New Year, New Blog!

We have officially moved to Thousand Oaks and so has our blog. It just wouldn't be right to keep a blog dedicated to late nights in orange county (aka "oclatenite").

Please visit us at http://theshaynes.blogspot.com

We have so much to be thankful for in 2010; especially the birth of our ridiculously mellow and lovable little guy Jeremy AND being given the opportunity to relocate to Thousand Oaks. We are very excited for the year ahead and looking forward to what 2011 will bring. Happy New Year!!

How to Move Efficiently!

Shabbat Star

Zach was Shabbat Star at school last week. It is a really special event for a three year old at the JCC. Josh, Jeremy and I joined Zach in class to share some pictures, read a book, recite the blessings, participate in Shabbat Sing a long and have lunch. Zach was so proud to have all of us there and we were equally proud to participate! Of course, he requested a pink crown again .. should we start to worry?

Half a Year

It does seem that as you get older, time moves more quickly. But when a baby enters the picture, you really get a sense for how fast time goes by. By the time your second one comes around, you really don't know what do with yourself. Jer is six months today. What's new you might ask?
We're getting an extra 1.5 hours of sleep each night. Wake up time has switched from 4:00 am feeding and back to bed to an approximately 5:50 am wake up call.
Solids - J is a big fan of the butternut squash apple combination, anything with fruit and oatmeal and believe it or not, I have been giving him Zachary's left over mashed potatoes .. AND he loves them!!! He's also a big fan of water from a sippy cup. He pretty much doesn't turn his head away from anything.
Fascination has moved from his feet to his hands. He can stare at his hands for hours. And we are rolling over and sitting pretty sturdy, with a little help still. This kid was won our hearts! He is SO mellow ..

Six month stats:
16 lbs 2 oz - 25th Percentile (Still wondering how this could be ... he seems enormous to us!)
27 inches - 75th percentile
No teeth yet which is funny because we thought they were coming in three months ago.
We're really lovin this little guy.



Photoshoot didn't start off so well today.

The difference from last month is that I don't have to worry
about him toppling over.





Tired Bubba ...And off to Zach's going away party at school. Blog to Follow...

YO GABBA GABBA

For those of you that don't know, there is a crazy show on sprout network called Yo Gabba Gabba. They claim in the beginning of the show that it enhances preschoolers' social skills and self awareness and uses interacive games to expand ones musical and kinesthetic skills. Sure... This show is so wacked out that it is fascinating to watch. Zach loves this show, seriously, he loves it. On the show, they have an old rapper (some may know him as Biz Markie) that does a segment called Biz' beats. When Biz comes on the show, he does some great beatboxing with a microphone. This is Zach's favorite. Zach starts to beatbox whenever Biz when the segment comes on. So, we bought VIP tickets to the live show in San Diego because we knew Biz would be there. Randi made Zach a special shirt, with the hopes that we would possibly get the attention of Biz. So, we left Jeremy with grandpa and nana so we could give Zach some extra love. We got down to San Diego, finished listening to the end of the Eagles game in the car, and off we went into the Arena. Somehow we managed to spend $37 on popcorn, hot dogs, and a glow in the dark pen. But, it was all worth it seeing Zach with a huge smile the whole night, and even a bigger smile once he was sitting on Biz' lap. That's right, Biz noticed Zach during the show and Zach was able to do some beatboxing with Biz. Here are some pics and a video of the evening. It was a lot of fun.

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Chanukah

Night One. Made the mistake of lighting the candles and opening presents before dinner. My latkes turned out to be the best ever. Jeremy was unphased by whole thing. Zach took one look at the menorah and said that is the shamash candle. Then he said the Ha'Motzi - ha ha :)



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Happy Chanukah Everyone.

Cousins

It's so fun that my cousins have kids and my kids have cousins! Here is Isabel with Jeremy and Zach.