Preschool grad

Tommy graduated from preschool today.

Here he is being congratulated by his teacher Eve.

Breakfast Buddies

Tommy graduates from PFM daycare tomorrow, and for his last week Nicole is joining him in south class. She's transitioning from the toddler room and will be starting in the big kid preschool the week after July 4th (PFM is closed next week for summer break).
Here they are at drop off this morning having breakfast together. I hope she doesn't miss him too much when he's off to summer camp starting next week.

Tommy's Buzz Cut

Here are the before and after pics of the buzz cut that we gave Tommy last night. 

I feel like there's a different kid living in our house.

Oops

Dog Cage Boy

We went to our oldest Seattle friends Robin & Pat's yard sale on Saturday. They are moving to NYC! Good for them but we'll miss them a lot. One of the items up for sale was a dog cage which Tommy decided he'd crawl into. He's become quite a little comedian and enjoys making people laugh.

Tommy's new job

He's very excited to start working at Trader Joe's

A sleeping angel

This is how Aunt Helen and Uncle Martin get Tommy down for a nap.  Pretty comfy.

and here's how he looked when he woke up. I think we all know how he feels.

Tommy and Iris are checking out the ducks

this was at Fishermens Terminal last Saturday morning, after brunch with Kris, Ben and Steve Dettman.

Photo courtesy of Kris Chick

First haircut

Apologies to Uncle Bob, who gave Tommy his first haircut around Christmas, but Tommy went for his first professional trim at Rudy's in Ballard yesterday & came out of it looking pretty darn cute, I must say. He was pretty unsure of the whole process, so I held him on my lap & let him suck on a dum-dum the whole time. He naturally got it all over his face, and then the hair stuck to it, so it looked like he had a little beard by the time it was over. 

Iris was very good during her haircut too & got a trip to the gelato place as her reward. Sorry, no pics of her in the chair.

My little angel

Tommy got sent home because he was "sick." This is how he "recovers" at home.

Tommy's birthday circle at daycare

Iris enjoying the muffins served for Tommy's birthday.  She looks like a giant sitting at the little table.

Martel Boys Visit

My brother ML and his sons Luke and Reed (Will couldn't come because he had baseball) visited from the Bay Area last weekend. We had a fun visit even though it rained pretty hard most of the weekend. We went to the Museum of Flight on Saturday and then took the Safeco Field tour and bowled a game on Sunday. Here are some pics of our fun. (Big thanks to Irene for the great rainy day activity ideas XOXO)

This pic of Iris in the Mariners dugout is a recreation of one from when she was less than a year old:

Apologies to Tommy but that last one was pretty good of everyone else.

Tommy's appetite

After his 9-month check up, we're hoping to get Tommy to gain some weight.  Tommy is transitioning to real food so we're looking for ideas/suggestion for healthy "fatty" food. So far we know he likes ham, smoked salmon lox, sweet potato, tofu and pasta.  Going to try avocado next.  He's only got 2 teeth but it's not slowing him down.

2010 Santa Photos - the Untold Story

This is how Tommy ended up alone on Santa's lap. These photos describe what happened better than I could, and also explain where Santa was looking in frame #3. This all took place in maybe 3 seconds.

2010 Santa Photos

As many of you have already heard, Iris declined to pose with Santa again this year. Tommy had no such qualms - here he is with ol' Saint Nick:

(Santa's focus was drawn by the screaming little girl who just squirmed away from him)

Iris was okay posing with this Santa:

Here's what it may have looked like if Iris had stayed on Santa's lap:

Photoshop magic courtesy of Kris Chick. Thanks, Kris!

Happy little man

Tommy at 6 months

We're still waiting for his first tooth to come in.

Here are his 6 month check up stats from earlier today:

6 month checkup

16 lbs 10 ozs. (25-50th percentile)

26.25" long (50th)

44.75 cm cranium (75th)

5 month weigh-in
16 lbs.  1 oz.

4 month checkup
15 lbs. 8.5 ozs.  (75th percentile)
24.75" long  (50th)
43.25 cm cranium (75th)

2 month checkup
13 lbs. 8.5 ozs.  (50th-75th percentile)
23.5" long  (50th-75th)
40.5 cm cranium (25-50th)

2 weeks old
9 lbs. 2.5 ozs.
21.0" long
37 cm cranium

First checkup 3/29
4 days old
7 lbs, 12.5 ozs.
20.25" long
36 cm cranium

Birth: Thursday March 25, 2010 1:56PM
8 lbs., 0.8 ozs. (50th-75th percentile)
19" long (25th)

I'm strong to the finish...

...cuz I eats me spinach!

Concept by Irene and Jim.
Photoillustration and punchline courtesy of Kris Chick

Cousin Sarah's visit

Iris and Tommy's cousin Sarah just just finished her first year of college in Florida and was in the Seattle area visiting a High School friend this week. She dropped by for a quick visit and dinner on Monday night. It was great seeing her.

She met Tommy for the first time

and got reacquainted with Iris

Precious moment

Tommy and his new daycare buddy Jackson