Giggle

Day at the Zoo

We braved the heat and took Leif for his first visit to the Zooooooo!! Aside from the heat (and mom's excessive -is there any other kind?- worry about baby getting overheated)...and the utter crush of raw humanity at every turn....and the fact that the animals all looked a little, well, depressed...it was fun! It was fun to just get out with Leif a bit. He really seemed to love being out and about. He was smiling and talking and chewing his toes. And he went to bed at 6:30 tonight so I think he really had a blast! It's fun to have Mimi here and we are looking forward to going to Ventura in a few days. Mom is surviving perhaps the worst haircut she has ever had....but at least at this point in life I have more perspective on it. :) And that's all that's happening here at Casa Kious!

Day at the Park

Kev inspired- 4 mths

For hardcore Leif fans only, here is my attempt at movie magic for Lilah's cousin. :)

Walking (kinda)

I mean, can you stand it?

Here are some of the latest of our little man. He seems to be getting cuter everyday....at least to his fan club! His toes are his best friends these days....well, next to his fingers. He rolled over front to back for the first time completely unassisted on Sunday. And he seems to do something new everyday. Yesterday he started to do a clicking thing with his tongue, and did it alot today. He sure is growing faster everyday. He fits perfectly in the 6mths clothes of certain brands, but is already in 9mths of others! Mom got a new sling-thing called a Mobi-pouch (pictured below) which helps her hold all of his 17lbs while out shopping, etc.

The grandparents are switching places this weekend, Nana heads off to a bridge tournament and then off to visit Lilars the Wonder Girl while Mimi arrives from Texas on saturday. We are off to Ventura next week for Mommy's work retreat on the beach, not too shabby. Then we'll be heading up to Grandpa Joe's knife show in Solvang for the next weekend. GOod thing I bought a travel swing!

As for friends, you can see below Leif is enjoying hanging out with all his girlfriends...Viola is pictured on this particular date (you can see Molly is previous pics). And we just heard that he will have a new friend in November, maybe even on his birthday (!!) born to Mom's friend Tracy Thall! (hope it's ok to announce that tracy!) And of course, little Plac-Schwartz will be on the scene any day now (so exciting!) Ellison, you need to come visit soon so we can do some man things together!

Mom can't wait to find just a little more free time to keep in touch with everyone, but we are thinking of you all and look forward to hearing from you soon or maybe even seeing you!