Back from vacation and Welcome Ethan Joseph!

We are back in Austin after a week of traveling to Lake Tahoe, Cupertino, and San Francisco. In Cupertino, we got to stay with Reena and Jeff for several days. It was so nice to have a nice place to stay there and to catch up with them. I am sad they moved away from Austin! Then we headed out to Lake Tahoe (although we stayed in Carson City, NV) for TJ's 100 mile race. Micah and I got to see him at 25, 50, and 100 miles at the finish line. Micah did really good considering we spent so much time driving in the car and up in the mountains changing elevation so much! He was a good traveler...although he made sure to tell us when he wasn't happy. After the successful completion of the race, we headed over for a night in San Francisco. We stayed in Japantown and the Hotel Kabuki. We were able to meet up with a few of TJ's college friends that night for some Peruvian food and then hit Lombard Street and Fisherman's Wharf for some sightseeing and bread bowls on Tuesday. Then we headed back to Reena's in Cupertino for another day before heading home. She showed us around the Google campus - we were quite impressed. Then Micah actually slept some on the flight home, I guess we wore him out with this vacation! Overall we had a wonderful trip and got to do so much in just one week. Enjoy the slideshow!!!


And on another note, we are very happy to welcome our nephew into the world! Nicole gave birth to Ethan Joseph yesterday! He is a healthy 8lbs8oz. Micah is happy to have a 2nd cousin!!! Congrats to the Capobres family!!

Heading off on vacation today...

We're heading out of town to the crazy state of California. We'll be going to San Jose, Lake Tahoe, and San Francisco. TJ will be running 100 miles, and we'll be visiting 2 old friends (Reena and Duggan) along the way. Wish us luck in our travels and in TJ's racing! Here's one last photo to get you by while we're gone:

(P.S. If you can't tell, Micah loves his swing!!!!)

Micah loves sweet potatoes

Here is a video of our little guy eating some sweet potatoes....yummy....

5 months old!

Micah turned 5 months old last week....how time flies. Almost halfway to his first birthday! He is now eating rice cereal, sweet potatoes, and pears, in addition to milk. He seems to be teething because he drools a lot and everything goes in his mouth! He is such a happy baby...except when he gets put down for a nap in his crib. He lets you know his displeasure about that! He is rolling over both ways now, and can even make some progress towards a goal (like TJ's computer) by squirming and inching his way over. He is still getting up about 2 times a night...I guess he just can't get enough of seeing his mommy! Micah weighs about 15.5 pounds and we're hoping he doubles his birth weight soon!

We're heading to California (Lake Tahoe and San Francisco) next week for vacation and TJ's race. I hope Micah enjoys traveling!

One last thing, Micah wanted me to tell his aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents that he loves them all and hopes they will come visit him soon!!

Weeks 20 and part of 21