Week Four

The biggest development in the last week has been that TJ clearly sets his gaze on faces as we come close to him. We still aren't getting any obvious reaction, but he's watching us.


Ra and TJ enjoy some Olympics.
(TJ prefers short track speed skating.)

Relaxed napping and sucking.

Striped cuteness

Week Three

Shiv's first week back at work was also the first week that we didn't have family in town helping us with TJ. We are lucky that he's been an easy baby, as we're definitely getting good at running the checklist of his needs when he starts to complain...

wet or dirty diaper?
hungry?
need to burp or fart?
want to bounce!


Ra peeks around TJ


Palming a baby is good for the biceps.


Tiny finger alert!


Mid-day crash yields single-baby pileup.


TJ did not cooperate with our cute visions of a sleeping naked baby photo shoot.

Week Two

This second week had a number of significant milestones:

1. Sucking our own thumb
2. First successful bottle feeding
3. Sleeping ~3 hours between nighttime feedings.
4. Transitioning to cloth diapers during the daytime.
5. Several trips to the park, using the sling and stroller.


Sara gets some quality cuddle time.


TJ takes Aunt Rasa for some sunning.


TJ sunning and playing with his hands.


Ready to head out on our first errands.


Reindeer TJ in a sling on a hunt for cloth diapers with his dad.


OMG TINY FINGERS!!!


TJ's cubbies are all arranged and ready for action!


The boppy pillow is a popular sleeping spot.


Sara and TJ bounce a bit during the last quarter of the Super Bowl.

Welcome

Hi there world (of friends and family). We're shooting to post new images regularly. At first, we'll hit it weekly, then monthly. Off to the left, there are RSS feed and "follower" update options, so sign up to be notified when new TJ goodness arrives. For now, we'm focused on posting images from our first week together. We'll add stories into the mix once we catch up with life with our new people puppy. :)

much love,
JT, Ra (& TJ)

Week One

First bath time is not a hit with the youth movement.


TJ expresses his displeasure with the current state of affairs.


Maybe that wasn't so bad after all.


First experimental hair stylings.


Potty humor is not lost on the newly born.


Sleepy sausage package.


Three generations.


A meet-up for cousins.


Mom and peapod.


Peapod. (Thanks, Erin & Tuffer!)


Olive & Oz administer the puppy sniff test.


Grandma Kathy and peapod.


Auntie Rasa


An active monkeyboy wiggles on the changing table.

Day One

The main action of the birth day is over.
Just about time for some sleeps.


Zzzzzzzzzz


Zonked


The many faces of newborn TJ.
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Grandma gets some hangout time later in the day.


Spreading the news.


TJ's attention is not grabbed by the interwebs we've heard so much about.


Story time is not as compelling as it will some day come to be.


Father and son on walkabout.


Heading home.


Grandpa Migo views some quality sleep time.


Swaddled and sacked out.

Birth Day

We did it!


First family portrait.


Super-doulas (Sara and Chelesa) and Midwife/Doc Liz


Father and Son


TJ's first workout: the finger grab


Grandma Vince introduces herself.


"We worked hard to meet you, TJ."


Bathtime


Newborn nap.