Discuss: Do You See the Jimsemblance?

I finally found that baby picture of Jim (when his hair was starting to turn from blonde to a more reddish-brown). Compare it with a picture of Jimmy when he was a bit younger. Can you see the resemblance now?

All Smiles: The Movie

All Smiles

Josie's been smiling for a few weeks, actually, but we haven't caught any on film. Here she is on Jimmy's bed while he was taking his bath tonight. This lopsided grin is cute, but the best is when she gives us the full all-gums smile!

"Jimmy Week" at School

This week is "Jimmy Week" at pre-school. Jimmy will be bringing in a poster about himself, and he has to do show and tell each day! What will he show? Here are all his ideas:

1. Monday: his Union Pacific metal train
2. Wednesday: his planet Earth rubber ball
3. Friday: a picture of Josie (aw!)
   
   

Be sure to click on this picture of the poster alone--it's at a higher resolution and you'll be able to see all the drawings he did. He doesn't draw often, but he really got into it today and was proud of his work. Good job, Buddy!

Mama & Josie

I keep working on putting Josie in her carrier every other day or so--she really does seem to like it. It'll be nice, though, when she can finally hold her head up more so that I can turn her the other way around and she can explore things.

Weekend in Carol Stream

While Daddy and Uncle Danny played golf, Jimmy, Dominik, Josie, Auntie Anuta and Nadia went for a nice walk in Carol Stream.








Jimmy rode his bike the farthest he's ever gone (he rode for an hour!), and everyone had a nice time.










Josie was bundled well by Nadia; the sun was warm but the wind was cool!

Josie's "Lamby"

Thanks to a gift from Auntie Anuta and Uncle Danny, Josie now has her version of Jimmy's Lamby: her name is Bubbles the cat!

Big Bro Love

Jimmy finally got close to Josie for a picture. He had fun lying on the floor with his little sis. That boy sure has a large cranium, though.
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And Josie was just hanging out today in her purple romper, staring out the window! She's already 12 lbs. by the way, and 23 inches. Yowza! That's one long (and big) baby!

Grampy's 60th

Jimmy helped Grampy blow out his birthday candles today. When I asked Jimmy what he wanted to get Grampy for his birthday, he said, "I'm going to tell Grampy he gets to play with me! That's my surprise!" Grampy got a good chuckle out of that.

And then Grampy wanted a picture with all his Illinois grandkids!

Learning Photoshop

We've been working on getting some good photos of Josie for use in her birth announcements (coming someday!). Yesterday we shot some pix, which came out okay. Don't think we'll use them, though, since Josie's face is still recovering from a mysterious rash. Can't tell? That's because I've been learning how to use Photoshop Elements' Healing Brush! Just click, and remove those tiny red bumps!

Eye of the Tire

Jim and dad had fun climbing into this tractor tire at the county fair!

Who Moved My Cheese?

Here's some of the gang deciding what kind of fried cheese to get. This is a staple of the county fair experience. I usually opt for the swiss and rye--fried on a stick--with German mustard dippin' sauce!






Here's most of the gang outside the sheep barn.

First Corn Dog, Second Coaster

Jimmy had his first corn dog today. Grampy had loaded it up with ketchup, which Dad promptly wiped off a bit . . . some of it is still on Jimmy's chin. Jimmy ate the WHOLE corn dog!

Jimmy really wanted to ride the roller coaster this year! He had a lot of fun on the "caterpillar train."

Tale of Two Dads

Here are the two dads, soothing their babies at Nana's house. The babies spent time with Grammy and Auntie Jeannie today while everyone went to the Walworth County Fair.