First night alone in her room

We finally set up her room the way Jon wanted it. We had to put the mattress on the lowest setting, set up the monitor, take down the mobile, and do a lot of baby proofing (because Jon thinks that on the off chance that she jumps out of the crib at night and wonders around the room, it ought to be fully baby-proofed).

We're just trying to get her used playing around in it

She seems to be enjoying herself now

We must thank Lainey for the adorable "Hello Kitty" bedding, Khanh for the super cute "Hello Kitty" fleece blanket in the background, and Sonia for the gorgeous polka dot fleece blanket on the front of the crib (oh and of course, Auntie, for leaving a mess of random stuffed animals that are potential death-traps for the baby - hahaha)

I think she senses something bad is about to happen, it will be a long (loud, sad, gut-wrenching) night.......

Ferber better know what he's talking about

100 Indians on Ocean Beach

This is a recreation of the photo taken of Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show that was taken on the same stretch of Ocean Beach

You can see the article here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/06/MNFS12OSPK.DTL&hw=indians+on+the+beach&sn=004&sc=531

What an exhausting day

Teething Pac-y

This is an amazing invention that ALL moms should know about...it's a teething pacifier-style feeding utensil, it allows me to put cold/frozen fruits & vegetables into the netting so that your baby can only squeeze out mushy-sized bites, therefore eliminating the risk of choking, while allowing her to feed herself. She gets pretty frustrated during feedings now because she's ready to do it herself, but I don't know that we are ready for the mess that will follow. Baby steps......I guess...

Leaning/Standing Machine!

She may be a ballerina, she's always on those tippy toes...

Who is the real Batman?

Sean Obama

Nap Time!

Snack Time!

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She's getting pretty good at feeding herself, but I still have to watch her to make sure she doesn't bite off more than she can chew.

Crawling machine!

She basically learned to stand before she learned to crawl, but now she can crawl like crazy.

Big Sister's Move-In Weekend!

She's the best flyer, even at 5am (much more vocal and curious about her surroundings this time around)

Lauren's dorm room

So very proud

So very tired with all of the moving

Visitors

Dwayne and Mariel came all the way from Denton, Texas to visit us (and, well, a dozen other friends of their's, but we were one of the first)

Ready for a Hike!

She could camp out in this thing, I think she's ready for Labor Day Weekend!

The best nap ever!

Ava's new napping position

Sometimes after a long night of sleep, she'll even roll over to this position by morning (this also happens to be the way her Auntie used to sleep when she was younger).

Working up an appetite for chicken!

We thought we'd take a walk on this beautiful, sunny day

Ava didn't want to get any sun in her eyes (and I think it's adorable)

Mama's using that dusty 'ole jogging stroller (See, Auntie! We use it!)

Daddy's off-roading it through a Golden Gate Park trail

Ava's waving "Hello" as we take a snack break by the beach (if you look closely, she's sucking on her snack bag)

We're almost home and Ava got antsy, so Daddy had to entertain her

This was Daddy's pick for Ava's first meat-meal (chicken noodles),
though between you & I, it looks like, well, I think you can tell what it looks like

As you can see here, she lovesssssss it

Daddy keeps shoveling it in though

She's raising her hand in protest, so we will save it again for tomorrow, they say it can take up to a dozen tries before baby gets used to new foods...but maybe our baby is a vegetarian? Asian Grandma would like that...hahaha

Couch Time

Here she is flashing us her diaper

Now she's ready to show us her new favorite hobby

She starts on her knees

then she's up on her feet (I know, I know -- this is sounding like deja vu, but there's more)

since I don't have the video edited yet, this is the pic of her taking her hands off the couch to see if she can balance by herself, then about one and a half seconds later, she falls

though this never deters her from trying again, she actually seems to enjoy it, so she'll repeat this ALL day long


We have some good video we will be posting soon, we just definitely need to do some editing to it, for your viewing enjoyment, of course!