Our five year old has discovered the infinite joy that is Calvin and Hobbes
She even found my all-time favorite comic strip (shown in the middle):
When David and I were preparing for the arrival of our firstborn, I read a dozen pregnancy and baby development books, while he read Calvin and Hobbes
That being said, we already had The Talk with our daughter: she is to resist the temptation to mimic any of Calvin’s antics. We’ll see how it goes.
Oh boy, did the past month go by fast. Here are some shots of the Little Man from the past four (!!!) weeks.
Our son can hold his head up, he’s trying to roll over on the changing table, and finds his big sister endlessly fascinating. Oh, and when he wants mama he makes rooting faces regardless of whether he wants to eat or not. Smart cookie.
I keep getting confused in the middle of the night. I look down at this beautiful baby thinking it’s our daughter (five years ago) instead of our son. What can I say?! They look alike. Especially at 2 in the morning when I’m rather bleary eyed.
Can you tell them apart?
(The top photo is of our son; the bottom one is of our daughter in 2008.)
One thing that’s different: their eye colors.
We’re pretty sure the Little Man is going to have darker eyes. Will they be brown like Daddy’s eyes, green like Mommy’s or some other shade?! We’ll post an update in about a year when they settle for good.
In our new house we desperately needed a coat rack. I scoured the internet for coat racks, found several that we loved that were outside our budget. $90 for a place to hang our coat?! No, thank you.
Instead David decided to make one for us. And “by David” I mean, of course, the Father-Daughter Leyba Team of Awesomeness (since our eldest wants to be involved in EVERYTHING):
David found brass hooks online and used an old redwood board left over from a friends’ deck project to create this beautiful, functional coat rack.
I love the aesthetic, cost, and that it was made by my sweethearts.
Added bonus: I’m THRILLED that coats are no longer strewn about our living room!
Thank you, loves.
One of my favorite things about living in California is having the perfect weather for family walks year round (the first photo is from today, the bottom one is from 2008 when our five year old daughter was a newborn):
I adore these photos of my sweet husband holding our babies.
By the way, we ADORE our new Baby K’tan
