Happy Feet

Hello everyone & happy summer! Freja had her four-month checkup last week; since her two-month checkup she has grown 2 1/2 inches to 25 1/2" long and gained 1 1/2 pounds to a total of 11# 11 1/2 oz. She's long & lean just like her daddy, or as her doctor said, right on track to be a supermodel!

We had a great visit with my mom Cecilia, stepdad Dennis & favorite nephew Zack. Zack is also growing like a weed, topping out almost as tall as Jan at the ripe old age of 13! They were all so helpful watching & reading to Freja, cooking & cleaning for us, and even let Jan & I get out for a date day at Food & Wine on Father's Day. We miss them already.

One of Freja's many new tricks is playing with her feet, as evidenced in today's video. Happy viewing!

Guest Blogger: Grandma Cecilia!

Zack, Papa Denny and I are having a good visit and enjoying getting (re)acquainted with Freja. She has a sweet personality; she coos and babbles and can carry on quite a conversation! She loves nibbling on either fist, but really prefers her left thumb when she’s tired. We have all taken turns reading to her; she seems to really enjoy it. Saturday, we went to Carbondale to watch her Daddy in a bike race and today Mommy and Daddy had a real date (Food and Wine in Aspen) and we got to care for her while they were gone. Papa Denny used that time to sand and stain the front door. HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all!

Finally New Photos

Hi everyone,

I know it's been a while but I finally just added a new batch of photos to the flickr photostream! It's hard to get much done online what with all the sunny gorgeous summery days we've been having. Poor us! There are pictures from the last month or so of Freja hanging out on her playmat, in the bumbo, in the jumperoo, being carried around in a pack - we've got all kinds of contraptions to keep her (and us) entertained. It's yet another picture-perfect day here today and she & I are heading up to Aspen later. We'll do our best to keep the blog & flickr updated so you can keep up with how much she's growing. Lots of love!

Fifteen Weeks

Before Jan & I had a baby I always thought "I don't want to have one of those houses that fills up with so much baby stuff." Those of you who have babies or know anyone with babies know this is hilarious. You just can't escape the 'stuff'! We are accumulating & borrowing things at a rapid pace these days! Our most recent acquisition for Freja was the jumperoo jumper seat she's in in this video and it is a huge hit - with her and with her parents! She seems to really enjoy being propped up so she can see what is going on around her, and the bells & whistles on the seat itself keep her entertained. It's a bonus for us that we can get some things done while she's in it.

You'll see in the beginning of this video that Freja is a little thumb sucker. It seems to really comfort her as she is doing it all the time these days! Before the thumb she was all about the pacifier, and now she won't even take a pacifier. This is okay with us since she always has her thumb with her, we don't have to worry about her losing or dropping a pacifier. It really is pretty cute with the thumb sucking. She really gets after it sometimes!