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Happy 9 Monthiversary

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“Yesterday Annabel made NINE MONTHS! So as of today she has technically (more rightly approximately) been outside longer than she was inside. So, here are the stats on the MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY in the whole entire world/solar system/quadrant/galaxy…..ad infinitum!!!”
–Mandy ‘Mama’ Schleifstein

Birth:
Weight - 8 lbs and 1 oz (she dropped down to 7 lbs 5 oz)
Height - 21 inches

Nine Months Olds:
Weight - 18 lbs and 3 oz
Height - 28.5 inches

mama and baby just got back from the doctor and gave me the stats to post, wow she’s getting tall!

She loves to stand and crawl and swim (bath time is lots of fun, let me tell you) and giggle and babble. She knows the camera is there ans looks for her mom and dad to come and do stuff around the house.

Remember to check the flickr feed for more pics and add us as a contact to see them all (flickr is easy and free to join, you just need a yahoo account).

Let’s go fly a kite

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back at work after a long fun vacation. Saw the beach. Annabel loves to swim in the ‘ocean’ (read gulf of mex) Had lots of fun and drove there and back in the middle of the night in order to let the baby sleep through the trip (got back yesterday morning at 5 (yes 5AM!!). Saw the uncles and the pop-pop on the fourth, but no firecrackers (illegal in surfside). Brought the wii and played a lot of lego star wars (thanks troy and melissa). Took lots and lots of pictures (check the flickr feed ASAP). Flew a Batman kite.

Trying to get back in the swing of things… Oh and congrats to Daniel and Beth, enjoy your last few months of irresponsibility before the rugrat gets here.

Daddy and Annabel have the same toes. See the big toe - yup - it’s the same for both of them. Ditto on the fingers, Annabel has her daddy’s fingers (and she has daddy wrapped around her little fingers - but that’s another story). What is cool is when we saw her on the ultrasound pictures we could already see that she had her daddy’s fingers and toes (and her mama’s nose).If you are wondering - those tootsie toes are in Surfside Texas. It is gorgeous down here. Sand and ocean and my brother’s house on the beach and it gets so nice and cool here in the evenings. If you are interested in vacating your normal abode and making for a vacation like ours then check out, txbeachhouse.com and wish us fun in the shady sun for the rest of our vacation.

Shall we dance

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Awwwww.

Yup Annabel is now pulling herself to a standing position on everything and is confident enough in her abilities to look at you while standing. Heck she grabs onto the couch, pulls up and turns around while holding on to reach out for you or the cats or a toy or whatever. The house is mostly baby-proofed, but we could do better. Luckily Mandy is way more on the ball than I am and takes care of all the little things (and the big ones too) that make life wonderful.

Side note: tomorrow is our fourth anniversary!!

Mike Is 30

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So, Sunday was a double whammy. My first father’s day and my 30th birthday. We had a laid back day mostly due to the double blowout on Saturday (barbecue party at the house followed by really really latenight quartering by mike, troy and david). The cake above is pure cookie with customer spinkles for writing. And it’s all gone now (so good, cookies).

Anyway, we had a lot of fun and ended the day seeing my dad for father’s day and getting choclate cake courtesy of my mom. Of course the grand parents loved seeing the baby.

Unfortunately today started with a starting to get sick mama and an almost starting to get sick baby. cross your fingers that I don’t join them by the end of the week.

Check out the flickr feed for more pics as Mandy posts them. Make us a contact to see all the friends and family only ones.

My Tie

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So I had to wear a tie to work Thursday last week and when I got home, of course I wasn’t allowed to remove it. Why? Because Annabel decided to start playing with the silkiness and looking a the blue green print.

Speak of ties, this Sunday is a double tie whammy (or at least is will be in a few years). Not only is it my first father’s day ever (woo-hoo), but I enter my third decade. 30 years is a long time to be around, here’s to a few more.

If the weather allows I’ll be partying it up in the Quarter Saturday night on my last night of my twenties (after barbecuing in the backyard with friends and kids).

lafreniere park

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Figured you guys might want some more content over here, so here’s a nice leafy texture from the ground in Lafreniere Park (pre-k). I was wondering, how cool would this look blown up and printed on canvas and hung up in the lobby of a huge office building. Like a big strange modern art piece…

Anyway, baby’s good, baby mama’s good, house is ok… talk to ya soon.