Playing w/ Feet and Getting in the High Chair

Clara has learned a couple new tricks of late: (1) playing with her feet and (2) sitting in the high chair. She is not yet eating "regular" food, but we suspect those days are going to be here shortly. You can see all the photos in her 4 month gallery.

One of her playing with her feet:


And one in the high chair chomping on a green pepper (and not sure what to think of it):

Sain's wedding & a new blanket

We went down to the Bay Area for Sain's wedding at the end of January. It was a great wedding and Clara held up pretty well on her first big trip out of town (for the most part at least). You can see some of the photos here.

Photo of Sain and Clara:


My cousin Lindsey also made Clara a nice blanket. Below are a couple with Clara enjoying her new acquisition (you can see the rest of the photos in the 4 month album).



I really like this one because it shows Clara's new favorite thing -- her two fingers on her right hand. No more pacifiers for her!

Clara @ 4 months

You can see some photos of Clara here. Here are some highlights:

Clara ride the swings for the first time:


And a couple from "tummy time":

Online Book Club

I am starting a little online "book club". It is basically a place for people to post short book reviews about what they have read and share thoughts. If you are interested in joining, let me know and I will send you an invite.

Christmas

We stayed in Portland (for the first time) this year. We missed seeing our family, but had a great time spending time with a number of our friends (who also decided to avoid travel).

We spent Christmas Eve at the Horihans. Jason put together an excellent Duck. So much better than Turkey!!

Here is a photo with Clara and Jagan.


We hosted Christmas at our place with help from Julien, Michelle, and Michelle's mom. Julien took the lead on cooking, and we had quite the spread. Foie Gras, Oysters (raw and cooked) that we shucked ourselves, veggies, cheese, Goose, Squash Soup, Tandori Chicken, Sweet Potatoes, and lots of wine and cookies.

Here is a photo of the oysters:


Clara also had lots of fun this month. Her neck is now strong enough to put her in the "Jumperoo":


And one of her sitting amongst her presents under the tree:


I also took some videos of Clara. Here is one of her in the jumperoo:


You can see all the photos on my picasa page here.

Bathtime

We decided to take some photos of giving Clara a bath. I avoided any embarrassing ones, as that drove me crazy when I was a little kid :).

Getting ready


During the bath


Getting out


Drying off


You can see all the photos here.

Family Photo

We took some photos as a family. Here are a couple: