East meets West

Danny's parents were just in from Pittsburgh to meet their new grand baby and Rosabelle laid on the charm. They were instantly smitten and now she has all 4 of her grandparents and great grandma in her pocket.



We had a lot of fun with Dan and Sue. We spent an afternoon in Venice and went to the beach.






We went to the Forest Lawn Cemeterary, which may sound creepy, but is super cool. They have a museum and tons of statues and monuments and a big cathedral not to mention the most celebrities buried there than anywhere else in the world, including Humphrey Bogart, Walt Disney and Jimmy Stewart.





Rosabelle is just such a good baby. I am still suprised by how easy she is to take everywhere. Here we are at dinner...she orded the crab legs.



And of course the trip would not be complete without doing some baby photo shoots. Here's some backyard posing.





A special shout out and thank you to Aunt Jean for the gorgeous blanket, hat and sweater that she made for Rosabelle.



Rosabelle was sad to see them go.



We'll just have to see you on Skype Mamaw and Pap!

One handed blogging

I haven't really had a chance to update my blog since we've come from Spokane so I'm wanted to do a quick post while dinner is in the oven, but Rosabelle is being fairly adamant about not being put down right now so I am making my first attempt at one handed blogging. I actually think I might type faster this way.

Ssshhh...she just fell asleep.

Ok, I was just able to put her down for a nap.

Wait, hang on, I'm being summoned.

Ok, I'm back. In my haste I neglected to swaddle her and sing her favorite lullaby and she quickly let me know I needed to reconcile that. Note to Dan and Sue who are coming to visit this week, brush up on your "Edelweiss".

Anyway, back to Spokane. We had a great visit. Gavin loved his cousin who he called "Cute Rosabelle", he told me he really loved her when her eyes were open, which wasn't that often. Rosabelle got a whirlwind tour of the Inland Northwest, from the Spa in Post Falls:





to Manito Park:





the Spokane River:






Hauser Lake:





Silverwood:





We even squeezed in a wedding reception at Hayden Lake:



But the best part was hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa's with some of the crazy cousins:











We had an awesome trip, but we are happy to be home.

Cousins

We are just having so much fun I'm Spokane that we decided to stay a
few more days and come home on Saturday. Hopefully Danny will make it
that long. Here is Rosabelle with her cousins Grace, Ella and Gavin.

Spa day

We had so much fun with all the girls at the spa today! Rosabelle liked the steam room the best. We are having fun I Spokane, but are missing Danny. Thank goodness for skype.

All shook up

Top 3 places you don't want to be during an earthquake: a glass store, an elevator, mid PAP smear. That's right, during today's 5.4 magnitude earthquake today I had a small Asian woman between my legs. Luckily Dr. Chan and I both came out unscathed. Although, I did have to stand in the doorway in a paper sheet which I could have done without.



In other news, I had my 32nd birthday this week and it was terrific. Danny gave me a lots of great presents including a new Mac Book, woo hoo! Posting just seems sweeter on my new computer. Now don't all of you Republicans be too jealous, but I also got Barack Obama's book and a donation in my name to his campaign which enters me to win a trip to Denver for the convention and to meet Barack backstage. Keep your fingers crossed!



Tomorrow Rosabelle is going to take her first airplane ride! We are heading up to Spokane for a week to chill with the fam. I am excited to go, but slightly nervous to travel with her by myself. Is 6 weeks too young for Nyquil?

One month down!

Wow, so we made it through the first month! It went by so fast, but it was so much fun. We have gotten Rosabelle on a pretty good schedule and it feels like we have gotten into a nice groove. I don't want to jinx it, but she is such a good sleeper. I am so lucky she usually only gets up once a night and then she will go right back to sleep after I feed her. I even enjoy the late night feed since the house is mostly quiet, minus the nightly cat rodeo, and it's just me and her listening to the rhythmic snores of her father. OK, so maybe it's not so quiet, but it does feel like a special time, except when you have to change a massive poop bomb at 3 am. She had a messy diaper the other night that was epic. I probably should have turned the light on, but I think I was afraid to see this thing fully lit. I thought I did a good job cleaning her up, but in the morning I discovered poo on her pj's, poo crusted to her leg and poo on the wall. Next time I'll turn on the lights. Danny has been amazed by the sheer volume of poo that can come out of one little person. The cats are equally impressed.



Danny and I had our 4 year wedding anniversary this week. I am so lucky to have married him. He is he best husband and is the awesome father I always knew he would be. For our anniversary we got new iPhones! They are soooo cool. So all the pics from this post are from the camera on my iPhone. We are gonna try and do a 1 month photo shoot today with the D60. So I'll post some more this week.

Sleeping Angel

Since everyone is doing sleeping baby posts, I thought this would be a
good test post from my new iPhone.