Category: Personal

Hazel has reached the developmental milestone Rob and I are calling "Spookyfish". For those of you who don't watch South Park - one of the characters, Stan, gets this pet goldfish which turns out to be evil and kills people. No - that's not Hazel's new trick 🙂 In one scene Stan is trying to… Continue reading Spookyfish in San Francisco →

The Weekend - Sept 9th and 10th We rented a car for the weekend to see some things we couldn't get to easily by walking or public transportation. Saturday we went north and crossed the Golden Gate bridge into Sausasilto before heading south to check out west San Francisco. On the way over to the… Continue reading San Francisco continued… →

Monday Sept 4th So we made it down here uneventfully and even lucked out and were able to take Hazel's car seat on the plane even tho' we didn't pay for an extra seat - it wasn't a full flight! She slept until right before landing and Rob was able to calm her down enough… Continue reading Live from San Francisco →

As of this week, I'm no longer a freelance developer. Who wants to run their own billing department? Certainly not me. I had a hard enough time filling out expense reports...doing my IRS Form 2210 again this last quarter kinda sealed the deal for me. I have a new full-time job, working for Linden Lab,… Continue reading Enough of this silly freelance stuff →

Early (waaaaay too early) this morning Hazel rolled over on her own for the first time. She was in her crib, fussing, hungry and kicking and managed to lever herself over to her stomach. I put her on her back and she did it again. We haven't tried it with a happy, non-fussy baby but… Continue reading Rolly Polly →

Hazel continues to gain weight tho' at a slightly slower pace since we stopped the butter injection treatments. Last week was her 2 month checkup and a round of shots. Oh that was fun - 2 shots in each leg. Good thing she didn't see the size of the needles before she got stuck or… Continue reading Toy Porn and 10 lb baby →

Hazel got through her first plane ride just fine. Actually, we were more worried about us than her. Anyway, we managed to make it to five states: Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and a token drive over to Indiana so that we could say we were there. Lots of pictures taken by all, especially at my… Continue reading Hazel’s Five State tour →

Things keep rolling along here in the Lanphier house. I miss having the grandparents around to help with stuff like dishes and laundry - may just have to hire a maid. It's odd to find myself thinking that because when the idea first came up a few years ago I was adamantly opposed to having… Continue reading Comments from the Wife: (Life – Sleep) + Stress = Life with baby →

Finally updated the photo gallery with some new photos. http://photos.robla.net/gallery/v/2006/ The Grandparents (MargL's mom and Rob's parents) have arrived and quickly got to work cleaning and sorting and building things. Aunt Dawn and Uncle Mike brought by some fixin's for sandwiches and salads so we didn't have to cook (yay!). Not that I've avoided cooking… Continue reading Update from MargL-Mommy →