From the monthly archives:

October 2009

3 Months Old!

by Papa K on October 11, 2009

I think I always start these posts the same way, but hard to believe that Maile is already 3 months old!

Here’s a picture from just a little while after she was born:

Maile at a few hours old on July 11, 2009

And here is our girl today getting a big hug from Daddy:

Maile at 3 months old

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Now that I’m a little bit older and can hold my head up better, I’ve been enjoying new modes of transportation. Mommy and daddy have been using the sling and baby bjorn a lot more. Both make it much easier to go out for quick walks and to do chores around the house…

Hanging with Mommy in the sling...

Daddy makes the baby bjorn so much fun!

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy

by Maile Girl on October 9, 2009

So everyone didn’t think I was permanently affected by daddy’s evil tickle game, here is just me being happy.

Have a great weekend!

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Not Quite Ready for the Tickle Game

by Papa K on October 8, 2009

I’m a bad daddy. One of my favorite games I used to play with my dad as a kid was the tickle game. He’d hold up his fingers and I’d pick one at a time until I picked the magic tickle finger (supposedly pre-determined by my dad) at which point I would get tickled. For whatever reason I decided tonight to teach Maile this game (despite the fact that she hasn’t shown any indication that she knows what fingers are or decision-making ability that would enable her to “select” a finger).

I think its safe to say this experiment did not go well and we will be waiting a little longer to reintroduce the tickle game to Maile.

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The Hat Fits!

by Maile Girl on October 8, 2009

Finally! A hat that fits my big ol' head!

Finally! A hat that fits my head - bonus points that I look ridiculously cute in it!

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So Good When It Hits Your Lips

by Papa K on October 7, 2009

Blue monkey tastes so good

White rabbit is one of my best friends - but she also tastes good!

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Family Picture – Week 12

by Papa K on October 7, 2009

Family Picture - Week 12

As Maile has alluded to in prior posts, week 12 has brought lots of changes out here in San Francisco. The biggest news is that Christine started back at work this week. While Maile misses her mommy and Christine definitely misses her baby girl, by all accounts things have gone pretty smoothly.

We found a great nanny, named Megan who is going to be working with us full-time starting the end of October. In the meantime, we’re taking care of Maile by taking turns working from home and having a part-time nanny we hired, named Cecilia, help out us well. Megan and Cecilia are great with Maile – and Maile definitely likes all the attention she is getting from so many people!

We’ll see how things go from here, but so far so good…

Saying goodbye to mommy on her first day back at the office...

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Grounded!

by Maile Girl on October 7, 2009

Sorry I didn’t post anything last night – I was grounded. Yep, I was sent straight to bed with no blogging.

Why was I grounded? I socked mommy right in the eye!

I've developed a mean left jab...

Assuming I behave, I’ll be back tonight with more…

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Where’s Mommy? Where’s Mommy?

by Maile Girl on October 5, 2009

Things sure are different around here. I’ll fill in the details later, but Mommy started up work again on Friday. Today was her first day back at the office. As this video shows, I was a bit flustered trying to figure out where she went this morning!

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Half Moon Bay Adventure

by Maile Girl on October 4, 2009

This weekend I went on an adventure. At first I thought it was because I was turning 12 weeks old on Saturday, but daddy informed me it was actually because he and mommy were celebrating their 2nd anniversary. I told daddy that I thought 12 weeks being alive was much more interesting than 2 years of marriage – he told me I had a point, but that I shouldn’t tell mommy.

In any event, we went to this place called Half Moon Bay that is about 45 minutes south of San Francisco. The drive there was really pretty – I got to see the ocean in full effect and daddy enjoyed the twisty turns.

We stayed for the night at a nice hotel just outside of the downtown area. Yes, there was a big bed again. And yes, mommy and daddy made me take a picture on it. Shocking, right?

Little baby, big bed. We get it already - 12 weeks old and your already recycling the gags?

A little help here, please?

On Sunday morning we woke up a bit earlier than daddy was hoping. Apparently, I haven’t grasped the concept of “sleeping in” that mommy and daddy seemed all excited about. I woke up at 7 AM and just started chatting away.

Then we got all dressed up – I wore a pretty new dress that Grandma Gail sent me – and we went to this fancy hotel called the “Ritz” where I participated in my very first “buffet brunch”. It all seemed like a regular restaurant to me except mommy and daddy kept getting up and getting their food themselves. I sat there and looked cute – which is pretty much my go to move at restaurants.

All in all it was a fun little get-a-way – can’t wait to see where we head next!