Graham & Gigi Are Movie Stars

The Long Awaited Pictures

Graham is nothing short of a complete joy. He's such a pistol, it's hilarious. His latest conquests include:

• Eating with his hands. He's all about the cheerios and peas.
  
• Growing his four front teeth. The bottom two are fixtures of every smile. The top two, which I call his "doofus teeth" are coming in spaced like the dumb chipmunk in the Disney chipmunk cartoons (hence the term).
• Raspberries all day. He thinks he's hilarious, and he is.

It's also safe to say he loves Big Shirley. She cuddles up next to him for attention and he grabs at her mouth and ears. He's really an easy lover as far as that goes. We have a pretty short fuse on that needy dog, but Killer G will tolerate her endlessly. His idle grabbing and poking is exactly what she wants, so it's a match made in heaven.

Pay heed to three months of growth and the beginning of his first summer:

Month 6

Month 7

Month 8

All Moved In!

If you're one of the very few people who get all your Seattle Roche news from this blog, here's a quick update:

The initial planned purchase fell through at the 11th hour. A victim of the mortgage crisis, the owner didn't forecast the fees into her calculations and found herself owing $17000 on top of what she had thought. We acted fast, bidding and securing a much nicer house around the corner.

OK. So we moved in on May 10!!! Moving day was stressful, but very simple compared to prior similar days. Elissa did an awesome job of setting up the house the first week. So awesome, in fact, that when we had a fake house-warming mini-bbq last weekend, somebody asked how long we had been living there and was surprised to hear that it was so recent.

Graham is really enjoying the place. His relationship with Shirley is so sweet, it's amazing. Today is my work-from-home day, and every time I turn around Shirley is trying to snuggle close enough to KG so he can play with her ears and stuff. We have a really nice lawn out back, something I've surprisingly never had, and it's really great being able to just wander out there to roll around on a blanket with him.

Tooth count! By this time tomorrow it's safe to say that his 4 front teeth will be in. He's starting on Cheerios as of Elissa's grocery run yesterday, and, unless she didn't tell me, I saw him successfully transfer his first one from plate to mouth. He doesn't have the 'turn your hand' thing right. Even when he manages to manipulate the 'o' with his thumb and pointer finger, he sticks the face of his fist into his mouth and drops it into his lap. O well.

Pictures coming soon! We just got our computer set up, so bear with us.