April

One day Sasha on her own prepared Jack's meal of rice cereal and carrots. She was so careful not to spill any while she poured and stirred and then fed him the entire bowl by herself. I love her look of concentration (above). Jack loves to be in the work-out room looking at himself in the mirrors, watching me do the elliptical, and especially grabbing onto the weights. I am behind in this blog, obviously, but just a current update: Jack is so close to crawling. He rocks forward onto his hands, holds the position for awhile and eventually becomes stranded on his tummy. In some ways I can't wait for him to get mobile because I think he'll be so much happier. As it is now he gets pretty frustrated when left on his own on the floor right now. He is happiest when he can hold onto our fingers and practice walking, a back-breaking endeavor for the adults in the house. He can pull up on a few things too which prompted us to lower his crib mattress a couple of weeks ago. Lastly this is Sasha's last week at Gabriela's house (the woman above). She has been going there with some other little kids for the past 2 years for a couple days a week. It has been a very nurturing second home for her and we will miss Gabriela so much, but Sasha is definitely ready for preschool which she will start in the fall. I will NOT miss the 20 minute drive to take her and pick her up at Gabriela's especially now that I have to load up Jack each time.
We are off to Sedona, AZ for a weekend of hiking over Memorial Day.