August Photos

It has been a busy month. I will post girls camp photos later, they're really funny. But now it's just family photos. Enjoy!

Pajama Time! Lately it seems I've been dressing Jeremiah on the go, I kind of have to chase him around the room while he plays and steal one apendage at a time in order to get him in clothes.

Greg's old little league uniform: I wear it sometimes but last week it was Jeremiah's pajamas. It's still a little long for him, but the nostalgia is nice. he looks cute in it.
Story Time: We frequent the library for story time once a week but they are taking a short break before the fall starts, so we have our own story time at home. Jeremiah LOVES books, when he is really cranky it calms him right down. Sometimes he even pretends to read to me.
Not quite there yet: Jeremiah LOVES my water bottles. He always wants to drink from what I'm drinking from, so one day we let him: and needless to say he got very wet, and so did our carpet. He's not quite at the stage where he can drink from regular cups all by himself, but until then, I'll just help him a little.

Let Freedom Ring!

On the Fourth of July our little family took a trip downtown for the parade. I know that Jeremiah doesn't look very patriotic, but he was having fun. Next we went to one of the many parks in Boise for a huge fireworks show, which was awesome. Jeremiah didn't care much for the fireworks, but at 10:30pm he didn't care much for anything other than laying down my shoulder and trying to go to sleep. It was fun hanging out at the park. We brought a picnic lunch and enjoyed the atmosphere. Much more eventful than last fourth of july when I was recovering from childbirth. :)

Happy Birthday!

Welcome to Jeremiah's First Birthday Party!

Since Jeremiah didn't even notice, we invited OUR friends over for a picnic, but it was so hot that we moved our picnic inside.
MOM fed Jeremiah watermelon. DAD fed Jeremiah Root Beer - He didn't like it.

Then came the cake......... Okay, so its not fancy, but it tastes good!
This is when the sugar coma kicked in.... I took the rest of the cake away, even though it would have been fun to see how much he could eat.
After a nap he was happy as could be.

Jeremiah weighs 21 pounds now, and is 29 1/2 inches long. He's still just below average for his age. He can take a few steps on his own now, though he still prefers crawling, or holding on to something. His new favorite thing is taking out all my pots and pans and making a lot of noise in the kitchen.

Before and After

I gave Jeremiah his first buzz cut today. he's had several hair cuts in the past but this was the first one with the buzzer. He was a little sceptical about the sound the buzzer made. So what do you think? Which is cuter, Buzzed or a little long on top? Leave a comment and let us know.

Jeremiah Update

Just by way of update, Jeremiah has been officially crawling for about a month and is walking along furniture and walls, as well as with help from mom. He is going up the stairs, but hasn't quite learned now to crawl, not fall, down the stairs. He has started using sign language. I have been teaching him the sign for "more" (closing your finger tips and tapping them together) and he has started doing a crude version of that, and he claps. He also sometimes says "Ba Ba" when we say "Bye Bye." We just thought we'd share his new tricks with everyone. We love you!

Surgery and Family recovery

Greg had ACL reconstruction on the 25th of May. It was an outpatient procedure which means that Jeremiah and I got to take care of him as he was recovering. What fun! He was a good little patient. We moved everything upstairs and I was constantly running up and down the stairs from the kitchen to the bedroom making breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as taking care of Jeremiah. Mom and Dad Hirschi sent Greg a get well soon cookie bouquet. It was way too much sugar for Greg alone to consume, so I helped.
Jeremiah helped daddy recover from sugery by playing nintendo with him. He is hooked already to the thing that I so despise... oh well, you pick your battles right?
When Jeremiah wasn't playing Nintendo with dad, he was on his own exploring the living room. He only got into mischief a few times.Greg is doing much better now. He is off crutches, off pain medication and back to work. He has physical therapy twice a week and improves each time he goes. The doctor says that it will take him about 8-9 months to get back to full activity, but he's on his way to playing basketball again.

Getting into mischief

Jeremiah and Dad got to play with his big-boy toy that he got from his great uncle Todd. Jerem LOVES the lights and the songs that it plays.

Jeremiah is "crawling" all over the place now. He scoots on his tummy more than crawls, which means the front of his clothes are always dirty at the end of the day. But I find him everywhere; In the kitchen playing with measuring spoons, in the bathroom playing with his bath toys and the scale, and once he was sticking his legs through the bars on his crib while he was playing in his room... the next thing I know it he is asleep all wrapped up in his blanket with his legs still stuck through his crib.

April Showers

Jeremiah and Ashton went out to explore the grass the other day. They're become much more accustom to the texture of it on their legs. Sometimes I think they are a little too comfortable with the outdoors... when they stick everything and anything they find in their mouths. But that's just what kids do. The following are pictures I took of Jeremiah out in the yard. I was trying to be artistic, but it wasn't really working. I think they are cute photos anyway.

The Hirschi family is doing great. Jeremiah is growing fast and is becoming so much fun to play with. I have been keeping busy with Jerem and with other projects. Right now I am helping my neighboor refinish her dining table and chairs. They look really great. I'm also making a quilt for Amber as her wedding present. I never knew how time consuming it was.... but I know now! :) It's a lot of fun to make and it will be great to say that I've actually make a quilt. Greg has been traveling a lot this month. He went to New York for a week and then just this past week he was in Miami for a conference for four days. We're very glad to have him home with us and now that the weather has warmed up we're going to start going camping on the weekends!! It's the perfect time to start enjoying all of the camping equipment we've gotten as gifts. We are so excited.

Bigger and Stronger Jeremiah

Jeremiah rolls over and sits up now. He loves playing with the yarn on our quilt, and LOVES the camera.

Jeremiah eats ice cream now (compliments of Greg)

*Shown here: Mint Chocolate Chip

Jeremiah takes his baths sitting up now, and loves to splash!

Jeremiah has a best friend, Ashton Price, our next door neighboor. They get together and play. Most of the time is spent scratching each others faces.

He has recently discovered the new toy that Grandma and Grandpa Curzon bought him for Christmas. He loves it!

I apologize for taking so long to get a new post up on the blog. I hope you are all doing well. Jeremiah is getting bigger and stronger every day and we love playing with him. He has 4 teeth now, two on the bottom and two on the top. He is about 20 lbs (we think) and about 29.5 inches long. Time to get a new car seat!!

Jeremiah's First meal of solid food

Hurray! Jeremiah is finally eating solid food. It has taken him a while to get the hang of swallowing without sucking, but he's getting there. Also, I found a tooth! So he wasn't just being cranky for no reason! :)

Dad gave Jerem a can of our food storage to play with and he LOVED it. It kept him occupied for about 30 minutes. Crazy!