Saturday, September 30, 2006

Introducing the bottle!






Linden had her first bottle while Grandma Jan was here, and has enjoied a bottle a day ever since. Brett likes to take the last feeding before bedtime, where Linden takes her daily bottle; which means more time for Mommy!! She's been doing very well with her eating, at her 1 month appoinment she weighed in at 9 pounds 3 ounces! She had also grown 2.5 inches- she's going to be as tall as her Mommy! All is well, and we are enjoying our little bundle of joy!

Monday, September 25, 2006

Grandma Jan Comes to California







Grandma Jan's visit to California brought us to the 17 Mile Drive along the Pacific Coast. We drove the beutiful Pacific coast and stopped in Carmel and had lunch and went to the beach. It was a beautiful day that included Linden's first day at the beach- one of many more to come!

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Grandpa Hamilton




Grandpa Hamilton came for a quick visit yesterday and got a chance to meet his first Grandchild. Linden was very curious and wide-eyed, as you can see. The four of us had dinner in Saratoga, and a cute little Italian Bistro. We ate outside under the gas heat lamps- which were way too hot for the "Minnesotians" at the table! It was a great visit and we're so glad Grandpa got to meet little Linden.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

THANK YOU NANA!





Nana, Thank you for; the cute Hanna Anderson outfits, the tag blankie, the "does this make my butt look big?" onsie, the endless smiles when you saw Linden, the premie Janie and Jack outfits, the sleepless nights, the endless diaper changes, the words of wisdom, the breastfeeding book, the icepacks, dinner at Mimi's, curious george book and beanie baby, jokes about Grandpa Salerno's lazy eye, the walks with Linden, the walks with Bruno, doing the laundry, putting Linden to sleep, waking Linden up, the burping, the rocking Linden to sleep, the dinner preperations, the cute gymboree outfits, the frozen yogurt, the hummingbird feeder and book, the fudgecicles, the wasp spray, getting up at 3 am to console us, the Rachel Ray dinners, loading Linden in the car and bugaboo, breakfast at Stack's... We are surely forgetting many other things. Most of all, thank you for your time. This will surely be a visit to remember forever. We'll be sure to explain to Linden how spoiled she was by Nana in the first few weeks of her life. We love you! Did we mention all the diaper changes???

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Girls in San Fran




We could not have Nana come all the way to San Jose ( from St. Charles) and not take her across the Golden Gate Bridge! After all the recent sleepless nights and poopy diapers we decided to take a much needed trip into the city. Mom, Linden and I went into San Fran, ate lunch in Hayes Valley, shopped ( of course!) and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge. Mom loved it, and we stopped to get our pictures taken. Linden loved the brisk breeze, while Nana thought she was going to fall into the bay from all the wind! We had a great time in the city, and it's been such a wonderful time having Nana here in Cali! She's leaving in a couple days and we'll miss all of her help and much needed advice.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Look who's 4 oz heavier...





I know - seemingly useless information from 1st time parents! But it's cool to us. Everyone is doing great.