happy baby

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get up, stand up

get up, stand up, originally uploaded by amyalexis.

At 8 weeks Levi likes to stretch his legs. Still a bit wobbly though.

Nanny Gorgeous

I just got these great photos from Grandad Joe from his and Nanny Gorgeous's visit a couple of weeks ago.

The birthday presents still were flowing a month later:

We braved the heat of Ojai:


The visit also involved many home economics projects like jam & chutney canning and knitting:

7 weeks old

Apologies for not gracing the pages of this blog yesterday with our 7 week old's visage.

6 weeks postpartum

Zack surprised me with a climbing trip to San Ysidro Canyon in honor of my 6 week postpartum green light for exercise--he even arranged baby sitting for the day. It was awesome. Here we are on my first ever multi pitch climb.

Zack crimping on a 5.10B finish:

Me on the standard route on pitch 2:

vamos a la playa

Levi checks out the breaks at Faria Beach

While Micah webs everything in sight

6 weeks old

6 weeks old, 12 pounds and all smiles...

and pensive moments too...


and more aware of his surroundings...

Tomato face

Generally Levi has a lovely complexion, but sometimes he can get quite red in the face, particularly when he is working on something...

Grandma & Grandpa G

Today is Grandma and Grandpa G's last day of their visit en route home from the wilds of Alaska. We are sad to see them go, but alas, go they must.

Three peas in a pod:

I expect next visit Levi will fill up more of Grandpa's grip:

Grandma would relieve Zack or I every morning at about 6 and take Levi for a walk down to the water--there are some perks to Chris's early starts and the helping hands will be sorely missed!

1 month old chunk + camping in British Columbia

Levi was one month old yesterday--and at his peds appointment on Monday he weighed in at 10 lbs 12 oz...well over 2 lbs more than his birthday. Levi got the best one-month old birthday present ever...the return of his big brother and daddy the night before. Looks like the boys had a great trip to Tofino in British Columbia to attend Antony's wedding and camp along the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island.

Some highlights as shared by Micah include:

The flashlight that you wear on your head (his head lamp when camping),
roasting marsh-leddows, "they're gooey in the middle and black on the outside" (clearly Micah does not hail from the 'golden brown' camp of marshmallow roasting--though what 3 year old would?),
the PEZ dispenser that was bequeathed to him by our candy-loving friend Rachel within 5 minutes of seeing him, and the movie with the scary polar bear with spikes on his neck and the yellow furred monkey (my guess is The Golden Compass) that he got to watch with his friends while the grown-ups at dinner at the wedding.

There was also other beach time merriment like hoola hooping:

And sand castle building:

Levi and I were sorry to have missed it, but we enjoyed relaxing at home with Grandma and Grandpa G (though the nights were a bit rough).