2:17 - New Digs/Holy bat Batman!

We've Moved!!!  Most of you are not surprised. Just scribble off another page in your address book. I'm going to give you a tour. Boring for most but family really wants to see.

Which reminds me:

WARING: this next section exposes things that are not suitable for all! Especially those afraid of BATS!

We lovingly call him Bartholomew, or Bart the Bat. He was living on our deck when we moved in and really isn't all that scary. he doesn't have vampire fangs, or have a creepy laugh. He just sits there, not bothering anyone, and not wanting to be bothered.

I thought about Photoshopping these to add "realistic" blood stained fangs and soulless eyes. But for some, he's scary enough.

2:16 Eating Solids... eh, is mush solid.

And it came to pass, Xan wasn't getting completely full off of his milk, we and our Dr. decided it was time to start on solids. First, as all babies do, we start with Rice Cereal. Don't let the name fool you, it doesn't look like rice or cereal. I wouldn't have it for dinner or breakfast.

And then he decided that since big boys eat cereal, big boys also grow teeth!!

in the few days since we've taken this picture, both teeth have grown from nubs to razors. He's been very responsive when we react to his "biting" so he doesn't chomp as hard the next time around. hopefully it stays that way.

2:15 Fun, fun, fun.

First I think I should mention that we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house, and we thought it was gorgeous!! Even though we only had a limited time to spend in each room (had to keep the line moving ya'know) the spirit was strong throughout. I thought the lady in the celestial room had the best job. Thats where I'd like to usher all day.

Then we went to Disney World!! Yay! it's really the happiest place on earth! Xan really enjoyed the colorful characters and fun music.

Look at Daddy Taking the picture!!

TTFN!

2:14 Swimmer Baby!

Okay, So it was a while ago but we got Xan into the pool for the first time. 

the water was a wee cold so his initial response was not great, but he endured it for a while.

The next time he got in a pool it was much warmer and in Florida.

If you can picture him skimming across the the surface of the water with a big ol' grin and kicking his legs like it's helping (even though it neither helps nor hinders). I wish we would have had the camera handy for that swim, as it was much more exciting. Next time we will.

2:13 Rollover

While we were in Utah back at the end of June Xander finally rolled over for all of us to see. It took him a few tries but he did it eventually.

It's been crazy to watch him grow so fast and develop so well. Our Dr. gave us a development chart, and we've been marking off the accomplishments well before he reaches the age bracket. I guess that means either: 1)East coast standards are really low,  or  2) We have an über smart baby!

Episode 2:12 Utah

So I know it's almost been a month since we've posted anything but life has been a little busy. As you know, we were in Utah for a couple weeks. We thoroughly enjoyed it. As a disclaimer, for anyone who we didn't get to see while we were there, which is a lot of people, we're really sorry. After a weekend of worrying my Mom and Grandma, I (Chanté) ended up in the ER and spent most of the time that we had for visiting people on the couch. Don't worry, I'm just fine now. Everything is almost completely healed and I'm doing great!  

Well, Jake's sister Diane and her fiancé Sam are now officially married. It was a great wedding. I will post more pictures later but here's one of the wedding cake that Jake made for them. I thought it turned out well. 

We were also able to bless Xan while we were there. I know, we waited a while to bless him but we wanted to have family there. It was a fun afternoon and Xan looked fabulous in his little tux that my mom bought for his blessing. Thanks mom!!!

2:11 ketchup

So it's been a while and we've missed some pretty great things. 

Least exciting, We both got new glasses. Chanté needed them as her eyes were not compatible with her current prescription, and Jake wanted to see 20/15 again. Yes, that's better than normal people. And he now looks more dignified and wants to talk about relative theories and psycho-analysis.

More exciting is the Baby Hickey that Xan gave Chanté when she was making him wait just 10 seconds for food. Thats what you get when you come between a baby and his food.

I Love that he looks like he means to do it again if we don't hurry.

Then we have a new video of Xan smiling and talking:

I also have another video here about my amazing spinning baby. He was put in a friends Jumperoo but could only get it to spinneroo.

And finally we have big news! We're going to be in Utah for 2 weeks! We arrive on the 20th and will be there until the 2nd of June (unless we can find some cheeper flights to extend our stay).

There are many people we hope to see but unfortunately don't have enough time to see everybody. 

As Ellen would say: Laugh. Dance. See you soon.

2:10 A Couple More Pics

2:9 - 2 months old?!

Can you believe this kid is already 2 months old?! it seems like we just welcomed him into the world just the other day. Either way he brings an incredible spirit into our home, and his smile is quite contagious. He's started singing to us with his long coos, and he's trying to grab for things now. He hasn't really perfected his hand eye coordination, but he can always get his hands to his mouth and often grab something within his tiny range.

His first piggy back ride! Mommy thought it deserved a picture.

Easter!!! And guess who got all the candy... that's right, Jake did!
But Xan got all the good pictures

I love this family!!!