Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Congratulations Ferrell Family!

Deanne and Alex have welcomed a new baby into the world! Logan Alexander was born on Friday, June 23 at 2:15 am. He was 19.5 inches long and weighed 6 pounds and 3 ounces. He was born about 3 and 1/2 weeks early.

You can read all about him and see LOTS of pictures on their blog. You can also find a link to it in our "Friends" section.

By the way, the kid's got great initials to become a stand-up comic!

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Go Tigers!

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On Saturday, Jacob got to go to his first Detroit Tiger's game! We got some free tickets from our friend Jen (her husband Bret was very bummed that they didn't get to go - more on that later). Since we had four tickets and kids under three don't count as people to Illitch, we invited Dan and Lynette while Colin and Jacob tagged along. I'm not sure, of the two boys, which was less interested in the game. Colin preferred to take walks or play with his cars. Jake, if pointed in the direction of the field, at least looked there, so I guess we'd have to say Jake was a better fan! It was a beautiful night, but between the temperature cooling down (aka getting comfortable), Jake's pending feeding, and Michele being exhausted, we left in the middle of the eighth inning. The Tigers went on to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth and win it in the tenth. While it would have been cool to witness in person, I would not have wanted to explain to Michele (who had been counting down to the ninth inning since the top of the third) what it meant that we were entering the 10th inning. This is the same woman that it took about 3 seasons of Spartan football to catch on to how the down system works.

As I mentioned, we got the tickets from Jen who got them through work. While they actually were in town for the weekend, they were here for a wedding and could not use the tickets. They did manage to stop over on Sunday for a cookout and then we all ventured to the new Ikea store in Canton. The store is huge, maze-like, and crowded with people. I don't think I'd go back on a weekend. Again, we had to think about Jake's feeding and had to leave after about an hour. I think you'd have to slate in about 3 or 4 hours to see the whole store!

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Let's Take a Walk

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On Thursday, Michele decided she wanted to go swim at the gym so she abandoned her child with his father. After he quickly tired of me trying to get him to play (how long till he can throw a spiral?) I called up Jo and we decided to take the kids on a walk. Since it was sunny out, I broke out his sunglasses which you can see in the photo above. He didn't quite know what to think of them.

On Friday, Michele took Jacob up to Fenton to meet with Grandma/pa and Lynette and Colin. While up there they decided to check out a little carnival. Before checking out the pictures (too late?) try to guess what Jake did while they were there. Feel free to post your speculation in the comments section.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

3 Months Old

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Today Jake is 3 months old! Time sure is flying by. Before long he'll be off to college. Okay, so maybe it's not going by that quickly.

Besides turning 3 months old, today he is graduating to his crib from the bassinet. As long as he does well in it, any way. He took one nap in it and didn't seem to mind too much.

Jake has also been sleeping better through the night lately. It's a trend that Michele hopes catches on, and only gets better. Right now he's sleeping between 3 and 4 hours at a time.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Double Time

Sorry, no pictures this time, just a quick post to commemorate today's "big" event. Today, Jake is twice as old as he should be.

If we round off and say he was born 6 1/2 weeks early, then at 13 weeks (which he is today), the math works out. Even his math-minor of a mother concurs!

In other news, you might want to check out the links to the other blogs on the right-hand side of the screen. Brian and Di have a few posts and links to pictures of their new dog, and The Pruss' site was just updated as well with pictures and info.

Tomorrow Jake turns 3 months old, so expect the 3 month pictures shortly. We were also informed that we need to get on the ball with "professional" pictures at this point - thanks Meme. It would have been more helpful if she'd just bought us a new digital camera like this one or this one.

Monday, June 19, 2006

Father's Day in Review

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Michele and Jake really gave me a great first Father's Day! I got some grilling accessories, and I got to spend the day with a lot of our families.

We started out with a brunch at the Trosko's condo. Dan, Lynette, Colin, and Grandma R. were all there as well. We had some delicious ziplock omelets. They might be the new "breakfast for a bunch"!

After brunch, we headed to William's open house. The weather held off until just about the scheduled end, so that was lucky. We drove through some real downpours leaving though!

Today, Jacob headed back to Salem Elementary to help Mommy get some stuff organized and boxed up for next year. It sounds like they might be headed back tomorrow to finish it up.

In other family news, Alison started swim lessons. You can see those pictures (and others) here.

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Captured Smiles

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So, maybe it's not his first smile, and hopefully it won't be his last, but it was the first good picture we could capture. It's just too bad the flash was so bright on his face.

Here's another smile that we luckily caught on video!



Jake got to see where Michele works on Wednesday. We all went to Salem Elementary School for their last day. Michele students all got to see Jacob, and we got to watch the "Fifth Grade Parade". All the fifth graders march out of the school one last time while the other students line the halls and clap for them. Michele's first bunch of students were included in those marching! From now on, at least a few of the kids will have had Michele as their first grade teacher!

As we mentioned earlier, we have William's open house tomorrow. We're also going to grab brunch with Michele's family to celebrate Father's Day. There may be more pictures from that later.

Monday, June 12, 2006

Congratulations Graduates


Congratulations to Josh (left) and William who were both graduates in the Class of 2006. 2006... that means 10 years have passed since Michele and I accepted our high school diplomas. Time sure flies. Josh had a kicking open house last Saturday, and we'll be heading back up for William's open house on Sunday.

After Josh's party, we met Michele's parents for church at Holy Family. After mass we bumped into an old friend from highschool. Jennifer (formerly Rasmussen) was there with her husband and their adorable toddler daughter. They have another child on the way, and should have a new baby well in time for Christmas. The family seemed to be doing well.

After that, we all met my parents and Alison at Pete and Teri's boat slip and took a ride around Lake Fenton. Click here to see those pictures and more. Jake had no trouble sleeping through the ride again, but with how much he got passed around at the open house, it really wasn't much of a surprise.

Tonight we went to dinner with the Pruss family. Of course, we had to get back to East Side Mario's, even without our usual buy-one-get-one-free coupons. Jo and Elle are off for Arizona tomorrow to visit her family. Jason is going to try to remodel their entire house (at least it seems like it) while they are gone.

After sleeping most of the day yesterday (probably still recuperating), Jake had tons of energy and stayed awake most of today. He is really smiling a lot now, and seems to be responding when we do stupid stuff! As soon as I get my hands on a firewire cable, I hope to get a few more short movies up.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

11 Weeks

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The end of Jake's 10th week must have been a rough one! He has become a little fussier every day. He's spending more time awake now, and seems to sleep quite a bit lighter. When he's supposed to be awake, he's a very happy baby, but when he should be sleeping, watch out! I think Jo considers his cries to be real at this point, and not just whimpers. Elle might be louder, but she's got a lot bigger lungs!

Last week we found Jake a life preserver and he got to sleep through his first boat ride on Grandma and Grandpa's boat. We're starting to notice a pattern for his firsts!

Other than that, Jake has been getting to see a few more Tiger's games on TV as the majority of our shows are on hiatus for the summer. Of course, there's always Rescue Me, The 4400, and Last Comic Standing to look forward to.