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

Emily and Iris

Enjoying the one man band at Ballard Farmers Market today. He was playing Muse's Knights of Cydonia, then did Dynamite by Taio Cruz

Iris had fun at soccer this morning

Happy Father's Day to Me!

This morning was Doughnuts with Dad at the kids' daycare to celebrate Father's Day. My gifts, from top:

• Iris dressed up as dad at work on the card she "colored really nice" (she really said that to me). I know I'm biased, but I say she is pretty damn cute.
• Race car bobblehead hand painted by Iris.
• Tommy's handprint Father's Day card. 

Warms my little heart!

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.

Tommy Hitting the Bottle

our friend Jana took this pic of Tommy at the Mariners game last Monday night

My sister Denise AKA Geegy got us the Ed Hardy can coozies as a joke but they do come in handy (and they are wicked cool!)

My little angel

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

Which is the weirder baby name coincidence?

1) We met another couple at a local park last weekend. They also live on NW 60th St in Ballard. They have a 4 year old boy named Thomas & a 2 year old girl named Iris (the first other little girl Iris we've ever encountered in person). The mom is white (parents live in NH), and the dad is Asian, so they're like the mirror image of us, with Tommy as the older one & the races of mom & dad swapped.

2) My brother Jack has 3 boys: Will, Luke and Reed. In the baby room at Tommy's daycare there are 4 other boys: Jack, William, Luke and Reed.

Iris loves gymnastics!

Tommy's birthday cake

Tough to say if he likes it or not, since most of it landed on the floor.

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.

At Chiang's for Tommy's birthday dinner

But he's asleep. We also came here to eat when he was just 2 days old.

Iris likes her new outfit

Kris & Ben bought it for her in Hawaii. Thanks!

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.

Scrunchy Nose

Irene already posted this to facebook but it deserves to be preserved here as well

Family Portrait

Iris showing off her mad drawing skills.  From left to right, it's Mommy, Daddy, Tommy and Iris.

BEP fan

Iris  REALLY enjoyed half time of the Super Bowl today

Camouflage day in the infant room

Tommy and his friends Jack and Ian

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.