Fun with toys

More new clothes

Three months old

Emerson goes fruit picking

(Camera charger found! Thank you Eric :)

Today we went to pick fruit! Apricots, nectarines and peaches. Yum!

Took a break for picnic and to play.
And a little later, all tuckered out.

Asleep in the carrier

Whoever can tell me where the camera charger is gets a prize

This unexpected photo hiatus is courtesy of our missing camera charger, without which I am not able to deliver delightful photos of our growing boy. I think it will probably show up again soon.

So today, instead of a photo you get videos!

Not too much action here other than the flapping of limbs but still worth checking out: (watch on youtube here)


Here Emerson shows off his infant stepping reflex: (watch on youtube here)

Happy Father's Day!

Bath time, again

Happy Friday

Here's Emerson in the sweater his Great Aunt Barbara hand knit for him. It is no longer comically large when I put it on him. I asked him to please try not to poop on it, like he does on all his other clothing. We'll see how it goes.

It was good while it lasted

Here's Emerson at one week old in his Moses basket looking sweet.

And here he is in it today, looking a little cramped.

He's our boy

Almost time to order pizza

Dolores Park, Part II

Emerson goes to camp

Bubba hits 13 lbs

That's right. He's continuing to earn his nickname.

We'll be out of internet range until late Sunday so I leave you with this image to get you through the weekend:

Emerson at Dolores Park

Laughter

Tuesday may have been the best day of my life so far: Emerson laughed. It was amazing.

And, incredibly, our friend Vitaly caught some smiles and laughter on camera that night!

Shades

Our recent trip to the beach made it clear that we have not been prepared to spend any time at the beach with a baby. Amazon to the rescue! We now have a Coleman beach shelter, which is like a tent but for the beach and too big to set up in our kitchen, and a sunhat and sunglasses for Emerson. Judge for yourself how successful those purchases have been:

Emerson and Scout at Velvet Cantina

We went out for Mexican food with Sarah, Rob and Scout last night and had the misfortune to sit next to a group of 16 men, each talking louder than the next to hear one another. It was quite an unholy din.

At one point, Eric was holding Emerson so that he was standing on his legs and kind of wiggling and wobbling. The white t-shirt-clad fellow in the background of this photo, which is not good of any of the people in it, noticed him.

"That baby's dancing!" he exclaimed and starting doing a groovy little dance himself in his chair, snapping his fingers. Several of the people around him, reacting almost from sheer reflex, started dancing in their chairs and snapping too.

It was a nice little moment.

Emerson goes to his first bachelor party

Our friends Jamaica and Nelson do things a little differently. They are having a Love Party* in July and it seemed the only logical singlehood sendoff or them would be equally non-traditional. Hence: co-ed bachelor/ette potluck dinner at our place. The theme was Love/Sex/Marriage and people brought dishes named and visually presented to honor the theme. Emerson enjoyed the party immensely and smiled like crazy though of course in the photos we managed to take he is not smiling.

*Like a wedding but with no official marriage

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Heads high

"Aunt" Jenny (Eric's cousin who lives in Concord) came over today for a visit and captured this gem while Emerson was showing off how well he can hold his head up.

Emerson at the park

Little E making smiles

For as often as he does it, it is surprisingly hard to get this guy on camera smiling! Here's the best of my recent attempts.

Sports day

On our walk yesterday we walked by the ballpark where an actual Giants game was in progress. Here's the view from a fishing pier that extends into the water behind the park:

And here's the view from the Standing Room area in right field. We watched an inning or two before continuing on our walk.

At home that night, the Blackhawks were playing Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Emerson didn't get to watch any of that but we kept him up to date on the action throughout the game. He got pretty happy when things were going well for the Hawks.