Tried out a highchair and it worked!

I went to lunch with Tina today and Lauren just didn't want to stay in the car seat so we asked for a high chair to see if she could manage. And she did! Tina did give her a finger to hold on to much of the time- just in case....

The bottom photo shows the 2 boo boos on her legs from the shots yesterday (with Snoopy band-aid motif). She looks less than thrilled that I've captured the moment. :)

Our big girl is 4 months...

Another month, another pediatrician visit, another 2 shots (ouch!). Lauren seems to be a pretty happy and easy going baby. She loves to play with toys, especially the ones that are easy to chew on. As a bonus, she is now giving us 9-10 hours of uninterrupted sleep at night (and moved into the crib). woo hoo!

Her 4 month measurements:

Weight: 15lbs 13oz
Height: 26.25in
Head circ.: 43cm


Here are some pics from our weekend at Faye and Jim's for Jacqui's 40th birthday, Mark's 41st birthday, and Woody's Mom Verna's birthday as well. Also have some belated photos from Allison's 1st birthday and a visit to Great Grandma Marie (and her cute poodle puppy!)!

September...more pics through Sept 15

Labor Day: In Oceanside- Meeting Molly!

Our trip to Oceanside with the family went so well as always. This year Mom & John upgraded to a larger and a bit more luxurious beach house which blew us all away. It was mainly because of the bigger family that we have now. We all got to see 8 week old Molly Smyser (some for the first time). There was the annual trip to Legoland that all the kids loved! We don't have any pics because we chose to stay home with Lauren. For sure next year we'll go! The weekend was capped off with our UCLA Bruins beating Tennessee on their first game of the year! It was so good to see the Smyser's for the weekend and to see all the kids together for the first time! Thank you Mom and John for putting it all together! We had a blast!!! -Ross

Another month gone by...Posts past due are here!

My laptop screen died with all our pictures on it and went in the shop. It still has a mystery illness but we got an external hard drive to backup just in case and are plugged in again without major losses.

The pictures are all mixd up. I'll try for some order for future blogs. Events pictured here (in totally jumbled order -I wish there was a non-tedious way to caption these):
Party in the park with Ryan and Rome, bbq at Tina's, Grandpa Steve and Grandma Dorothy visit in Ventura, cousins Liam, Phoebe, and Madeline and my sister Melissa visit in San Diego, lunch with Megan, Noreen braves babysitting!, Lunch with Nana Faye and Auntie Michelle, Great Grandma Jacobsen and Aunt Chris Uncle Phil visit. We also had Labor Day in Oceanside with the Brady's which Ross will put in a separate post.

To start here is a video of Lauren at 3 months "talking":