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Greg, Libba, and a very majestic Brando came down from SF to see the little man. Here is Greg trying to scare the poor little thing. They came with a crazy soft blanket, a great old school fisher price phone, and a perfect onesy.

Grandma Pat caught some pics of Niko hamming it up after a bath.

We headed down to Los Gatos to the Patchen Tree Farm this weekend to pick out a Christmas tree for Niko. We like Patchen because they are a renewable tree farm and it has a beautiful view of the Santa Cruz Mountains. They ask you to leave 5-6 branches at the bottom of the tree […]

Happy Thanksgiving!

While Mary and Jon were here we got Nicholas a Tattoo. Seemed only fitting given Jul and I already have one. Next we are going to get a big Michigan M on his chest.

I made the mistake of telling Niko that every time he gives me a huge smile it counteracted a 3-4am wakeup. To be honest, I didn’t actually mean it when I said it. I really didn’t count on the fact that he might: Actually understand me Learn how to smile Take me up on the […]

This was before the game. After the game looked something like this.

Mary and Jon came up and stayed with us for the weekend. We took Niko up to the Green Festival in San Francisco on Saturday so he could get a start on understanding sustainable living. He wore his 100% organic baby shirt, so he fit right in. I almost put him in his “Not drilling […]

Jul and Grandma Mart survived the drive to MI with dog and boy. I arrived a bit late because we had to stop in Sacramento on our way to DTW from SFO to “help some people off the plane.” Nicholas got to meet his great grandma Louise and hang with her for the weekend. Being […]

Nicholas’ first Halloween was a success. He didn’t want any candy so I had to eat his share. We didn’t trick-or-treat, but we let Nicholas answer the door. Sumo made sure to protect the house from ghosts and goblins using his very ferocious bark.