http://www.malvolio.net/blog Life and times of the J Man. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today was Elliott's 2 month check up.  He's now 23" tall and 12 lbs. 2 oz.  He's just a few ounces more than what Jonah was at his 2 month check up.  I'm interested to see if Elliott follows Jonah in size as they both grow.  Otherwise everything checked out ... http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/07/14/elliott-2-month-check-up/ My parents pulled out a bunch of our old Sweet Pickles books and others for our visit last week. Here are a couple photos from that day. http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/07/12/recent-photos/ We had a great 4th of July weekend.  We ended up going to my parents' house up in Lake Geneva for three days and Jonah had a great time going to the beach, walking around town and hanging out with his grandparents and aunts.  The highlight was definitely our boat trip ... http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/07/10/lake-geneva-trip/ Just a quick post to note that at 2 months Elliott's eyes are still gray.  I think Jonah's were always brown so I'm hoping these stay.  Not sure if you can tell in the photo or not. Oh! And of course note all the CRAZY hair.  It does that all on ... http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/07/09/quick-update/ I'm trying to keep this list updated for a point of refrence about the boys at this age and also for other friends with kids.  Here are more books we love currently: Goodnight, Baby – iBaby            Board book where you put the different babies in their beds Series by Helen Oxenbury: All ... http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/06/24/more-books-we-love/ Elliott turns 6 weeks tomorrow.  The time is flying by!  This weekend I got my first smiles.  He's been smiling and laughing randomly but this weekend I got him to do it a couple times for me.  It's fun.  I can't wait to hear his real laugh.  He does this chuckle in ... http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/06/20/st-smiles/ I just brought the boys in for their checkups this week so I thought I'd update their stats here.  Jonah just turned 3 and didn't need any shots.  He's now 39" tall and weighs 35 lbs.  Elliott at 1 month is 21.25" long and weighs 9 lbs, 9 oz.  That's a pretty ... http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/06/18/3-year-and-1-month-checkups/ Chris took this video a week or two ago.  Nothing much happens but I thought I'd post anyway.  His hair is crazier now, sticks up in the middle section.  Hopefully we'll have some smiles to post soon.  They happen now but are unpredictable. Boring Elliott (short) from Julie Diehl on Vimeo. http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/06/15/boring-elliott-video/ OK, not quite.  But we gave it a good try. Yes, Jonah and I went downtown to witness history.  The Tribune said there was a crowd of about two million down there to see the Stanley Cup, and we were included in the number.  It was really humid and over 90 ... http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/06/14/jonah-and-the-stanley-cup/ We held Jonah's 3rd birthday party on June 6th at Chris's parents house in the suburbs.  It was nice because we got to use their back yard and their next door neighbor's yard while she was out of town.  The weather didn't cooperate with us 100% but I think everyone ... http://www.malvolio.net/blog/2010/06/10/jonahs-3rd-birthday/