July 2015 (2 months)

July photos, proving a younger child can be over-photographed too (in this age of camera phones).

Here are 5 things that have happened since Orion joined us.  Guess which are funny and which are sad!

1) Getting pooped on during a diaper change
2) Getting peed on during a diaper change
3) Crashing on the couch and talking in my sleep about mice
4) Missing events because I slept through them
5) Accidentally washing milk-absorbing bra inserts on hot

Answer: 1) sad, 2) funny (only because there were two of us), 3) funny, 4) sad, 5) hilarious

Before

After - that's not going in my bra!

Don't you want to pinch these?

This month Orion started smiling at us and cooing (around 7 weeks), making him the current cutest baby on the planet.  He sticks out his tongue when he sees Ronan (who spent a long time sticking his tongue out at Orion).  Aside from a propensity to launch his meals onto our shirts, he is the quintessential easy-ish baby, and has come with us on many small adventures.  His cheeks continue to exert their own gravitational pull.

Ronan finally wondered where babies come from, starting with how amazing it was that I made Orion in my body.  From there we quickly progressed to "did Dad help lay the baby?" and a lesson on how eggs need to be fertilized.  Next up was "does it happen when you hug?" Assured that it's not that easy he proceeded to wonder how you know you're pregnant, but I managed to save a detailed explanation of dipstick-based enzyme immunoassays for an older age.

Happenings:

• Fourth of July fireworks and visits with friends
• The children's concert at Tanglewood with friends
• A most excellent day on Hammond pond with friends
• O came with me to an R workshop on campus and snoozed through the lectures
• A visit from L&P&E
• We all went to see "Inside Out" at the theater (Ronan's first big screen film)
• We went to a children's circus at the fairgrounds
• Ro tried his first Slip N Slide at a friend's house
• Ro opened his first coconut (inspired by reading Swiss Family Robinson at bedtimes)
• A visit from D&L&D
• We started working part-time and had a sitter (Marie) for a couple hours each day

Ro Quotes:

Don't we just live in the perfect environment for happiness?

[Re: thank you note to his buddy William]: We should write on the note that maybe W and I might get married when we're older, 'cause we really like each other.

Isn't is awesome that I have a baby brother?

Tongue!

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Starting smiles

Free cuteness