20 posts tagged “cute”

Grace is growing amazingly fast!  It seems like such a short time ago when she was just a sleepy little newborn - can you believe she's now 5 months old?  She has all sorts of new tricks up her short sleeves right now.

Grace can now sit up by herself unsupported:

Can you imagine that Grace is over 3 months old now!??!  Can you imagine that I'm just finally getting her birth announcement sent out?!?!  Me neither.  ;)  It's amazing how behind in things a person can get when they have a toddler and a baby in the house!  I'm still in awe at how quickly the kids grow.  Grace went from being a tiny baby sleeping in a laundry basket, to a baby who is wide eyed, babbling, and sleeping in her own crib!

I swear, I've had to rewrite this post at least 4 times.  If it isn't James deleting it with his stellar new computer skills, it's me accidentally clicking on the image link and botching it up so I delete my post!  James deleted the post more times than I've botched though...how can a kid be so fast to climb up on a chair and mash my post away when I just walked away from less than 30 seconds!?!?  We're talking "to go pick up a pencil" or "get a drink from the fridge" fast here, people!!!  My guess is that he knows this post is about Grace.  After all, she's getting mighty cute now:

...and yet how can I get so few hours sleep?  Wonders will never cease.  Of course, I didn't account for the many hours that Grace can nap on a person - namely me! 

Happy Halloween!  To celebrate his first Halloween, James wants to do a little trick for you all!  (What a treat!)

Dan wants to remind everyone - "This was Katie's idea!"  (but he went along with it!!!  haha!)

Northerngeek recently posted a blog about a geek who got a computer CPU + Monitor as a tombstone.  If death can be geeky, it might as well be cute, too!  Yes, you can get your own Hello Kitty tombstone.  If she doesn't suit your needs, you can always get one that looks like an Easter Island statue instead....

Last Sunday, Dan, James, and I went on our first big family vacation - Las Vegas, baby!  James had his first airplane flight ever - and to my delight, he ate on the way up and down, and slept the whole time in between!  I guess I can't brag too much - it was only a one hour flight, after all.  ;)

The weather in Vegas was as it should be - hot!  But because it's spring, it wasn't triple digits flaming hot, so James and I were able to stroll along the strip, check the hotels, and go shopping in the new Planet Hollywood "Miracle Mile" shopping mall!  Our main reason of going out to Vegas, however, was for a magic conference.  While Dan spent a majority of his time at the conference, James and I did get the opportunity to hit up the strip, shop, and see a lot of the sights.  Ah, such is the life of Dan Chan Magic Man and Kat the Acrobat! 

I decided that of the hotels, the Bellagio is the most baby-friendly...not only are a lot of the artwork on the ceiling (thus allowing James to look at something), but it's also bright and cheerful!  The exhibit we saw was a flower and butterfly exhibit.  James also was enamored with the Bellagio fountains...he watched them 3 times straight and was happily squealing in delight each time!  We even got the chance to see the fountains at night once, so he saw the fountain literally in a different light!

While we didn't get to stay at the Bellagio, we did get to stay at the Orleans.  It's not too far from the strip and there is a shuttle bus that goes to and from the strip every 15 minutes.  James especially liked the fact that he not only got to swim in the bathtub everyday, but he also got his very own king-sized bed to sleep on for three nights!  Talk about luxury!
Our trip was a lot of fun - we're hoping to take another out of state trip (hopefully further away from California!) soon!

Guess who learned how to copy mommy and hum? 

I swear, you can practically see the little hamster running like crazy in his little head....

James recently discovered how much he loves toys...whether they be rings, spoons, squeaky birds, flashy ma-doos, or even Mr. Bearington the First (his beloved bear rattle toy), they all ended up in one place:  his mouth! 

While only a whopping 16 weeks old,  James also decided that he does not want to learn how to "roll over", "sit up", or even "crawl" like most normal kids.  Nope - he wants to learn how to stand and how to walk!  That's right...if he's not "standing" on your lap, or practicing taking baby steps with you holding onto him, he will definitely put up quite a fuss!  Lucky for us, our friend Dave gave James a walker at the baby shower - it's James' second favorite spot to explore (next to his Baby Einstein play mat, of course!

It's amazing how fast a baby grows!