Wednesday, May 13, 2009

A Busy Couple Weeks For JHG

Contrary to popular belief, Google and their "Blogspot" service are not bankruptcy victims of this exciting economy. This is the only logical conclusion to the overwhelmingly lackluster performance on Jax vs. World. In fact, Brooke and I have just been lazy. We chose to stare at Jax and pretend that we can guess what he's thinking instead of hopping on the blog. Without further ado... Jax is back!

Troy Quiroga was in town from AZ and got the chance to have Jax throw up on his shirt. It was a little revenge for all of the nasty dishes that Troy used in college that never ever ever found there way to the dishwasher.


So Jax was born with a full head of Brown hair. At about 4 weeks - the little guy started to lose the hair on the top of his head. We're not sure of the plan, but it would be a real shame for him to enter the world of male pattern baldness before he's 2 months old. At this point, we're calling it Clown Pattern Baldness (Amy Graff original). It is starting to look like new hair is filling in behind it. Might be blonde bue we're not sure. Whether he keeps this look or goes blonde on top with brown back and sides - rest assured that Jackson is blazing his own path.


AJ constantly begs Brooke to bring AJ can see him. AJ's constant adoration and gushing over children will never cease to amaze! Note AJ's son Brady in the background photo. Please ignore the fact that Brady is wearing a Raven's jersey. He knows not what he does. Lucky for him he lives in Broncoland and will soon figure out the error in his ways.


Megan and Madison continue to be enamored with the little guy. It will be great in a year when Madison turns 6 so that she can start babysitting for Jax. (Note that I'm writing this from work so that I don't have to fear Brooke's furled brow.)


Cam Puckett had her shower at the Grey house. Talk about a scary scene of women that want to hold babies and coo at them. Lucky for Jax, we snuck him down the basement so that he could chill and watch the NFL draft (please note that Jax has already forgotten any foul language uttered by his father when the Knowshon Moreno pick was made by the Donks).
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After the shower Pilar and Natalie came down to hang out with the kids in a little more low-key setting. Natalie and Luke look to be fully prepared to bring Natalie Jr. into the world.
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In Jax's first trip to his parents college stomping grounds -- we hung out with a big group watching the Nuggets game. The weather didn't quite cooperate for a 4 week old to sit outside and watch the Spring Game (CU football) -- but Jax definitely likes the bars.
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It's worth noting that on this trip I was in charge of "putting together the diaper bag." I was excited to put my Man Bag into play. I ran through my mental checklist like a real pro. Diapers...check. Bottles...check. Wipes...check. Pacifier, blanket, extra clothes...check, check, check.
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When Jackson got a bit fidgety at the bar I was ready with the bag. Unfortunately, as Brooke saw me pull out the bottle of milk and the feeding bottle... she asked me where the bottle collar. Bottle collar? I have the nipple and the bottle. I also need a collar. I am definitely not a real pro. Result = mom in the car on Pearl Street nursing and dad running store to store having to eventually buy a $12 "green bottle" from some hippy shop that smelled like orange peels inside. Nice work, pops.
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Julie with Jax at the bar...

It's easy to find someone to hold newborns, apparently. Campbell Grey still towers over Jax, but I think he's starting to close the gap. Let's hope she'll still want to hang with him even if he's sporting Bruce Willis' hairstyle through his childhood.

I like to think that Jax is "talking baby" to Charlie inside Cam's belly here. I don't have much scientific evidence to back this up, but that won't stop me from claiming it is so.
Sorry that it's been so long since our last blog posting! At this point, we're probably going to move to one or two per week. With each new post, I'm planning to email them to people who want to see them so that they don't have to check the site with no results. If you would me to add you to the distribution list, shoot me an email at kdgraff@gmail.com. No hard feelings if you don't email, I'll just know that you don't care about Jackson. Not cool.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Full professional photos

Here is the link to all of Jackson's photos:

http://www.lifetimeinfocus.com/lif2/gallery/index.php?photog_filter=d20e5bae367b515bc284f0372e7e31ba

Click on The Graff Family and the code is "jaxjax"...

If you want a photo of the little guy, we purchased all of the digital files, so no need for anyone to purchase them on here.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Professional photos

Our photographer has posted some photos on her blog.
http://abbygrayphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/baby-jax.html

She'll continue to post, so you might have to scroll down to find the "Baby Jax" section. We'll send all of the photos once she gets them to us.

And yes - the couch that she fell off to possibly break her elbow was the Graff couch!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Visitors from the valley...

Jax's Great Aunt & Uncle made a special pit stop on their way from Monte Vista to Minnesota to spend a couple hours with Jax. As with most parents, they quickly comment on how they have forgotten how small newborns are in the first months.

Great Aunt Deanne:

Great Uncle Thad:

Thad teaching Jax about beer... starting with how to grow the best barley.

Jax hits the bottle

Apparently, you need to introduce a bottle before the end of the 3rd week or the little folk may never get the hang of it. This is Ryan giving Jax his 2nd bottle feeding of his short life. Seems to like it any way he can get it!



Some singing and a new tub

What puts a newborn to sleep? That's right:

1) plug in your new game (American Idol on the Wii)
2) hold the baby in one hand
3) sing into the mic held in the other

Baby will fall right to sleep. Or, at least that's what Jax does.

(I think it's a bit scary how much I look like my brother in this one)

Eventually, I ran out of songs to sing and I think Brooke's ears couldn't handle it any more (although she was nice and didn't say anything). However -- the X-man definitely loves his karaoke. Let this also serve as a warning that all future visitors to the Graff house may find themselves with a mic shoved in their hand!

Jax's belly button also finally fell off - so we were able to give him a full bath in his handy tub. And yes, of course he pissed on me (and the couch) afterward. Here's a video of him soaking his butt to alleviate some of the diaper rash that he's sporting these days.



Dining Out

Jax was dying to head out and get some Mexican food, so his grandparents took him, Brooke and I to his first restaurant. However, the green chile was a bit hot for him, so he ended up sticking with his traditional fare.

He may have started out in his car seat at the table...


But he didn't last there for long.


It was good to get out as the snow was starting to give us cabin fever...