Iris is enjoying the Big Bambu exhibit on the roof of the Met

Kids having fun at grandmas house in Queens

Iris is riding high

At the Norwegian Day parade in Ballard tonight.

Photo Courtesy Kris Chick

Fresh from his bath.

Happy girl at drop off this morning

She doesn't mind that her Mariners lunch box is from 2 years ago & has Erik Bedard and JJ Putz on there with the Moose. Iris LOVES LOVES LOVES the Moose, in case you haven't heard

Tommy

At some point in the past 5+ weeks this kid got big. He's over 12
pounds now.

Last night's game went 12 innings

We left after the 11th. Someone fell asleep on the way home

Tommy's first night game

2nd game ever!

My how you've grown

Here's a photo of Tommy who's 5 week old today. He's grown quite a bit since he was born. Note how he fits in his car seat now.

Iris doing the Hulk

Out at Ballard Brothers Seafood & Burgers with Kris and Ben for Dining Out for Life. Iris amused us with her impression of the Hulk. Photo courtesy of Kris Chick.

Tommy reading the sports page with Pepere Reg

Mothers Day gift ideas

I got my annual 'buy mom a pink bat' email from MLB today--always good for a laugh

Tommy at his first Ms game

3 weeks, 2 days oldTommy's big sister enjoyed the game & her moose card too

Tommy as a newborn

Here are photos of him when he was only 1 day old.

Sometimes Tommy smiles when he sleeps

Tommy asleep on Uncle Martin

Iris Swimming

Shirley, Bob's brother Abe and I took Iris & her cousin Emily swimming yesterday afternoon so mommy & Tommy could take a nap. Abe has a waterproof camera & got some nice pics.

Iris loves hanging out with her big girl cousin Emily.

I love this action shot of Iris jumping into the pool--
she has her daddy's vertical leap.

And for those of you who didn't know--yes, I have a Patriots tattoo.

Photos courtesy of Abraham Baltazar

Thomas Benjamin Martel

Tommy was born at 1:56 PM on Thursday March 25, 2010 by c-section. He was 6 days late for his March 19 due date but hadn't dropped very far. Irene's water broke at 6AM and a few hours later the doctor told us that a c-section was the best way to go, since labor hadn't really started. Irene walked herself into the OR around 1:25. The entire operation only took about an hour. Here are some pics documenting Tommy's first 2 days

Mommy's ready to goRecreating my self-portrait from when Iris was born
(no mask required that time)
8 pounds, 0.8 ounces. 19 inches long.

Mmmmm-fingers taste good!Our cranky little man ready to head home
Our happy little family

Leaving the hospital on Saturday 3/27/10
Tommy's home!

Asleep 4 hours

I'm so proud of Tommy for letting me sleep from 12:30 to 4:30 uninterrupted when I had baby duty by myself. I awoke to the sounds of lips smacking, a sound only a new mom could love. No crying or tears. What a guy!

big sister Iris & little brother Tommy

Tommy Martel!

Baby JJ2 Arriving on Friday March 26

We went to Irene's Dr this afternoon & he was not happy with how her BP had spiked since last week so ran some tests to see if she needed to be admitted & have baby right away. Tests all came back good, so we're going to stick with our scheduled c-section this Friday at 2:30. Stay tuned on Friday for the big announcement!

Of course, baby could surprise all of us & arrive before then but the doc said it hasn't dropped very much so that's not very likely.

Iris singing

No Baby Yet

Baby JJ2 is due today but so far is playing hard to get. Irene has not yet gone into labor, so pretty unlikely it'll happen today.

Here's a recent photo of Iris wearing Ben Budka's down vest. For those of you who don't know Ben, he's about 6'8" tall, so his vest is a little large for our girl.

Wilco!

More photos from haircut day

These were taken from Gas Works Park, at the north end of Lake Union, facing downtown Seattle

Today was Iris haircut day

Speaking of Monkeys....

Iris tells misbehaving monkeys what not to do

Little Monkey

Iris and I went to the park last week - she liked the climbing wall

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Photos from Christmas

2 year checkup

Iris had her 2-year checkup yesterday & everything's looking good. She had quite a growth spurt since 18 months, shooting up 3.25 inches and packing on 3 lbs 9 ounces. She also gained another cm of cranium size, to keep her number above the 95th percentile.

Here are her latest stats and the ones from her prior checkups:

2 Years
Length 33.5" (25th-50th percentile)
Weight 25 lbs, 12 ozs. (25th-50th)
Cranium 51 cm (95th+)

18 Months
Length 30.25" (10th-25th percentile)
Weight 22 lbs, 3 ozs. (25th)
Cranium 50 cm (95th+)

1 year
Length 28.5" (25th percentile)
Weight 18 lbs, 9.5 ozs. (10-25th)
Cranium 48 cm (95th+)

9 months
Length 26.5" (between 10th-25th percentile)
Weight 16 lbs, 15.5 ozs. (10-25th)
Cranium 47.5 cm (95th+)

6 months
Length 24.75" (between 10th-25th percentile)
Weight 14 lbs, 12.5 ozs. (25th-50th)
Cranium 45.25 cm (95th+)

4 months
Length 23.75" (between 25th-50th percentile)
Weight 12 lbs, 5.5 ozs. (25th)
Cranium 42.75cm (90-95th)

2 months
Length 22.25" (50th percentile)
Weight 10 lbs, 8 ozs. (25th-50th)

Birth 11/21/2007 6:51 AM
Length 19.5" (50th percentile)
Weight 6 lbs, 15.4 ozs. (25th)

Birthday Brunch

At Portage Bay for our big 2 year old girl's birthday brunch

Dr Seuss books and Photo Courtesy of Kris Chick

Happy Birthday Iris! Our girl is 2!

Iris's Dance Party

We bought a compilation cd with the Black Eyed Peas song "Boom Boom Pow" on it. Iris started singing along as soon as she heard it. I guess we can say this is her first favorite song. Here's some videos of her singing & dancing to Boom Boom Pow and "Let's Get it Started".
Bonus: On video #2 you get to hear Irene singing too.



This last one is from Iris's angry punk phase - the Clash's "White Riot"

First official photos of Iris

Of course, she's not smiling.