Trains and playdates

We had a good week and weekend over here at the Amaya home. 

First off, I don't know how it happened, but Jordan graduated pre-school at the JCC last Thursday. My how the time does fly. They had a nice ceremony for all the parents and siblings and the kids sang onstage with their classes. Jordan's head kept popping up to see us because he happened to be on the left hand side of the stage and we were on the right side of the audience and it was tough to see him. Yes, in this picture Jordan SHOULD be singing, but instead he's being silly and I think he was talking to someone in the midst of a song. The drawing he is holding is of our home and family. I think i'm the one with the green legs :)

Here's a few photos from the ceremony and in Jordan's class afterwards (I think Justin was getting a little mad towards the end):

Due to inclement weather, our weekend was kind of touch and go really just running errands and such on Saturday. William took some nice shots of the boys while I was out which I thought were adorable. Justin looks like he's trying to figure out how he can get a bottle of milk without waiting for feeding time.

On Sunday we went to awesome Verona Park, which besides the fact that nothing else is near us, Verona Park happens to be an 8 minute run from our house (that would be me running sans children and strollers). It's a beautiful park, loaded with hills, lots of grassy areas, paddle boats, and even a place where you can get yummy food. So we headed over there on sunday to see our friends Danielle and Mike and their daughter Anna who is 2 months older than Justin. She was ALL OVER Justin. I asked her what her intentions were with my son. I just got some sort of drool answer. Way to get flirty on the playdate Anna :)-

Enjoy!

Rice and Beans

I took Justin in for his 4 month appointment this past Monday. As I was undressing him to be weighed the doctor was smiling.

"Are you sure you're just feeding him formula? You're not sneaking in rice and beans are you?" 

In Colombia, at the age of 4 months, kids are already eating real table food. Obviously it's pureed to some form, but I'm sure that William had his share of rice and beans before six months of age.

I suppose I understand why the doctor was skeptical of Justin's eating habits. See his cheeks below. This was pre-mealtime.

Stats:

16 pounds

25 1/2 inches

big noggin (forgot to write measurement, but the comment was "big noggin" from the nurse :)-

I told Jordan if he didn't keep eating a lot Justin might just catch up to him soon!

The Footsies

In typical Amaya fashion, I’m FINALLY starting a blog when my eldest son, Jordan, is 5 years old and my newborn (not so, anymore), Justin, is 4 months today. If it makes it any better, I really have been thinking about it for about 3 years now. It’s just taken me a while to pull it altogether.  

The boys and I had a lovely weekend in West Orange and were lucky enough to visit the local pool in our complex. You can see here how excited they really were to hit the waters! Justin even got lucky enough to be coddled by a bunch of local grandparents while I took Jordan in the water. He seemed quite content, and honestly, I was fearful that they wouldn’t give him back! Oh, and by the way, this is Jordan's new face in nearly every photo taken. It's some sort of Spidey/Superhero face.

We are really looking forward to a sun-filled summer with Bubbee and Grandpa, or Yoda as Sadie likes to refer to him, down in Margate, NJ at the beach. Jordan is at this fantastic age where literally all you need to do is plop him on the beach with some tools and he’s set for the day. Of course, William is often busy building sand castles and tunnels but it keeps us busy.  

On a last note, here’s a funny video of the boys from this weekend. Jordan has a favorite song based on “Comin’ Around the Mountain’, but he calls it ‘Comin Around the Footsies.’ Generally he races around the house singing this as fast as he can, but since Justin can't race quite yet, he’s using Justin’s feet as props. Enjoy!