The Weekend of John Part II

My handsome boys on their first Fathers Day

John is a wonderful dad. He is very involved with Cohen despite his rigorous schedule. I've loved seeing the evolution of John these past five and a half years from enjoyable friend to fun boyfriend to loving husband and now sweet dad. He loves this little boy so much; they are already best buds. It makes my heart happy seeing them playing/smiling/laughing together. Cohen and I are very blessed.

(please note John's non jimmy neutron hair. A few times every year he decides to grow out quaff. It lasts about a month before it drives him crazy, we'll see how long it lasts this time)

The Weekend of John Part I

Two. Eight. on six. twenty. (Saturday)

Oh how I love this man!

You, Mr. Tullis, are absolutely wonderful. You really are my better half (my family likes me a lot more now that you are with me. sad but true.)

Random things about John

• He loves cheesecake, watermelon, feta cheese, thrift stores, and semi colons
• He can play cannon in D by pachelbel on the gee tar
• He loves the jokes on laffy taffys
• Was quite the rollerblader back in the day (though he no longer blades)
• He does not like brand names. I may have already shared this but When he started his internship he needed some nice khaki pants. He went to Mervyns and bought a pair that were OK. I suggested he try the Gap because they had a good selection for tall guys but he refused to make a purchase from that store. Fast forward to his first day of work. I came home and noticed he was rockin the khakis. I was shocked at how much better they looked. A few days latter John confessed that he returned the Mervyns brand and bought a pair from the Gap but promptly removed the Gap tags and labels so no one (including me ) would know.
• He takes the wrapper of his chap stick so it's just a white tube.
• He knows all the words to "jump around" you know "jump up, jump up, and get down" (sorry ladies, he's mine)

Happy birthday bud!

Quatro Meses

An update on baby Casper

• The boy is getting big and growing out of clothes everyday (tonight someone asked me if he was 9 months old)
• He loves it when I sign
• He laughs a lot. We can get a hearty guffaw out of him.
• He loves it when we read him books. He calms down and touches the pages. He'll sit still while we read to him
• He's become very tactile; touching, grabbing, and picking up everything then promptly putting it in his mouth
• He loves to rub his hand and tickle whoever is feeding him
• He's very interactive and continues to be social
• He loves to play peek-a-boo
• He is strong and loves to stand on your lap, the floor/table/any surface. We've been doing strength/resistance training with him; he loves his baby bow-flex machine.

His game face

Lovin being naked in his bath

Playing Hide n' Seek with the Adamses. He's really good at this game.

Stats:

weight: 15 lbs. 2 oz a little above the 50%

height: 26.5 inches somewhere between the 75-90% (vague I know)

head: I forget and they didn't write it down

Go See Cal

This past Sunday Cohen was sporting an outfit my brothers wore when they were wee lads. I think it is adorable. John said he looked like a used car sales man, hence the title.

If you are a So Cal resident you most likely have seen/heard the commercial for used cars sold by Cal. He was always sitting on top of an animal waving at the end of his commercials and the jingle said "Go see Cal, Go see Cal, Go see Cal".

(let it be known that John liked the outfit despite his snarky comment)

"Wanna buy a car?"

a little leg for the ladies


Here is a video I took on my camera. I forgot that you can't, or rather, I don't know how to flip videos, so it is sideways. A Thousand apologies.

Car Ralley

For Mutual tonight we had a car rally. One of the tasks was to have your teams picture on the Internet then print the page. Check.

Oh, what's that? You're wondering who won?

Well, since you asked...

WE DID! Boo-yah!