Family Fun

We had another great weekend. We spent Saturday morning and afternoon getting stuff done and running a couple errands. Then Saturday evening we went to Dale and Stef's for a swim party. Very fun! It's awesome spending time with family and sharing time together. The "kids" went swimming which included me and Eric. No swimming for Jarem yet, he's not quite old enough. Sunday we went to the Baby Expo at the Convention Center with Karen, Uriel and Raf. Although the Expo wasn't quite as exciting or grand as we'd hoped it would be, we still had fun. We walked around and saw the scariest Elmo ever. I guess that's what a downtown Phoenix Elmo looks like. Scary!! We went to church that evening and then came home and moved our furniture around. I really like our new living room set up. It's much better and will be great for when Jarem starts being more mobile.

As for the Jarem update, he's probably 14 pounds by now. I weighed him on Friday and he weighed 13-9! So big and yet so small. It's weird with him being so big cause I expect him to talk already. :) Well, not quite yet I guess. He's been sleeping pretty good. He starts off the night with about a 4-6 hour stretch of solid sleep. After that he wakes up every hour to two hours until the morning when Eric leaves. Lately he's been falling back into a solid sleep until 8 or 9am. He stays awake for about an hour and is totally happy and alert. He will just lay there and smile and explore the world around him. Then comes the difficult part. He doesn't really nap anymore so he'll only sleep for about 20-30 minute intervals and usually needs to be held in order to stay asleep. The only alternative is his swing and sometimes the car seat. He's too cool for naps already. Bummer! My mom got him a totally fitting outfit that reads, "Sleep is for the weak". Too funny... Jarem gets back into a good sleep cycle around the time that Eric gets home. He'll usually zonk out for daddy. He's definitely a daddy's boy. In the evenings he'll sleep for about 1-2 hour intervals again until bed time. He's eating like a champ and gaining weight though so whatever his sleep cycles, he's doing good at growing.

Today it finally hit me that I have to go back to work soon. So sad! I can't imagine not spending all day with Jarem and knowing every detail of his day. It's going to be so hard to leave him and go back to work. I have to go back on July 21st. Before then we're going to do some good travelling. Grandma and Gary and coming to visit for the 4th of July. They'll be here July 2nd-7th. YAY! Auntie Joanna will also be here for the 4th. Then we're planning a trip up to Washington from the 8th through the 15th. Rose and Gary are going to get two full weeks of Jarem love. We're so excited to get to spend some time with them. Very exciting!!!

Well, other than that, our one year anniversary is next Monday. It's amazing how fast time flies. We'll write more about that later though. For now I'm going to go back to bed and join Eric and Jarem for some good dreams. Night...