Celebrating good news

 

Jake has been trying to finalize a book contract with Springer press for a few months.  He was lucky enough to speak to one of the editors for a book series at the end of last year.  They have gone back and forth finalizing the details and he got the final notice today!  He has until May 2014 to turn in the final draft.  Less than a year!  It will be a purely academic book, so I doubt I will be reading it to Naomi at bedtime.  It is still absolutely amazing that he got a contact so soon after graduating! 

We are so excited and proud of him.  Good job Jake!   

Give me that spoon

This baby loves to eat. She has really enjoyed just about everything we give her.  Her favorites right now are sweet potatoes and she also loves peach banana oatmeal.  She also enjoys frozen cubes of Yo Baby peach yogurt.  She does not like the blue berry though.  Her Daddy was happy she enjoys the  peach.  He knows she is waiting to have her first red globe peach when we make it to Colorado, although she still has no teeth....

She is drooling a lot and she chews on everything....everything!  Toys, clothes, phones, remotes, toes and not always her own :)

She is getting a litle bit more hair though.  We aren't sure what the final color will be yet.  There is a little red, blond, light and dark brown all over.  At least it is filling in now!  Love this sweet face!!!!

Naomi's first 4th of July

We have a big 4th of July bash at my brother's house every year.  We all swim, play sports, and eat way tooooo much food....like all day.  Then we enjoy a fireworks show to finish out the night.

I was so excited for Naomi to get to swim.  She was all ready to wear the bathing suit her aunt Erika got her.

TN had other plans...it rained all day :(  No pool, no volleyball, and no fireworks.  Not that we would have stayed for them this year, but it still stunk.  So we all hung out and still ate way too much.  Including a chocolate lasagna my sister in law Mary Jane made which was slamming!!!

we also played board games and there was a few rounds of Shanghai rumi.  Naomi got in on the action and had a great time.  She was so good all day considering she had just a few short naps.  

Getting a little cousin cuddles

Happy 4th 

We got her home and put her to bed around 7:30 and she not only zlept through the neighborhood fireworks she slept the entire night without eating until 6:00 am.  That was a one time thing I'm sure.

Hope everyone had a great holiday.