I love....

These old people.

This house.
Yes that is a "For Sale" sign in my parent's yard.

This place.

This view.

This girl.

This boy.
On his 30th birthday.

Our trip to CA was so fun. We spent time at the beach and just hanging out at home. This might be the last trip I have to my childhood home. Hopefully my parents will be able to sell the house and move to Utah to be closer. It's bitter sweet, really. Sweet that they will be closer, bitter that my home and memories in that home will be just memories. The sweet out weighs the bitter. I think.

A New Addition

Tonight we were at Target getting some stuff for our trip to CA when I noticed a little something. A little white, sharp something in little Gwenny's mouth. That's right! She's got a tooth!!! I just noticed it today. It's already broken through the skin. That sure does explain her grumpy nights last week. We're so excited our wee one is growing up!

And this is the best picture we could get of it. Can you see it? Yeah, I can't see it in this picture either, but it was the best we could do. She does not like us poking around in there.


And then, here is a picture of Gwen's nursery. Some girls at my office were asking about it, so here you go!

Baby Gwen

Is so cute.

Orlando Day 3

Waffles are a good energy food...well, I'm sure it is in some country. If that's the case, I had to be sure to have plenty of them for my long day battling Floridian heat, humidity, and tourists because this was the day the Shirley's went to Sea World!

Since Tara was working a convention, I was able to get a discounted half day ticket. As a bonus, it's Sea World policy that, if you buy a ticket one day, you can go again the next day for free. It was too bad that Tara wouldn't be able to come with us.

Either everyone in Florida was really nice, or I do a really good job pulling off the struggling parent routine. Every time I got on or off the Sea World shuttle, there was always someone willing to help me get the stroller and Gwen situated. As a side note - while on this topic - I have never struck up conversation with so many older women willing to share stories of their grandchildren Gwen's age.

I didn't get it, the first few days we were there, it had rained for about 45 minutes every 2 hours, so I was counting on a little cloud cover. Nope. This was the first full day of sunshine! Did I mention it was hot? The heat made me a little nervous to keep Gwen outside for too long and I felt like an abusive daddy when I would see little beads of sweat on her nose. I strategically tried to seek out the indoor exhibits, but it is a long walk to Shamu stadium.

Shamu show was really neat, but I don't think Gwen really appreciated it. She spent most of the time trying to get people around us to smile at her. This is a rare picture I took when Gwen was actually watching the show.

I was amazed at how well Gwen did the whole day. She did so well, in fact, that I felt like I needed to get her some kind of radically over-priced souvenir. I was so proud of her.

Orlando Day 2

On the second day of our trip, I spent some more time sweating in a giant convention center while Brett and Gwen walked around Orlando, I'm sure doing their own fair share of sweating. First they walked over to The Peabody, a very nice hotel just across from the convention center I was working in. The hotel is world renowned for their ducks...of course. They have a bunch of ducks that live on their roof. Twice a day they are led down to the lobby to eat and play in the fountain. I was able to see them one of the last days we were there. It was adorable!




Brett also found this cool building that looked like it was upside down. In front there was a man with a bunch of exotic bird that would take pictures with people for money. I'm not sure if G was sold on the birds. On their way home they got stuck in a giant thunder storm. They were both soaked. When I got home that night the cup holders in the stroller were still filled with water. Tip for next Orlando visit, always carry an umbrella.

Sleepy G

Yesterday G and I were sitting downstairs watching tv, then I looked over at her and found this. Too funny!

She's a brick house

Gwen is 6 months old! She had her check up today, which included shots...sad. But she is such a trooper, she only cried when she was being poked. Here are her new stats.

Weight: 17 lbs 15 oz - 83%
Height: 26.25" tall - 68%
Head Cir: 44.5 cm - 93%

That's my little tank!

Some things little G likes at 6 months....

She loves to sit up...


She loves to eat her toes...


She really likes the fridge....


She rolls over a ton and loves to scream for no reason. She also has a really funny fake cough. She laughs like crazy when Stella stands up on her little Boppy chair. She loves to look in the mirror and laugh at the other little baby looking back at her. She likes to suck on her binky string more than her binky. She loves to pull my hair and my necklaces. And by far she loves to play with her mommy and daddy. She's so fun and sweet, she really is the best baby in the whole world.