Baby Got Back

Jost dancing with the help of a LOT of sugar (we had cake for dessert)!

Sugar Overload

It was my birthday last week and Nick got me some great sweets from one of the best French bakeries in the bay, La Farine. We decided to let Jost have at it. Here is the photographic evidence. BEWARE - it's not pretty, but it's pretty funny!

YIKES! No posts in a month!

Here are some pictures from the last month. Baby J is getting HUGE. His new favorite words are - "Nooo", "PISSA" (translation: pizza), "Yes", "Gee" (for Boobers Magee our beagle), and "whastis?" (translation: what's this). I also had to add a picture of Jost's friend, Sefan. She is the cutest princess ever!

No Nap

This is the hilarity that was Jost at dinner tonight after having no nap (because we were celebrating Enkutatash in San Jose - Ethiopian New Year). It's pretty funny. And I am egging him on the whole time!

Boom Boom Pow

Jost and I were hanging out the other morning listening to some tunes. I played a variety of selections to see if I could entice him to break out his dance moves. He actually did dance to a Salt N Pepa song, but I was an idiot and didn't tape it because I can be technologically challenged. At any rate, he did a couple cute bootie bumps to "Boom Boom Pow" from the Black Eyed Peas. It's short, but sweet. Enjoy!

It's August and FINALLY feeling like summer

It's been a pretty cold summer in the Bay Area thus far. Unlike the sweltering temps in Seattle, we've been chilling (literally) in the 70ish zone. My tan from our trip to the midwest is a distant memory and we actually contemplated turning the heat on in our house last week.

On a brighter note, Jost started swim lessons this past week at Mills College. The first day we got there half the kids were in full body wetsuits. Nick and I thought this was kind of odd - I mean it's an outdoor pool and it was kind of brisk at 5:30pm, but wetsuits? Really? Then, we got in the pool and immediately wished that we had the foresight to also have a wetsuit for Jost and for us. I thought about trying to take one from one of the weaker looking kids, but that seemed wrong and unkind. So, we powered through the lesson. Jost is definitely into the pool. He thinks it's cool to be passed back and forth between Nick and I. He also thinks it's funny to watch all the parents making weird faces and noises at their kids in a vain attempt to get their kid to blow bubbles. Jost, on the other hand, is above blowing bubbles. He would rather practice his back stroke or butterfly. Well, not really. Mostly he just wants to play with toys in the water and cling to my neck when I attempt to submerge his head. Overall, he's doing a really great job. What Nick and I don't understand is why we are paying $85 for lessons when we get about 10 seconds of instructor time per lesson and basically screw around in the water and sing songs? At any rate, it's fun to get in the water everyday and it's finally warming up here so I will no longer have to contemplate stealing from children when we resume our class on Monday.

I don't have a waterproof camera so we don't have any pictures of Jost in the pool, but I am posting a picture of him at dinner with me and Auntie Kim from last Thursday. I think his smile is so large because I am holding a bowl of ice cream while taking that shot. It would be like my smile if someone were dangling a pair of Manolos in front of my face.

At any rate we are going to enjoy swimming lessons, eating dinner outside and having fun as a family. :)

Brand new Jost dancing video!!

Jost loves "Mercy" by Duffy. Check out his slick moves!