Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Stephen, Carrie, Molly and Oliver!

The best part of visiting LA was seeing our dear friends. We were so excited to meet baby Oliver and see Stephen and Carrie and Molly again. We were so thrilled to see them we couldn't sit still for a good picture... here are our best attempts.

p.s. You may notice that Rock's mom got a MUCH NEEDED haircut while she was in Escondido. Having come to peace with the fact that she is (as Dani, her hair stylist once said) a hair perfectionist, she realized, as most new mom's do, that she needed to cut down on hair-styling time in order to have more time to look after Rock. This new 'do is a lot easier to do! Yay for Dani!!!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Trains are Fun for Everyone!

Because Rock's mom is not as observant as she was before she had a little boy to distract her, she somehow lost her license after going through security. Okay, so that's not fair. She never really had her act together before he was born. But now she has a good excuse for losing her driver's license.
Anyway, since she had no driver's license, they couldn't rent a car to go up to LA. Thus they had to ride the train. Although it was initially stressful trying to get tickets and catch the train, the trip was very pleasant once Rock and his mom got settled.
Rock slept for a lot of it.
But woke up with enough time left in their journey to enjoy the seat next to mom.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Kuno

Daria and Jeremy are some of our best friends in California. We were so excited to finally be introduced to their little boy Kuno (named after his great-grandfather). He shares a birthday with Owen from the Quammune and he tried to teach Rock how to crawl while we were visiting. It was not successful... yet.

Rich

The second Quammune baby that Rock met was Rich. They had a lot of fun playing on the floor together while Rock's mom caught up with Rich (Rich's dad has the same name -- how confusing!!!) and Melissa.
Rock especially enjoyed Rich's tiny head.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Umbrella Stroller

Isn't this an awesome umbrella stroller? We are so grateful to the family from church who gave us this stroller. It was great to have something little to fold up and take with us on the trip.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Professor Super Baby

Apparently, in California, if you have a pink washcloth to wear on your head, you are a professor. And if you have a red and white piece-of-fabric/cape, you are a super hero.
At least that's what Gwen says.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

California Siblings

Hostess Gwen and Host Elijah were very good 'siblings' to Rock while were in California. We were so grateful to have them around to keep us entertained until Rock's dad could get into town.
They made Rock a crown to wear....
and played endless rounds of peek-a-boo...
and wheeled his stroller around the back yard....
and even taught his mom how to dress like a princess.
They are also skilled at taking pictures of themselves.