Goal!

Truman has recently discovered this SpongeBob soccer ball, a present from Uncle Harvey and Aunt Linda. We think he looks like a natural (notice the knee action). I told him he could be as good as Pele. He smirked. Maybe I should have said David Beckham? Meanwhile, Paul's been researching the best universities with soccer scholarships....

Three Months!

Truman turned three months on July 7. He's sleeping a nice long stretch at night, getting a little better at napping, and can just about roll over from his back to his tummy. Here he's wearing one of his Dr. Seuss onesies from Aunt Elizabeth, Uncle Jason and cousin Phoebe. He went for "Thing 1" although occasionally he likes to mix it up and wear "Thing 2" and pretend to be a twin.

Independence Day, Part 2

So we had a full day on July 4th, starting with our neighborhood parade at 9 am. We took Truman up in his stroller and got a prime spot in the shade near the start of the parade route. Unfortunately, even though we took the video camera and the camera camera with us, we forgot to take any pictures. But if we had taken pictures, they mainly would have been of five-year-olds walking down the street hurling red, white, and blue candy at Truman's stroller. Truman wasn't really interested in candy, but Mom and Dad scored a few pieces. Maybe that's why we forgot to take pictures.


Later in the day we went to Uncle Vincey's party and saw a lot of friends, young and our age. Vince and several neighbors had a party together, which made for quite a wing-ding. They had the street blocked off, and live bands, and food and drink, and games, and a slip and slide. Mavis and Fletcher chose the water hose.







Truman had fun too watching all the kids playing. Here he is with his Mom, although we aren't sure he recognized her with the hat. He seemed very surprised later when she took it off.






After the party we came home and had hot dogs and then watched the fireworks. Maybe next year we will see them live. We could hear them from our house, but it was too late to try to make it down to see them.





Hope everybody had a great 4th!

Independence

Hope everyone had a great Fourth of July! We had a busy day—videos to come!—that started with some tummy time for Truman. It's not his favorite activity, but as I explained to him, freedom isn't free. No pain, no gain. Or something like that. Anyway, my point was that he would have to work to gain the skills to be able to live on his own. (Am I planning too far ahead?) Learning to hold up his head is the first step.

That Elusive (on-camera) Smile

Still trying to capture that smile on camera. Here's a trajectory of our latest effort:

That 70's Shirt

When I saw this shirt at Baby Gap I thought it was very cute and cozy. Today we finally put it on Truman, and, well, we think it kind of gives him a '70's vibe. Note the spectacular collar (it has SIDS written all over it!).



By the end of the day he was sweating like a prizefighter. You'd think the terry cloth would wick that moisture right up, but not so much with this shirt.

Oh well. At least it was on sale.

Happy Father's Day!

Paul celebrated his first father's day on the golf course, then spent some quality time with Truman watching the U.S. Open. He also enjoyed Truman's gift (below; thanks, Peters clan, for the idea!). We're all enjoying Truman's gift, actually!



Our friend Judith stopped by on Friday to meet Truman. He was very interested in Judith and even gave her a smile (rare that a non-family member gets one of those!). And you'd never know that Judith is recovering from shoulder surgery. What a trooper! (And we should say thanks to great-aunt Ellen and uncle Bill for Truman's spiffy outfit here!)