Side note I’m helping a friend get a new site up(more after we finish). He’s a pro graphic designer with ten years experience who just got laid off. If you know of any openings email me or comment below and I’ll get him in touch with you. He also does commissions of custom t-shirts, ties, labels, logos and portraits and more.

Thanks and enjoy the new old look.

Pic below of the soon to be disappointed crowd before the saints game. Thanks again Jason David and ain’t-like defense.

10 Months Old

Originally uploaded by schleifnet

Yesterday Annabel hit ten months. Wow I can’t believe how far we’ve come. The day before she went to her first party (a woman in Mandy’s Meetup group’s son turned one and had a viking themed party, due to his name) and she did a great job playing with the six other babies although she was the youngest (ages 10-18 months).

Now we’re getting ready for her first birthday. We will be having a huge family party Sunday October 19th Saturday October 18th (if you got an evite be sure to save the date). Needless to say we are planning a great afternoon filled with cake and possibly ice cream.

More info as it shows up…

edit: oops the date of the coming party was wrong, check your evites for the correct one and see the edit above.

although the day is almost done it’s not to late to wish my wonderful wife a happy 33rd birthday. This morning she woke up to presents from babygirl. The day ended with me coming home from work(on time, for once) and cooking chocolate cupcakes for my love. Followed by purchasing of the sushi birthday girl dinner. And more presents, of course. The day was said the be very enjoyable by my beautiful better half with a meetup, a lunch with Melissa, and phone calls with family.

One more thing, the day was made numerically special since 33 is 3 and 3 which multiplied makes 9 as in months old the baby is now.

“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).

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.