happy thanksgiving

just wanted to add some new photos over the past week or so. kiki was in town and chloe and i got to spend just a quick visit with her and her sister sara. unfortunately, she had just fallen asleep in the car by the time we got there and wasn't happy about being woken up as you can see in the photos! had an early thanksgiving with my gramps chet and then grandma marilyn came into town as well for the holiday. ate lots of turkey and cranberries, but had to get a vegan pumpkin pie as dairy still isn't setting in chloe's stomach very well. she's growing like crazy and is really vocalizing a lot. she's also working on her motor skills...grasping at objects and ALWAYS looking at everything. work is fine for me...loving the weekends and still trying to get as much work done at home so i can devote my time to the family. jimmeh is doing a great job being daddy daycare. we seem to be managing quite well with the division of labor and trying to have a somewhat organized house. it's not as clean as it used to be..but we're learning to live with it!

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2 months old!

wow. lots going on over the last 10 days...cousin sam stopped by, grandma katy came down for a visit and we got to meet great grandpa chet! spent some alone time with dad while mom went to a few last minute doctor's appointments. chloe had her 2 month checkup on monday and all went well even though she had to get 3 vaccination shots in her leg. she was a trooper and didn't have any adverse side effects. she actually slept most of that day and the next. mom started back to work on tuesday. it's going well. kids are happy to see me and it's nice that i've taught these classes before so i don't have to do a lot of prep work. it's been hard to juggle the night feedings and sleeping since i'm getting up at 5am to nurse chloe and get her back to bed so i can pump and get ready for work and be out the door at 630am. happily though, things are going really well at home with jimmeh taking over the baby duties. i can think of a more seamless transition. puts my mind at ease, for sure! i'm super glad that they're hanging out well together and that she's doing well with taking the bottle in my absence. so, since i'll be working now, jimmeh will probably be taking over the blog duties and photo taking...stay tuned. current stats: length: 23.75 in (95th percentile), head circumference 35 cm (55th), and 13 pds 12 oz (97th!!) gotta love the chunky monkey!

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week 7

ay yi yi...here we are at the end of week 7. i know i've said this before, but the time sure flies. it's been a busy week here as you can see by the photos. last weekend, grandma marilyn was in town. we went up to walnut creek to visit the local Mantle clan. you'll see great grandma betty and great aunt audrey in the photos. tuesday, we had a lunch date with great aunt margie and then yesterday was a big day in santa cruz with catherine and carrie. it was my 35th birthday, so we had a picnic lunch over at carrie's house. we celebrated catherine's birthday too, which was on the 1st. it was a great day. had lots of great presents from papa jimmeh and other family members plus lots of email and phone wishes as well. too bad i didn't get to watch the rest of the hockey game though. we are in bed by 8pm every day.

papa jimmeh is home now with us for my final week of maternity leave. part of me is looking forward to going back to work, but another huge part of me is nervous about scheduling our morning together and getting to work on time. i'm also not looking forward to pumping at school...i'll try it for a while and see how it turns out first. i think that jimmeh is a little nervous and excited about being home with chloe all day, but that is to be expected. i'm going to miss her little face all day, i'm sure, so i'm uploading tons of photos & viseo on my new ipod so i can have her with me all the time. :)

other milestones: first earthquake (5.6! on 10/30), first bath, and first weigh-in (we bought a scale)...she's 14 pounds! holy crap! big baby!

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