crib 365.365C

Ruben took his first nap in his crib today. We were quite proud.

tired parents 365.358

Today was a day like any other, except that seven years ago, the US endured a terrible terrorist attack. Ruben is far too young to understand it and I struggle with how much we would want to expose him to anyway. Nonetheless at the end of the day Will and I were tired.

date night 365.335

tonight Will and I went out for dinner some friends of ours. We had a great time, good company, great waiter and tasty food. The best part was coming home to this. My son asleep snuggled up next to his Savta.

more Aunt Cara 365.316

amongst all the other things that happened today, Cara and Ruben got a good snuggle in. Ruben is learning from the best, Aunt Cara is a superstar snuggler.

also we are lucky enough to have many generous friends who have given us hand-me-downs for Ruben, this onesie is among my favorite, on the front it has drawing of the caterpillar from The Very Hungry Caterillar and on the back it says this. Really what could be cuter?

downtown 365.303

we loaded Ruben into the Ergo Carrier and ventured downtown. Ruben's first T ride, his first trip to city hall (to get his birth certificate) and the first visit to daddy's office. Did I remember to take pictures of any these? No, so instead you get us walking home.

as a bonus here is a shot of the little man sleeping nuzzled up against his own legs!

napping 365.292

will was exhausted and needed to nap (we have heard you should sleep when the babe sleeps), however part way through his nap Ruben got cranky. What is the solution? snuggle with daddy!

all my boys 365.285

there is so much that goes on in this little man's life. today he had a play-date with MOMP's little man and more importantly MOMP got her fill of baby head smell. its her crack, i think that if when you went to the car wash that were a scent available called "newborn baby head" she would get her car cleaned every week just for the smell. (this is no way meant to imply that her car needs cleaning that often just that she's an addict) anyway while there are pictures of this play date... this picture is what took my breath away. jackson is adjusting to have a younger person in the house and today he proved it by being able to share the bed with more than one person. who knew i would a woman in a house full of boys.

my boys 365.231

sometimes after a long day of bringing home the bacon and napping, will and jackson (you get to figure which one does which) get in a little snuggle time. makes me smile.

sweet face 365.180

I know jackson has a sweet face, he is a sweet dog, he loves us. he "protects" us. we however, made a mistake in his training. however all the fault is not ours. when we first got jackson we were told, by more than one person that knows such things, that he most likely wouldn't get bigger than 35 -40 lbs. so since he was going to remain small we figured that him occasionally sleeping with us would be ok. however our dear dog is 55 pounds. you can see from the picture that he takes up much of the bed, sleeping with us is torture. for a while he had no interest in sleeping with us. However recently since, he knows that he isn't supposed to sleep with us, he waits until the middle of the night to join us. He knows we are too tired to deal with him so he gets to stay. as a result both will and i get terrible sleep, added to this that i am not sleeping awesome anyway. I am a giant pile of crank. but still i wake up every morning and see this sweet face and can't help loving that dear dog of mine.

fighting for space 365.136

today both jackson and i have superbowl hangover belly. as a result we both want to be on the couch and be pathetic. he started off in a curled ball at the edge of the couch and he is now taking over all of one cushion and a quarter of the other. lucky for me he stretches lengthwise and not width so there is room my legs next to him.

watching the teevee 365.128

i finished my school-work and as a reward i get to watch the sopranos. good times. (also it should be noted that will and i share the couch with jackson, who is annoyed that we have the gall to invade his space)

home 365.125

he's home!! after an overnight visit at Angell Memorial, jackson came home at around 5:30. he received great care and we are told that we have to monitor him closely and go for a follow up visit to our regular vet on monday. he came home had tons of energy for about 40 minutes and is now sleeping soundly. (considering that he most likely spent most of the night & day scared and crying sleeping is just what we were expecting)

couch nap 365.110

this week i have class from 9-4 everyday. up side i have 3 more credits at the end of week when i am done with class. down side this is me every night from when i get home until i crawl into bed

i'm crushing your head 365.105

today when will came home from work we snacked and each took 3 hour naps. what is wrong with us? anyway this picture was inspired by pictures the bestie took with photo booth.

calm before the storm 365.60

tomorrow we go to worcester. being at my in-laws is awesome and very similar to watching a sitcom only recently i became a character.

evening snuggle 365.16

after a long day of attempting to make assets = liabilities my dog and i had a little snuggle.

*photo by will.