Saturday, March 25, 2006

Of Brendan and Bumbos...

So Dana got Brendan his Bumbo chair the other day, and we think he likes it, but it's so hard to tell. I don't know, what do you all think?












































Getting ready for bed.















Dana and Brendan went to Gymboree today for one last class with Trish. He was flirting with yet another mom today. Dana says he did really good holding his head up during tummy time. His favorite parts are baby massage (he got a foot rub today) and parachute time. He wasn't even able to see the parachute 6 weeks ago when he first started. He's really come a long way. Oh, and everyone noticed how chubby he is.

After class Dana and Brendan went to a cake show. Dana's looking forward to getting a break from being a mommy to get back in to her cake decorating. This was her favorite cake at the show.



















She's looking forward to September when she's going to cake camp in Las Vegas (and Daddy's first time home alone with Brendan!).

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Getting ready....

Sorry we haven't updated you in awhile...we have LOTS going on.

We've spent the last few weeks getting ready for our move to Arizona. We sold our Carlsbad home (in 5 days!) and are within 10 days of closing on our new Pulte home. I went to Arizona yesterday to check on it and happily report that it is coming along nicely. It will be such a relief having the buying and selling over with! Here are a couple of pictures (click the picture to see larger)









We've been packing and packing (and PACKING!) for the last 3 weeks or so. Our moms have both come over a couple times each and they have been a big help. Our garage is totally full with boxes and the house is pretty much empty. Our last night in San Diego will be 3/29. Rob flys to Arizona on the 28th to do the final inspection and sign the paperwork.

We've chosen an au pair to help with Brendan while Dana works from Arizona for Nanogen. Her name is Nicole Boonzaire and she is from South Africa. We're really looking forward to her coming out and joining our family for the next year. She is scheduled to arrive on Rob's birthday - April 22.

Brendan is doing really well. He loves going to his Gymboree class with Dana and hearing his teacher, Trish, sing. He'll miss his class, but once we get settled he can start up his weekend summer school class. He smiles more and more every day and has really started to be a little chatter box. Many people in his class have commented on how much he's changed since he started at 6 weeks - and were very impressed with how alert and attentive he is. On top of that, he is doing a good job sleeping through the night - most of the time. I'm bragging, I know, but I'm proud of my boy.

But enough of all that...let's get on with pictures of the star of the show!!





Brendan rooting for Aunt Jessica's alma mater.









Gettin' a little daddy time!












Gettin' a little more daddy time!











Sitting up and shaking hands.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Brendan's first play date

Brendan had his first playdate this past Sunday with Emma up in Dana Point. Emma's parents, Danny and Jacie, work with Rob at Pulte. Here's a picture of us getting ready to go for a walk:










The big news for this week is Brendan has started sleeping for a 9 hour stretch at night! This is great news for me so that I can start getting some quality sleep. He's been going to sleep around 9, wakes around 6 to eat and sleeps for another 2-3 hours.

Pictures, pictures, pictures - here's a few shots of our son:













Brendan in his robeez shoes