Iris was born on October 16th, 2008. Our experience has been that taking care of a newborn is just as hard the second time. After 4 months, Iris is a bit older and able to remain calm by herself for longer, and we're back to (mostly) getting a reasonable amount of sleep.

First photos of Iris and Iris at homeMiranda adjusted very well, and is ( Read more... )

I need to get these photos from our Summer posted before Miranda's sister arrives later this month(!)

Here are some pictures from our vacation in Dunsmuir.

And the rest of what we did over the Summer.

Far more has happened than my lackadaisical livejournalling can keep up with. Miranda now walks (and can practically run), babbles (big time!), waves bye-bye (sometimes, anyway), points to food she wants to eat or things she wants to look at (wall clocks are a favorite), was an angel on our plane trip down to CA (Santa Cruz, SLO (via Hwy 1!), and ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Miranda - the big Oh-One!


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Following a few false starts, Miranda gets her groove on:

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(Yes, standing and jumping on the couch is allowed - for now...)

Miranda has spent the last few weeks perfecting her crawling. For a while she had a good time chasing balls and other rolling objects, though now she really likes chasing people ( Read more... )

It has been only...well, two months. Things have been busy ( Read more... )

"Should we try and take, like, a Christmas picture of Miranda?"
"Yeah, probably. But what would she wear? None of her clothes are really Christmasy."
"I don't know...just put her in something red..."

Anyway, here are our results of trying to get Miranda to look Christmasy. (Thanks as always to Kinako ( Read more... )

Of course, Miranda dressed up for Day of the Ninja:


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It seems that more photos have accumulated ( Read more... )