Gerrit Belly Laugh

Vintage Baby

We picked the kids up from nana's this morning. Mrs. Brooks and I had fun with Amparo's mini photo shoot. The dress, hat, and shoes were all Mrs. Brooks' when she was a baby. How neat is that?

Seinfeld

For Brian's birthday, his parents got him (well, us) tickets to Seinfeld. That was a pretty great gift. We had such a good time. Not only did they give us the tickets, but they also watched the kids. We had dinner at Ramsi's before we headed over to the Palace. After the show, which was super funny, we went to Cafe Classico for a coffee and a cookie. We were home and in bed by 10:30. Yes, we're old... and tired.

Thursday

Little

Amparo had her 15 month check today.
She weighs 17 lbs. 7 oz.
She really hasn't gained any weight in 3 months. the funny thing is, most of the time she eats more than Gerrit. I've also noticed that I don't have the baby itch yet. At around Gerrit's 1st birthday, I started to get the itch. (Which coincidentally, is also about the time I got pregnant with Amparo).
It could just be that I'm too busy now to think about wanting another baby, but mostly I think its because Amparo's so tiny. She's still my baby. (and my little cuddle bug)

Jade

Today we found a dog... Jade. I think she was mostly Lab, mixed with a little something else. She had chewed her tags so I couldn't read the number (only her and her owners name), but after much searching on the internet, I found the mother of her owner. Jade spent 5 or so hours with us today and that's all it took for Gerrit to become totally attached... and me too! She was such a sweet dog.


















As an early birthday present, my dad got me a backpack baby carrier. It's mainly for Amparo, but Gerrit wanted to check it out too. I think he liked it more than she did. He didn't want me to put him down.

Hi Nana

This one is from a couple weeks ago - but still a goodie.

Every time Gerrit sees the webcam on, he thinks he's talking to Nana (my mom) on iChat.

So I decided to hit the record button.  - If you listen carefully, after Gerrit trys to tear Amparo's arm off,  she adds a "Hi Nana" - good job little girl!

Wink

Tonight Gerrit learned to wink. 

Watch out ladies!

Carrot Lineup

One of Gerrit's favorite things to do is line stuff up. When making dinner for Valentines day, Gerrit decided to help by taking a bunch of carrots and meticulosity line them up on the counter. - He was so proud!

Plumber's Helper

We had a leak and Mr. Brooks came to the rescue. And I think next time, we might just need to call on Gerrit. He was the plumber's helper today.





















The kids and I ate dinner without Brian tonight.
He was working late.
Here's a snippet of our dinner conversation:
G: Niki says woof woof. Puff says meow.
B: What does Gerrit say?
G: Gerrit says no like it, go to bed.
(translation: Gerrit says he doesn't like to go to bed)

Happy Birthday Britton!

Today was Britton's birthday. We went over to his house for dinner. Gerrit had such a good time playing with Muffin and Abbey. Abbey was crazy about him; Muffin, not so much. We all just had a super fun time.
*a funny little fact... It was unseasonably warm on Brian's birthday and Britton's birthday this year.

And... it's been a year since my first post!
A day with Emmy
really... already?