4.11.2013

General Update

Who doesn't like a general update?  So, here it goes.


Ansel is growing and smiling lots.  He is as cute as can be.  We have recently discovered that he sleeps best with white noise.  My sister-in-law noticed this first when she was holding him at my family dinner.  These dinners are loud.  We talk loud and we talk over each other.  Because of this, she took Ansel into the quiet living room where she thought he could rest best.  Instead, he opened his eyes and kept them open as long as he was in the quiet living room.  Once she moved to the dining room, where the cacophony of conversation abounded, he went right to sleep.


Oliver is growing and smiling lots too.  He will write on whatever surface he can: paper, balloons, ribbons, the sidewalk, his skin. He also digs reading and is picking up on it.  The other day we went to Old Navy.  Oliver has always called the store "Old Maybe," but this time, when he saw the sign, he read it and commented, "Mom, I always thought this place was Old Maybe but it really is Old Navy." 


Jess passed the bar.  Wahoo!  We had some sparkling peach cider to celebrate (see photo above).  He's into biking these days which is nice to do with the warmer weather.

I am trying to pull off being a mom with long hair.  It sure gets in the way a lot.  I am tempted to cut it again, and probably should, given that I don't care for it like I should.  Long or short?  Hmmm.

5 comments:

jo said...

LOVE the updates.
Ansel, what a cute smile!
Way to go Ollie on the reading... and don't worry, buddy... ask your mom what scenic means... we've all been there.
Congrats to Jess! Peach sparkling, indeed!
And Ash, your hair is awesome. I really like it here. But you know I won't blame you if you want to cut, cut, cut. The decision for me was swift. Heck, I might even cut mine shorter.
Love that fam of yours!

jamesandlindsaylattin said...

Love that pic of Ansel.
Mary used to call Old NAvy Old Lady. That Oliver is one smart guy reading and writing comes so naturally to him. Congrats to Jess.

Chap said...

What a fun update! Could that little Ansel smile any bigger? Cute! Oliver writes in such a tidy manner-I predict he will be an architect! (that was good peach "nectar") and Ash, in this picture you look like a cross between a Berkeley intellectual and German hipster woman. You could be in the movies.

Chap said...

What a fun update! Could that little Ansel smile any bigger? Cute! Oliver writes in such a tidy manner-I predict he will be an architect! (that was good peach "nectar") and Ash, in this picture you look like a cross between a Berkeley intellectual and German hipster woman. You could be in the movies.

kel said...

great updates, pics, etc.

you hair is lovely and you'd fit right in at the hippie commune with that baby resting on the front of you. :)