Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We may not get around to sending out a letter or a picture this year (we never have gotten around to it before…), so this is as good as it gets. We are so grateful for family, friends, a warm home, and good health (especially for my dad). Now go drink some egg nog!
Love,
Jake, Melissa, Rushton
I need Jake to help me censor some of the other cute pics from the bathtime bunch, but here’s a little taste to hold you over!
Rush had his green shirt on first, so if anybody copied anybody, it was definitely Jake. Rushton just wanted me to point that out for the record.
This isn’t the best picture ever taken, but it shows just how BIG Rushton is getting. I can’t get over how huge he is! Not my tiny little newborn anymore.
And who doesn’t love a cute pudgy little baby tummy, especially when the baby can sit up all by himself?
Check out the slobber dripping off his chin. IRRESISTABLE, I tell you.
And one more, just for kicks.
And then he learned how to sit up all by himself. Next he’ll be asking for his own cell phone with an unlimited texting plan.
We had to retire the Bumbo and trade it in for a high chair once Rush figured out how to wiggle out of it, but he still loves the exersaucer. See for yourself.
And P.S. can you even handle those cheeks??
This is a baby who loves to see himself in mirrors, pictures, and videos. But the only thing cuter than Rushton in this video is watching him watch this video. He smiles, laughs, and clasps his hands together in sheer delight. I can already see all the trouble he’s going to get out of simply by melting my heart…
My blog was broken for a little bit, but now we’re back in action. Jake’s waiting for me to go watch a movie with him (”waiting” = playing PS3…) so this will be short. I just wanted to post some pictures of Rush for my parents since they live far far away and can’t see him often. We were sad that video-chatting didn’t work out last night, but hopefully this holds you over until we can fix the technical difficulties!
As you can see, Rushton is very serious about his oatmeal.
