Yum!


The tradition of Handel Family food pictures continues. Mami Handel treated us to yummy chinese while she was visiting  - we had a great time with you Mami!

Clapping with Daddy

Waving!!!!!

Mama?!?! Dada, dada, dada...

Giggles

Leo loves his Bacon...

Walking with daddy

Morning joy!

Rolling 2!!

Traveling!

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Rolling!

My third breakfast today...

That's right one, two, three. Breakfast for breakfast, breakfast for
lunch, breakfast for dinner. Every day should be like today!

A visit with Auntie Alicia

She even let me wear her hat!

Leo's paper napkin bib

I wish I could say we were bteer prepared but we do this all the time...

Another practice run...

B minor... Got that Leo??

Leo's Dedication


I've finally gotten around to posting this file! This is what happens when I can't upload directly from my iPhone. I'm sooooo spoiled! Thanks Wanda for getting this footage to us!

The long or rather the short of it...

Leo is suffering under his first ever mommy-haircut attempt. A minor
affair I admit (there's not a lot to work with yet) but I couldn't go
on with those gangly locks hanging (okay brushing) over the tops of
his ears. That's gotta be itchy folks!

Three Peters...

Uh oh!

iPhone addict in training

If I could teach the world - or just Leo - to sing in perfect harmony..

No sleep part 2

Bad news for nap land

Leo and mommy practicing for our costal hike...

It's a little colder here than in Australia.

Late night lounging at the Handel Haus

Not getting out as much with a babe in arms. We get our kicks 'round
the house these days!

Already walking the line errr fence...

Reading magazines with my boy!

How I ended up seeing Bill Cosby live in my sweats...

We were driving down de anza, on our way to a happy feet massage when
I happened to notice on the de anza college digital sign that bill
Cosby was playing at the flint center - "that would be fun", I said
to pete, whose life's dream has been to see him live. "I wonder when
he's there..." I crained my head around as we passed to see the date.
"bummer! It's tonight... " pause "wanna crash it??" sooner than my new
quatro audi can swing a u-turn we were on our way -- red slipper
crocks, drawstring sweatpants, greasy ponytail and all!

Never parked this close at costco in my life...

I had to document it!!!

Am I the only one that loves the pj look?

My husband is great!!!

Pete loves his old water polo sweatshirt from st Olaf... It has seen
the love- I hope the sleeves last longer than the cuffs...

Leo throws the ace...

CA Christmas - Sunday afternoon burgers outside!

Future programmer...

Which part would you choose to walk with??

Whoops

Me at the mall today after my berkinstock quit mid shopping blitz!!

Leo's First Solid Food - EAT IT!!

Here's Leo's first attempts at solid food - I know I'm breaking my 30 second rule, but I hope this is worth 1:40 of your time!

Making brownies

New favorites...

John Piper goes to prison


Check it out here...

Title & link "stolen" from http://www.toddbolen.com/

NOT POSED: Leo falls asleep clutching favorite toys from auntie Amy

Leo grew two inches while waiting at the DMV

My first wine tasting (but I didn't get any waaahhhh)

Look what I learned to do while you were at work today dad!

Leo inspecting the three wheeled electric "zap cart"...

The cutsy wootsy leo


Otherwise titled, "Why do I embarrass myself like this???"

Sale!!!!!

Sign me up for the choir mom!

I'm just playing mom...

My mitten/socks

Fall caught us by surprise... Early morning walk gear had to be
improvised.

Sawing a baby log...

Make 'em laugh...

Sleeping with my turtle...

Holding my bottle...

Godparents...

We're considering asking a couple we know well to be Leo's Godparents. Pete's parents asked some of their friends to be his Godparents and he has always enjoyed the relationship he's had with them. We wanted to have a spiritual emphasis to the relationship for Leo - a little closer to its original Catholic roots.

"Insofar as possible, one to be baptized is to be given a sponsor who is to assist an adult in Christian initiation, or, together with the parents, to present an infant at the baptism, and who will help the baptized to lead a Christian life in harmony with baptism, and to fulfill faithfully the obligations connected with it" (Code of Canon Law, No. 872)

We came up with our own streamlined (and slightly more protestant) version:

We hope the Godparents of our children will observe, promote, and attest to a Godchild's godly lifestyle.

Observe - Be an active part of the child's life, seeing them on a somewhat regular basis (at least a few times a year).
Promote - Encourage spiritual living through example, conversation and possibly formal teaching.
Attest - Be a willing reference when necessary to the child's current spiritual state.

Godparents should be ready to be part of their Godchild's life for the rest of his life.
Has anyone out there selected Godparents for their kids? What were your expectations of the relationship? Your input is welcome in the comment section!

Feeding the belly...

I'm becoming an expert at feeding him a bottle of breastmilk and
pumping at the same time.

I love games...

Easy does it...

Little to the left... Little to the right... Bullseye!

Daddy and Leo

The last of the stretchy wetchy???

Finding the hands :)

On vacation

On vacation in Hawaii with our iPhones. A ridiculous amount of posting
is going on at http://handeltravels.blogspot.com :)

Sent from my iPhone

Baby toy warnings...

Is this only obvious to me???

Leo's first brush with TSA security...

Unfortunatly his papers were not in order :(

My new play mat makes me tired

Grandpa brought over a new playmat for Leo yesturday, he really does
play with it before he sacks out I promise!

Sitting and smiling go together...

I sleep in the stroller like a big boy!

President O'leo

He's a ham already...

Grabbing frenzy!!

Mission control, we have head control

Grandpa time...

Memorizing the car manual already :)

I have seen it all..

Diamond studded ethernet.... Visions of data insnared platinum curls...

Oh yes he does!!

Sleeping reflections

More talking...

Back and forth...

Now I'm joining the animal kingdom...

I guess he wants to be Parisian too...

Just like mommy...

leo wants to be Israeli too! Yes that is a breast pad :)

Satururday morning snooze...

Teddy bear comfort on a hard evening...

Finding my thumb again...

Leo had this in the womb according to the ultrasound and he could do
it in the hospital as well but forgot it sometime after that... He got
it back tonight!!

Reading

Kicks and waves

Tummy time...

King of the sale shopping mall

Amy got this outfit for less than a dollar at Gymboree...

Hands up! Turn over the passy and no one gets hurts!

Gangster passy

Caught in his own headlights

Our First Event Away from the Munchkin


We had a wedding to attend today so we left Leo with Amy for the part of the morning and afternoon - returning between ceremony and reception for a feeding. Amy took some pictures of the little guy while we were gone - looks like his teddy bear was keeping him company in our stead.



Mcdonalds swindle

Jess and I hit up the old Mickey D's a few days ago only to discover
they have microsized their parfait... 2 bites and she's down...

Bread Bargain

Picked up some day old bread at one of our favorite bakeries - yum!
$15 bucks seems like a steal...

We the babies of the united car seat safety measures of desparate mommies

Leo outgrew his car seat padding but isn't quite safe to go totally
naked cabeza yet... Those cloth diapers have lots more than one
function.