Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Working Hard and Playing Hard



Little Mad has been coming to work with her mommy (at the suggestion of her very compassionate boss...) So far it has gone really well, with only one bad day in about the last four weeks. This is a picture of her set up in my office (she's relaxing and enjoying her mobile after getting a fresh diaper). She really enjoys staring at it for minutes on end (nothing holds her attention for a very long time).


Jason discovered the other day that she is ticklish on her feet! He was playing around with her in the kitchen and started nibbling on her toes and she squealed in delight. She has begun to vocalize quite frequently now, making long cooing noises that are increasingly louder. Sometimes they even sound like "mama" or "dada"!!

Monday, January 21, 2008

At Long Last


For those of you that don't know, our computer has been in the shop for the last, oh, I don't know, about three years or so (well, in truth it's been kaput since about the last time we posted to this blog). So, I'll just bring you up to speed really quick with a few words and a few pictures.















My folks came over for Christmas for about 2 weeks in December, and we all took a trip to Amsterdam together. Here are some various pictures of us strolling leisurely among the canals. Amsterdam is easily the most breathtaking city I have ever been to, with gorgeous canals and quiet cobblestone streets.











Here's little Mad partaking of some of the local baked goods...






Here we are goofing around in the hotel room...

And here we've returned home for a proper Christmas celebration!!