Guest Magnet

From Washington to Southern California they flock to see her.  They bring gifts, adoration, and a willingness to stay up in the late night and early morning hours.  A photographer was there to capture it all.  

My personal favorites are the pictures where she is in her ducky outfit looking pleased and remarkably like a LEGO person.  Also, be sure to find the special bonus Tess picture which should have the following caption: “Putting up with a baby is exhausting!”

The Life of Bath

Since the in-laws have arrived, I’ve had this incredible thing called “free time”  This has resulted in some serious blog bingeing.  I’m positively giddy about my Flip camera (my first Father’s Day present from the wife) and its video sharing capacities. Behold:

The First Sink Bath

Something in the Way She Moves

You’ve seen her still.  Now it’s time for Allie in motion.

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Snap Back to Reality

You may have noticed a rather precipitous decline in my blogtivity lately.  This would coincide with my return to the classroom.  This means less Allie time.  Less sleep time.  Less free time.  

My folks were here last weekend and helped Oh. So. Much.  More reinforcements arrived in the form of the in-laws yesterday.  Auntie C comes in tonight!  Family is super keen.  They are willing to give up prime hours of sleep to hold an entity who basically only cries, excretes, and sleeps.  I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.

Unfortunately, one consequence of the return to work is a decline in pictures.  Since my days have consisted of coming home, holding Allie, eating, washing dishes, holding Allie, grading papers, making lesson plans, and holding Allie, there hasn’t been much opportunity to get my photog on.  

But enough typing, here are the pictures we have managed to take since the last post:

Her hits don’t lie

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= most hits ever & lots of comments

Stepford Baby

Our non-eating jaundiced only-sleep-when-held Allie has been replaced by a suckling less yellow (for a WhAsian) somniac version!  We’re not complaining, but this morning I wondered, “Who are you and what have you done with our baby?”

For one week, Allie has made lots of progress.  She now sleeps through the night in her car seat.  Thanks to tanning and pooping, she is deporting the villainous bilirubins.  Best of all, she finally seems to have the “latch and lunch” thing down, meaning she is packing on the ounces.  Sara still has to wake her up to eat, but it’s actually kind of nice for her to wake up on her own terms versus the scream alarm.  Very nice for Dad as well I might add.  We’ll enjoy this balance to the force while it lasts.

Thanks for all the prayers and words of encouragement.  As a reward, here are some photos that show Allie’s range of emotions and states:

Hey Cuz

Most readers probably already know this, but The Queso Dip must officially celebrate.  My wife’s sister and her husband will be having a baby in April!  Alice is looking forward to having a little cousin to look adorable with.  I am super excited to experience first-time fatherhood and uncledom in less than a year’s time.

Big congrats to the sis & bro-in-law, who will be fantastic parents.  And no doubt Lil’ Pakk-Baby will be a super cutie!  Meanwhile, Tess will work on her coping skills so she can commiserate with Sasha.  For starters, carefully study the contents of a lap before jumping into one.  Also, don’t be surprised if you go from snuggling in your parents bed to getting “accidentally” shut in the closet for hours.

Sweet Sixteen (The Second Half)

Sweet Sixteen (First Half)

Aargh!  WordPress did not want my 4 x 4 layout.  Therefore, I must do it in two parts.