sights + sounds of SF

back from san francisco

last week, i attended gdc to represent shadedbox. here are a few snapshots from the conference.

mara's handy work

mara is enrolled in a flower arrangement class at the local Pasadena City College. Here are her first creations. looks like she is a fast leaner!

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to cut or not to cut?

we sat around the table and had a frank, pardon the pun, discussion with jasper about getting his first haircut. uncle frank suggest to play a game he calls "haircut roulette", in which the customer, or victim, has his hair cut at a different barber each time. never visiting the same barber twice, one can experience the adrenline rush and the thrill of a nicely trimmed hairdo or a horrible accident...both just a snip away.

jasper liked this idea, but his mother nixed it.

uncle frank's thumb

uncle frank complained of minor irritation and swelling in one of his thumbs. i'll let you be the judge. mara sprung to action, reminiscent of our experience with grosser, and busted out the first aid kit. get well soon uncle frank. hehe

aunt jessica + uncle frank visit

aunt jessica + uncle frank stopped by for visit today as they were in LA for a few days.


jessica showed the proper way of riding cattle and attempted to educate jasper what happens in diapers after consuming large amounts of water.

jasper's first class picture

mara + jasper are enrolled at a parent ed class, a.k.a. "mommy + me", at a local church that meets once a week for one year. from what i understand, it's a place they can learn motherly lessons, talk about the challenges and rewards of being mothers, and express how grateful they are of their perfect husbands.

bloggers unite!

attention all blog devotees, it's another blog to bookmark! check out adrian + karina + their beautiful two girls amber + maya. jasper + mara have even made their debut!

i was an early driver too

as many of you know, i got the photobug from my dad. he has literally thousands + thousands of photos of us kids doing almost everything from brushing our teeth to driving our first car. he sent me a few photos and here is one to start off with...1978 in Parkville, MD.

i think that's Ben in the lower left hanging on for dear life.

time for a haircut?

smiles

mara looks on

missing leg

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jasper in a few years time?

my dad sent me these after seeing my earlier post...

jasper gets to play in the MINI

jasper had a rough week, so i let him take the MINI out for a ride.

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jasper is feeling much, much better today (regardless of his hand gestures). thank you for all your prayers and help over the past week. i think mara deserves a gold star for her sacrifice!

update on jasper's health

just wanted to drop in and let everyone know jasper is feeling much better, but not completly back to himself just yet. shortly after coming home from the hospital, i came down with the same, if not similiar virus, + have been in bed since. mara has been an angel + nursing both of her boys back to health.

jasper is sick

jasper caught a very nasty stomach flu for the past three days. after all the vomiting, diarrhea, + crying, we were worried he was getting severely dehydrated so we took him to the hospital today. he's back at home but not feeling much better. i was able to take these few shots during the brief times he was not wailing + crying in the 6 hours we were there.