Bodhi Videos!

Here are a few recent videos of Bodhi.

Bath time

Presidio Park in Old Town

PF Chang in La Jolla (thanks Auntie Helga!)

Pelican Brown update

We took another photo of Bodhi next to his favorit statue of Pelican Brown. You can tell he's growing! And he's so interested in these photos that he slept while I held him for the recent photo.

November 15 above, December 15 below...stay tuned for the January photo!

We also had some friends coming and going from San Diego. Chris and Sara visited from Texas with their two kids. Brooks (with Sara) is almost 6 months old.

Our friend Michelle left San Diego this week to go back to South Carolina, only to find out a couple days later that she's moving to Honolulu!! Send us your address so we can come visit!!

Yup, he's got the smile down!

Someone commented on the last posting that Bodhi has got his smile down. I'll have to agree. He's always in a good, chatty mood in the morning and I took these yesterday...

Although today is rainy and very cold, last week we were able to get out and see some sights around town. We went to Balboa Park and had tea in the organ pavilion where they were playing christmas carol medleys on the big organ. It was a gorgeous day, in the 70's and clear. We went to the museum of photographic arts and Bodhi took a big fat poo in the sculpture garden that was barely contained by the diaper. A memorable day for all!

Nothing like capping off a long day with a nice bath. I like this photo because you can really see Ryan's brown eyes coming out, which I hear were Great-grandmother Betsy's eyes.

Santa with Bodhi!

Ryan and I weren't sure if we'd get the stereotypical screaming baby photo on Santa's lap. Our happy little boy actually didn't mind a strange white haired man with bad teeth picking him up and snuggling with him beside a fire. The photos turned out really cute but we kept an eye on the shifty eyed bearded one.

I think Bodhi's egg nog belly is rivalling Santa's this year. We took Bodhi in for his 2-month checkup and vaccinations. He's 14 lbs and 23.5 inches long. That puts him in the 75th percentile for length and a whopping 92nd percentile for weight. Luckily the pediatrician didn't put Baby Bodhi on a diet during holiday treats season, he said that we are doing an excellent job feeding him and to keep up the good work! So bring on the chocolate pumpkin bread and fudge! (Bring them to mama since she's feeding Bodhi.)

(Mama's note: I think there was some trick photography in this shot because his belly doesn't usually look this big!)

We went over to visit with Bodhi's girlfriend Lucinda (and Jess, Andy and Mary) this week and let the babies hang out a bit. Here are a couple of pictures... Funny how Bodhi always makes the funniest expressions when Lucinda is around...

Happy Holidays from Bodhi!

Celebrate Bodhi Day!

My good friend Jenny Kuli-Feldman informed me that today (Dec. 8) is Bodhi Day! It's legit! Here's an explanation from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_Day. So here's a short photo session celebration of Bodhi, in his Bodhi Tree outfit, celebrating Bodhi Day. He wishes everyone an enlightened Bodhi Day!!

Bodhi's 8-week birthday!

This Monday marked exactly 8 weeks since Bodhi made his debut. Over the weekend we visited the Reillys and then Uncle Jeb and Auntie Ling came to visit. Although Jeb never actually held Bodhi, they did sit on the couch together making occasional eye contact. I think Jeb will like Bodhi more once he can talk football stats with him like he does with Ryan!

We also visited the Reillys for the first time since Bodhi was a teeny tiny newborn, so they were very happy to see his chubbyness. (Not sure if that's a word.) Here is one with Rose and Mike. Lots of lovin' on Bodhi happens at their house.

It's been a bit chilly around here lately and so Mr. Bode has sported his first hoodie! It was so cozy he fell asleep.

He's been smiling and chatting a lot lately and Daddy thinks that Bodhi's about ready for his first word. I was coaxing him into saying "hello" and I got a "ello" out of him so I'd say he's almost there! It could have also been a coincidence but I choose to believe he's showing signs of being a genius!

Here's one of Ryan trying to coax words out of an 8-week old!

Bodhi the lady killer

We visited 10 fantastic women after their 2nd day of the 3 day 60 mile Breast Cancer Walk here in San Diego. As you can see, Bodhi was quite a hit!

Mama's first post

Well hello! Today is Mr. Bodhi Binns' 6-week birthday! What a whirlwind of love and sleeplessness it has been. I feel like Ryan and I took a first-hand crash course on having a newborn at home and we've been learning as much about baby Bodhi as he has about us. Nothing can really prepare you for this adventure though, it's all about the first hand experience and luckily we have been blessed with an awesome kid so he has made it fun. I will say that I was looking over some of the pictures so far and while you can definitely see the change in Bodhi over the last 6 weeks, I look like I've aged 10 years!! Hopefully these sleep deprived bags under my eyes will disappear soon. Perhaps when he sleeps through the night? Perhaps not until he turns 18?

One of the most important lessons I've learned is not to make funny faces that require an open mouth within 6 inches of Bodhi's mouth or nether region as liquid of varying color, consistency and taste could eject at any moment.

Today Mr. Bode's girlfriend Lucinda came over. She is my friend Jessica's daughter and is a gorgeous older lady at 6 months. She smiles at everyone, is an expert flirter, and gets jealous when Ryan holds Bodhi instead of her. (Which is funny because most children are a bit scared of his grizzly beard.) Her hands and feet shake when she gets excited, which might be the cutest thing ever. Check out Mr. Bode's expression in this one!

Uncle Darren was in town yesterday to give Mr. Bode a squeeze. He flew back to Michigan snow this morning while we all woke up to a day in the mid 70's.

Gaby, Carlos and Santiago came by last week and brought some yummy Thai food for us. Little Santi is 13 months old and walks and drools all over the place!! When he gets excited, he puts his forehead against something. For example, when he came up to Bodhi, which I hear he hasn't seen a newborn before, he wanted to play and was bouncing his hand on Bode's feet. Mama Gaby spoke to him in Spanish (he doesn't understand English) and said "suave, un bebe" for him to be gentle. Then he started to understand and put his forehead on Bodhi's feet. It was so cute and absolutely hilarious. I wish I would have gotten a photo!! Evidently he does it to anything he really likes. And he really likes Bodhi!

(Little Santi's bib says "What are YOU looking at")

Aunt Ronalyn has been able to fit in visits to Mr. Bode during her hectic and very busy work days. He really gave her some great smiles in this picture, which made it hard for her to want to go back to work!

This is an awesome little step stool (which for Bodhi's current height is more of a table) with the letters of his name like pieces of a puzzle. Thanks Hannalore, Anah and James!

He can't actually hold his head up all the time just yet, but this little seat props it up nicely. He does hold his head up for short bits but then plops it down like a drunken sailor.

Little did I know 6 weeks ago that my life would be so full of love for my little 11 pound sack of potatoes. Besides his funny faces, my favorite time with him is when I get him in position to breastfeed and he looks up at me with those big eyes and opens his mouth wide for me with a look to say "well, what are you waiting for?

Now I know why I haven't blogged more. This post took me over an hour and I should be sleeping!!

Bodhi...man of action!

Bodhi in his new Bodhi Tree shirt...next to the PB Pelican, we're going to take monthly photos of him with the Pelican so we can watch him grow...testing out the Baby Bjorn...and smiling!

Bodhi's first election

Bodhi celebrated Barack Obama's Presidential election with friends...then had a good sleep.

Indecision 2008

Election Day is upon us!!

We'll be taking Bodhi to his first polling booth today and will post the photos later.

For this historic election, inspired by Barack's message of change, I decided I should change things up too.

Halloween pea in a pod

Bodhi wasn't too keen on his Halloween costume at first...and didn't like carving pumpkins either...














...but he warmed up to the idea of Halloween in Mama's arms, and then he learned about the candy!


Thanks for the outfit Grandma Linda!


He also got to meet Grandma Cathy over the weekend. And finally got to wear his cool Halloween socks. All in all, I think he liked his first Halloween.