Hello Weekend and hello parentals! We’re so happy that Grandma and Grandpa Faiola are visiting this weekend. We started our morning like we do every morning, just before 6 a.m. with a change, a bottle and a hug. But, unlike every morning, we had a fun hike planned with the Grandparents. The second breakfast was finished (a delicious green bean, cashew, mushroom omelet – yum!), we hoofed it out as fast as we could to one of our glorious Washington State Parks and hiked to Clayton Beach.
Jamisen is just starting to find his balance. He’s scooting around, when he has things to hang onto, but he doesn’t walk more than a couple steps on his own at a time. Notice the excellent balance skills he is displaying above.
Jamisen loved crawling around the beach, until (insert sad face and music here), he crawled onto a really sharp piece of burned plastic. That led to some sad tears, a real bleeding flesh wound and some choice words from a protective Mommy about littering on public beaches.
Jamisen is quite the sweet cuddle bug. His way of showing affection is to go ‘forehead to forehead’. He doesn’t kiss. It’s a forehead bump. It’s endearing. Funny story – today, he tried to show affection (forehead bump) a metal goat statue today in the public market. He bounced off pretty hard. But, like a little champ, he bounced off and wasn’t phased.
Jamisen loves to walk while well supported. We try to give him opportunities whenever possible. Grandma and Grandpa were happy to lend hands and support.
Uncle Erik was Jamisen’s fantastic pack mule/friendly human stroller while walking around the Farmer’s Market. Jamisen was thrilled to have such a broad, tall spot to view the Farmer’s Market from. He’s never had such a tall vantage point. Also, notice the red hue on Uncle Erik’s beard? Apparently, red runs in the family.
The Bellingham Farmer’s Market has a balloon fairy – that’s right, a real balloon fairy that dresses up in fairy wings and makes balloon toys for all the little boys and girls who believe in fairies, goodness and pixie dust. Thankfully, as you can see above, Jamisen is a believer! He asked for a dog but wasn’t suitably impressed with the pink creature handed to him. So, he absconded with the monkey on the palm tree instead.
The monkey on palm tree was his best friend and talisman until he accidentally popped a balloon and scared Grandpa. After that, the trust of the balloon was lost but it was fun while it lasted.
We ended the day with a play date with our good friend Sasha who was suitably impressed by Jamisen’s balance skills. Grandma and Grandpa came to the play date and it was amazing that they got out of that house intact; two babies to fawn over? It was almost a cute overload! I hope you’re having a great weekend. =) Have a loving, laughter-filled time with your family.
Lovely… Jamisen is so cute!!! : )
We’re crushin’ on his look lately too. =) His little hair is hilarious – all grown out in the back and not grown in in the front.
So sweet,Jamisen is getting big and he seems to enjoy walking
GOD Bless your family and thanks for sharing these special photos
He LOVES walking – he can’t walk on his own perfectly yet but he loves to practice. And he’s delighted to always have us close by to reach onto and take off. His favorite phrase from me right now (besides “Do you want food?”) is “Let’s go for a walk!” He literally scoots over so fast … =)
He looks so tall in the last pic! (Even if he is stooped over…or maybe because of it!)
So tall! The little boy he’s hanging out with is 4 months younger than him so that could be part of it too – but he’s in the 67% for height (and 16% for weight!) so in theory, according to babies, he’s tall and skinny. =)
That fourth photo down is my absolute favorite though all of them shows how much love Jamisen is surrounded by! What a wonderful family to be born into. 🙂
We’re pretty much all crazy, insane, over the moon over our little boy. We can’t wait to add to our family and expand the joy. =)
AH!! That’s just the sweetest recap of your time ever!! He is a “doll baby”!! So fun!! Enjoy; it flies by. It seems just yesterday Lillian learned to walk. Now she’s thinking about college. It flies by! Especially after they start school. I was self employed the entire time and spent every possible minute being “Mom”. I know you’re doing the same. You won’t regret it!!
It is SO fast – really, I cannot remember when he was just a little peanut. I don’t understand why not because it was absolutely earth shattering at the time (in a good way) and I swore, I would memorize his every facial feature. But now, all I can picture is his little toddler self. Parenthood is a strange and wondrous journey. I love it!
Red Heads are special.
It runs in our family – though with me and my brother, we both went blond by our teens so we’ll see what happens with Jamisen. =)
Thank you so much for the “overview” of your day. It has been so much fun this last year watching Jamisen go from a little baby to a boy.
Gfoing to be just a much fun I am sure watching him go from a little boy to toddler to young man, etc.
Thank you for letting us enjoy watching him grow.
🙂
It’s amazing to me how fast it has gone. And, how little I remember. I look back and photos of him as a teensy tiny baby and literally, cannot recall them in my mind. All the cliches about parenthood – and how fast it passes – are all true! =)
I loved the pictures and the story that went with them.
Thanks Mildred! We have such a fun time with our Mr. Jamisen and all of the family is totally in love with him so it makes for an even better time. =)
Love the photo with Uncle Erik! My brother makes the same face! 😉
Erik is not a fan of smiling. But, bless his heart, for his wedding photos, he totally smiled and looked great. So, he’s done his duty and the rest is just cake. =) It must be a guy thing!
Next time you’re out towards Deception Pass let me know! Would love to meet you!
Aw, thanks! I love meeting soap friends. Plus, Jamisen is currently not a fan of long car rides so anything to break up a trip would be appreciated. =)