A note to our friends - my beloved father, John Carroll, is now at peace after an unbelievable battle with pancreatic cancer.
My dad in 2007 - after Natalie was born.We are truly thanking God for helping him rest.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Noah Laughing
Our guy has been giggling lately. It's pretty darned awesome. Just about as awesome as the fact that he's been sleeping through the night for an entire month.
My (Julie's) apologies for the finger over the lens in this video.
My (Julie's) apologies for the finger over the lens in this video.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Sunny Days, Keeping the Clouds Away
This week we had a rare beautiful, sunny day at our house in San Francisco (what's that quote - falsely attributed to Mark Twain - about the coldest winter being a summer in San Francisco?). We spent a few sunny hours of it with some of the Gibbs family's favorite people - Cheryl and baby Madison.
Baby Madison snoozing... Noah was upstairs sleeping while this pic was taken.
Natalie talks about Cheryl ALL THE TIME, and always wants to see her, so you can imagine her glee when she saw her?
We filled a big tupperware bin with water and let Natalie splash around. A big mess, particularly when she sat in the sandbox afterwards, but super-fun regardless. Sadly, the weather is now back to ugh... 55 degrees and cloudy/foggy. Ah well. It was nice while it lasted!
A temperament update: Natalie is almost two, and thus we spend all of our time together 1) chattering, 2) laughing, and 3) negotiating. She is excellent company for me during the days since she talks even more than I do - she is very silly and cute. Alas, she also has a quick temper when being forced to do something she judges less than desirable. She has been known to scream, flail, throw herself out of her stroller, cry, etc. - all that normal age two stuff. But as I often say, the benefits of the age (talking, laughing, playing, general silliness) are greater than the trials... She is now in daycare only two days a week since I am home during the days with Noah, at least until my leave is up in mid-September. She loves her friends at school so much but seems to be pretty happy to stay home with Noah and me too. I can see how much she learns from Tyler and I though - when Noah coughs or rustles, she rushes over and says "Are you ok, Noah-No?" - just like I do. Really funny. She very much dislikes his crying though. Speaking of Noah, he is now 2 1/2 months, which is the famed age when infants become even more social and smiley. We are certainly noticing that he wants to interact with us and watch us constantly. He protests vociferously and LOUDLY when he has to nap. This is brand new behavior as of this week, and I am not enjoying the protestations one bit! He roars and screams and cries and just works himself into a lather. I am hoping this is just a short phase because man alive, I miss my calm and patient and sleepy baby boy. The worst part is that Natalie also works herself into a lather at the same time - she gets nervous/upset when he cries, because it is so unusual for him, and then she says "STOP CRYING, BABY NOAH!!!" - if that doesn't work, which *obviously* it doesn't, she ends up crying and wailing herself until he stops. So that's fun for Mom.
All in all, things are going very well. Noah has turned into a dynamite sleeper - 9 p.m. - 4 a.m. most days. That makes us cope with everything during the days much better. I know that his sleep will shift a lot - I remember that from Natalie... so I am just trying to enjoy this while it lasts!
Baby Madison snoozing... Noah was upstairs sleeping while this pic was taken.
Natalie talks about Cheryl ALL THE TIME, and always wants to see her, so you can imagine her glee when she saw her?
We filled a big tupperware bin with water and let Natalie splash around. A big mess, particularly when she sat in the sandbox afterwards, but super-fun regardless. Sadly, the weather is now back to ugh... 55 degrees and cloudy/foggy. Ah well. It was nice while it lasted!A temperament update: Natalie is almost two, and thus we spend all of our time together 1) chattering, 2) laughing, and 3) negotiating. She is excellent company for me during the days since she talks even more than I do - she is very silly and cute. Alas, she also has a quick temper when being forced to do something she judges less than desirable. She has been known to scream, flail, throw herself out of her stroller, cry, etc. - all that normal age two stuff. But as I often say, the benefits of the age (talking, laughing, playing, general silliness) are greater than the trials... She is now in daycare only two days a week since I am home during the days with Noah, at least until my leave is up in mid-September. She loves her friends at school so much but seems to be pretty happy to stay home with Noah and me too. I can see how much she learns from Tyler and I though - when Noah coughs or rustles, she rushes over and says "Are you ok, Noah-No?" - just like I do. Really funny. She very much dislikes his crying though. Speaking of Noah, he is now 2 1/2 months, which is the famed age when infants become even more social and smiley. We are certainly noticing that he wants to interact with us and watch us constantly. He protests vociferously and LOUDLY when he has to nap. This is brand new behavior as of this week, and I am not enjoying the protestations one bit! He roars and screams and cries and just works himself into a lather. I am hoping this is just a short phase because man alive, I miss my calm and patient and sleepy baby boy. The worst part is that Natalie also works herself into a lather at the same time - she gets nervous/upset when he cries, because it is so unusual for him, and then she says "STOP CRYING, BABY NOAH!!!" - if that doesn't work, which *obviously* it doesn't, she ends up crying and wailing herself until he stops. So that's fun for Mom.
All in all, things are going very well. Noah has turned into a dynamite sleeper - 9 p.m. - 4 a.m. most days. That makes us cope with everything during the days much better. I know that his sleep will shift a lot - I remember that from Natalie... so I am just trying to enjoy this while it lasts!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Good big sister!
Natalie is a great big sister to Noah. Here she is entertaining him this afternoon with some impromptu activities.
Another month and Noah will be grabbing that monkey from her!
Another month and Noah will be grabbing that monkey from her!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Two months!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day from all of us! One of our activities for the day was to go to Natalie and Noah's first outdoor concert in Golden Gate Park.
Natalie and her balloon all ready to go...
Noah is up from his nap...
Natalie up from her nap with baby, milk and food ready to go...
At the park! Lemonade is tasty!
We hope everyone had as great a Father's Day as we did!
*Julie's notes regarding Tyler's post above:
-The Natalie/balloon picture was actually taken yesterday... we sort of celebrated Father's Day all weekend around here :-)
-Here is Natalie debuting one of several new hairstyles she sported this weekend. She has finally gotten comfortable with our styling her hair, and it's been a lot of fun!
-Her shirt says "I love my Daddy"... Noah's outfit says "Handsome Like Daddy". Unfortunately, both shirts are likely totally ruined after today. Natalie's shirt had an unfortunate luncheon encounter involving some Elmo Tomato Soup... and Noah is 7 weeks + 2 Days... longtime blog readers will remember that when Natalie was 7 weeks + 2 Days, she ruined a couple of her outfits as well as my own with some very forceful pooping incidents. Noah is following in her footsteps TO THE DAY. Does anyone else think that is pretty cool?
Natalie and her balloon all ready to go...
Noah is up from his nap...
Natalie up from her nap with baby, milk and food ready to go...
At the park! Lemonade is tasty!
*Julie's notes regarding Tyler's post above:
-The Natalie/balloon picture was actually taken yesterday... we sort of celebrated Father's Day all weekend around here :-)
-Here is Natalie debuting one of several new hairstyles she sported this weekend. She has finally gotten comfortable with our styling her hair, and it's been a lot of fun!
-Her shirt says "I love my Daddy"... Noah's outfit says "Handsome Like Daddy". Unfortunately, both shirts are likely totally ruined after today. Natalie's shirt had an unfortunate luncheon encounter involving some Elmo Tomato Soup... and Noah is 7 weeks + 2 Days... longtime blog readers will remember that when Natalie was 7 weeks + 2 Days, she ruined a couple of her outfits as well as my own with some very forceful pooping incidents. Noah is following in her footsteps TO THE DAY. Does anyone else think that is pretty cool?
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