Visit with Friends

Getting ready for his evening shower.

Steve can really make John laugh! It's amazing to me how babies realize so young that dad is playtime and mom is business (and playtime too but not like dad!). John already shows different reactions to me and Steve and loves when dad gets home with his fresh energy to play. We have pretty much ditched the baby tub and shower John together every night as part of his bedtime routine. He really loves the water and the sound it makes too. Once he can sit on his own it's bath time fun but for now he gets a thorough cleaning in the running water.
This last weekend was spent with one of my best friends who lives in Idaho. Megan and Travis flew out for 3 days with their 14 month old Oliver to meet John. Oliver was a great preview into what to expect in the future and how much energy it takes to keep up with a mobile little guy!
We spent an afternoon at the beach...it was Oliver's first time at the ocean. He didn't seem to care much for the chilly water but had a blast playing in the sand while John watched and learned.
Megan, Travis, Steve and I look forward to watching our little guys grow up from afar and taking summer vacations together. Having a baby and 14 month old in the same house was a great chance for some family planning! It was so fun but I was exhausted by the end of the visit and that was with 4 adults watching and caring for 2 kids :)

3 months old already

We watched the World Cup at Grandma Joan's last weekend and worn our orange to support the Netherlands. We don't have TV at home but it seems that John likes to watch the TV with all it's colors and movements, he was mesmerized by it.
Grandma Joan discovered that she and John owned matching shorts so we had to capture the moment before he grew out of them...which is about to happen.
We have spent our third day at the pool and John is loving it now. Naked is the way to go for him and it is so nice to have a not freezing salt water pool to swim in...thanks Trautwiens and GG Kershaw! John almost fell asleep in my arms in the water last weekend, it was so nice to escape the heat for both of us.
John enjoys hanging out at GG Kershaws just like me. We go over at least once a week as a way to get out of the house and get used to other places. John seems to know that Grandpa John is special to him and loves to laugh with him and lay on his belly to sleep.
Aunt Jenn is a frequent visitor since she is so close by and comes over after work a couple times a week to dance and sing with her nephew. She is great at entertaining and it gives me a chance to garden and get dinner together.
John was 3 months old yesterday and man is he growing fast. He is in all 6 month clothes and I have adjusted his car seat twice now...I only have one setting left. Besides the length of John increasing I can see his thighs bulking up daily! He is much more animated and makes all kids of noises when he is awake and playing. He can fully laugh now too which makes play time tons of fun for Steve and I as we make fools of ourselves trying to get him to laugh more. He grasps better and we work on sitting and holding objects everyday so he can be strong and ready to sit on his own. Steve and I are having so much fun interacting with John and watching him grow and develop.

This clip is from yesterday, John is such a noise maker already!

Beach Bum...kind of

It has been a busy time since the last blog for John. He has spent lots of his days hanging out with friends and family who come over to visit. I think we have a guest every week day...John is so lucky to have so many people who love him and want to be around him!! Aunt Makenna and Uncle Connor are so good at playing with John and making him smile. Grandma Joan is off for the summer and comes over regularly to help out. It's nice to get things done around the house and know that John is safe and happy playing.

We celebrated Steve's first Father's Day at Doug and Debbie's house with some family. This is John's Bremer scowl face, one he wears most of the time. His little eyebrows furrow like he's thinking really hard or pooping :).
We just returned from a Kershaw family vacation in Newport Beach. John had his very first boat ride (above) and his first day on the beach (below). It was a cold and breezy week so John did not spend much time on the sand or in shorts at all but he did spend lots of time with aunts, cousins, grandparents and greats. It was a nice week for Steve to surf and for me to relax. We spent most of our time on the porch of the timeshare and walking the boardwalk and we both look forward to next summer when John will be running around in the sand and water!

John is growing so fast and learning so much. He can control his hands more these days and looks at them a lot. He has started to find his voice too and screams and laughs when we play. His first scream was when we were driving in the car and it scared the crap out of me, I thought something was wrong, but he was smiling and laughing when I checked on him! He can sit with help for minutes at a time now and turns his head to look all around and learn about his environment. He is starting to like looking at faces more than objects which his grandmas love :) I will get a video posted next week when I do his 3 month old blog...almost 3 months?!