at our Boogie Baby workout and music class combo in the park.

(no those aren't mom's legs, but CJ sure did seem to enjoy this)

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.