2 Month Baby Update

Jamie was 2 months old last Friday. My how he has grown. He currently clocks in at almost 14 lbs and is about 24.5" long, about 95th percentile in both. An average baby of that size should be around 4.5 months old. Dang. No wonder none of his 0-3 month clothes fit him. We've already had to move up to the 3-6 month old clothes. Even some of those are a little on the snug side. He also moved up to his third diaper size.

Here are some of the latest pictures:

Avalon Skatepark

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Originally uploaded by urbaindk.

Brian and I went to check out the new Avalon Skatepark last night. It was Brian's first time back on the bike since breaking his leg last fall. It's actually more of a bike park than a skate park, built by a bikeshop for bikers. Most of the local skateparks don't allow bikes. Apparently they think bikes and boards don't mix. I guess the thought of a 30 lb metal missle is a little more scary than a loose skateboard. Anyway this place welcomes everybody, even first time bikepark newbs like Brian and I. It's in an old dilapidated warehouse out back of the Avalon bikeshop and is very reminiscent of the old ghetto skate park that I grew up skating back in the eighties - minus the rotting vegetables outside on the loading docks. The ramps are tight. 2 6 foot halfpipes with a spine and a 4 foot half pipe with bowl corners and a hip into another 4 foot halfpipe. Fun stuff. We stuck mostly to the bowl area. There were some awesome riders there riding everything, unfortunately, it's really dark and the photos I tried to take just didn't turn out.

Jamie's first balloon

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Originally uploaded by urbaindk.

I'm trying something new today. I'm posting straight from Flickr. Flickr's just another file hosting service and it seems to have some cool features. Well, like directly linking to the blog for instance.

Anyhow. We had a good weekend here. Saturday was Jamie's first social event. Our friends Ginger and Mark threw a birthday party for their daughter Ellie, who just turned one. Jamie had a great time just looking around at all the cool stuff (people mostly). He was enthralled with the balloons so we gave him one to play with. He almost immediately figured out that it was attached to his hand and would violently shake the hand he was holding it in just to see it move all while giggling and cooing. It's really the first thing we've seen him take an active interest in actually playing with. Pretty cool.

Sunday we went for a hike and he stayed awake for a good portion of it. That's new too. And then to Target. He loved Target. We've discovered that he loves the color red and everything in Target is red so he was in heaven.

You know, the simplest things amuse babies and new parents. Ha Ha!

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