creepy 365.362

My son often sleeps with his eyes a little open. I find this creepy, judge for yourself.

center of attention 365.360

My in-laws have a beautiful HD TV, but on Saturday night, despite there being both football and baseball on, Ruben managed to steal the show!

favorite shoes 365.359

Ruben had a hot date today. While he was off doing that, I went off to try to find a job. Because we all know I am clumsy, I opted to save the heels for later, and wore my favorite shoes while I traveled.

b-school babies 365.349

we were due a month apart. I was two-ish weeks early, she was two-ish weeks late. funny how the babies are roughly the same size. Welcome to the world little man Ruben and I look forward to play-dates together!

lovey 365.346

Tt was recommended that instead of letting Ruben choose his own lovey, we introduce one to him. This makes sense on several levels, we have to see it for the next two + years so we should like it, also it should be something that we can buy replacements for should it ever get lost. He seems to have taken to our choice rather well.

inquisitive 365.344

As Ruben gets older he gets more inquisitive, tonight he was fascinated with my face as I watched the DNC on the TV.

mid morning snooze 365.342

after a long morning of eating, looking around and getting diaper changes, Ruben needed a nap.

family 365.339

Today was all family all the time. Here is a shot with his cousins.

With his Grandpa Mike and Donna.

And with his Worcester family (except Bubbe). Its a rare moment in time to have everyone in the same place at the same time, even for a few hours. There are many out-takes of this picture but there isn't a single one where everyone is actually looking at the camera. (thanks to Uncle Becky for taking these shots!)

cousins 365.338

For most of the time that Ruben's cousins were around he stared at them in wide-eyed awe! Who are these beautiful girls, he seemed to ask. The minute I try to capture this, he gets a little fussy.

friends and the future 365.327

today I went to costco with Jason. we took our kids, they were for the most well behaved. (Jason's son is 7 months old and Ruben is 7 weeks in this picture) while we were driving and talking realized that our kids will most likely be in the same class in school. its a good thing we all like each other, because we will be in one anothers lives for a long time

relief! 365.325

in addition to being a spit-up machine our son also gets some bad gas, this is Will attempting one of the many tricks to alleviate Ruben's gas. prior to being held like this by Will Ruben was screaming his little head off.

hipper than his mom 365.322

thanks to our friends who lent us clothing for Ruben, our son is hipper than his mom. He is apparently "with the band."

As a side note, I don't understand his jeans, they have actual pockets. I mean what is he going to store in there, his all-access backstage pass?

likes the compy 365.320

squirmy man stopped squirming as soon as he saw the soft glow of the compy

Aunt Cara! 365.315

today Cara and I went out for lunch, Ruben was the main course

lifesaver 365.314

sometimes nothing calms a crying baby, other than perpetual motion, this can happen while using a sling like the maya wrap from yesterday's post. but what if mom needs to shower, use the restroom or otherwise not be wearing her child, swing to the rescue! thanks to our friends, the Fish's for giving us theirs.

conversation with uncle eli 365.310

Eli's conversation with Ruben was better received, than mine, no angst...

instead we have amazement at the wisdom passed along

conversation with my son 365.307

we were having a nice chat....

then his angst kicked in and it was all tears

thinker 365.306

Ruben is very cultured and likes to do his own interpretation of masterpieces.

I present Ruben as "The Thinker."

cousin goldie 365.304

For those of you who have visited with Ruben, you know that he spits-up. To compensate we place burp clothes near his mouth. However Goldie is special, because for the first time with his diaper on he managed to pee on someone. Lucky Goldie! Ruben felt really bad as did his parents.
Earlier in the day, I noticed that my son had a bit of a mohawk, I attribute this to Uncle Eli's bad influence.

little g-man 365.302

Ruben, like Jackson, is concerned about the environment and his impact on it. while he is concerned he isn't willing to be potty trained just yet. So despite the fact that we were using seventh generation diapers, Ruben insisted that we go one step further... so without further ado, the maiden voyage in gdiapers! (gDiapers consist of a washable, cotton outer "little g" pant and a plastic-free flushable diaper refill. They are made of breathable material just like sports clothing. )

ps. for my p'ton readers, the gdiaper is the correct shade of orange, no matter how your monitors may show it.