I am sorry the blog has been neglected. After the new year we will be back to posting on regular basis. Right now it is busy, busy time.
Here is a sneak peek of things to come:
Friday, December 5, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Inara in her ladybug costume
I love my feet (or at least my shoes)
Full monte
Dead bug (Mom I'm tired)
Thursday, November 6, 2008
It is pumpkin carving time ...
Playing with the pieces
No, dad I want to do it.
Ok fine, you do it.
Look Mom. Look what I did!!!
It's mine, It's all mine. Playtime! I wonder if I can eat it...?
I can touch my toes
In the last few weeks she can now grip her feet. This is how she rolls. Literally. She can FINALLY roll from back to side. She did it about 5 times at about 2 months of age and has never done it again, until recently. We have serious back to side rolling in the crib but she rarely does it out of the crib. We anticipate she will be a late roller, crawler and walker. They say these skills are based on temperment rather than motor development. More mellow babies tend to do these things later. And since she turned about 2 weeks old, when mama finally told the AAP and their pacifier recommendations to take a hike, she has cried hard less than 10 times. I have the world's easiest baby.
Love my rattle ...
She doesn't use it as a rattle. She uses it as a septor and points it at you. I am Queen Inara. All you mere mortals bow down to my superiority. It is hilarious but I cannot get a picture of her doing it!
Sitting like a big girl
Just FYI: blogger sucks - this picture looks way better on my color calibrated monitor.
Inara can now sit up, pretty good for someone who is not even 4 months. She puts her hands down for balance and actually reaches for toys in the sitted position (meaning she is balancing herself with one arm). She can sit *almost* erect (straight up); however, her back muscles just are not quite there yet.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
The cutest ladybug in all of Austin ... Happy Halloween!
We were very blessed to be invited to a party hosted by MC in benefit of Team in Training and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. She is running the Austin Half Marathon in 2009 (pregnant too!). Larry and I ran the marathon a few years ago.
Inara's photos were taken by Lyndsay of Life in Motion Photography. Here is her website http://www.lifeinmotionphotography.com/ and here is her blog http://www.lifeinmotionphotography.com/photoblog/.
Here is the blog post of all the other kiddos in their costumes http://www.lifeinmotionphotography.com/photoblog/?p=1114
We are very fortunate to have this VERY talented photographer take her pictures. In fact we have booked her for Inara's 6 month and 12 month session. She is one very talented woman and her and her family have experienced significant loss. Their home was destroyed (and I mean destroyed) with all their possessions (including their photographs) in Hurricane Katrina just days after their daughters birth.
Lyndsay was recently awarded the BEST Children's Photographer in Austin by the Austin Chronicle. We are very blessed that Inara will have her pictures taken by Lyndsay.
Lyndsay also does the most amazing thing - she photographs births. We had contacted her to photograph Inara's birth but when we had to have a C-Section we cancelled and it is my biggest regret when it comes to Inara. It is not about whether the birth was vaginal, C-Section, med free, etc. It is about the baby and I didn't realize that until I came to be a mom.
Here is the post on her blog featuring the slide show she has done of a birth http://www.lifeinmotionphotography.com/photoblog/?p=964
The link for the slide show is
Mom, get the Kleenex. I promise you will need it.
She will be photographing #2's birth. Guaranteed!
Inara and Ethan
Not interested dude.
Inara is almost as big as Ethan. That is OK except is Ethan is 6 MONTHS OLD. Our little porkchop in this picture is just a little over 3 months. If we were in Canada this would be Inara's best friend. His dad, my favorite cuz David, and I were very close as kids. I do regret that Inara will not have that same bond with her cousins.
Inara in the snow
Who knew the "Don't eat yellow snow talk would have to be so soon"?
Happy, happy joy joy. I gave you a smile woman, now get me out of this thing!
Forget the snow, give me my fingers.
Inara and her FIRST SNOWMAN!!!!!!!
Yawn, snow, schmo
As you can see, Mama's snowman building skills need serious work! The snowman fell over as soon as she leaned against it!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Inara and her Favorite Aunt Esther
Inara LOVED her Aunt Esther. Every day she talked and laughed with her aunt for HOURS!
Leaving on a Jet Plane (Take 1 and Take 2)
We tried to take off, really we did.
When flying alone with an infant there a few key points to remember. First, doesn't matter how hungry the baby is do NOT feed 10 minutes before pre-boarding because the inevitable will happen. Yes, poop. Literally. We missed pre-boarding and heard "Paging passenger Crowe, party of 2. Please proceed to Gate 2 for the immediate departure of your aircraft" while sprinting from the bathroom back to the gate. We were the last to board and since Mommy did not have a lot of time to reorganize from the poop explosion walking down the narrow excuse for aisle was not fun. Yes, I know my bags hit every person in the aisle on the right hand side. Sorry!
Finally organized we wait. For what don't know. Wasn't the aircraft suppossed to immediately depart, hmmm. There might be a problem here. Sure enough mechanical failure and not just any mechanical failure the deplane mechanical failure. While standing in line to speak with the ticket agent, Mommy noticed the bags were being deplaned. There was no way, no how this plane was taking off!
After 30 minutes in line we have three options:
1) Transfer planes not once, not twice but THREE times to get to Regina by 8:00 pm. Let me think about the logistics of changing planes that many times... NEXT
2) Take a later flight arriving in Regina at 10:something pm. Umm, it's only 8:00 AM, are you crazy?? NEXT
3) Try again tomorrow and hope Northworst, I amean Northwest, doesn't have mechanical failure. Ding, Ding, Ding we have a winner.
We take off the next day with no problems and I rock as a lap baby!
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