Happy Birthday!

The Babe has a special message for four of our friends (Neal, Rebecca, Kristen, and Whit) who celebrated their birthday yesterday. We translated the spelling of your names just in case you can't make out the Babe's writing.

Family Night Out

This weekend, the whole family went out to dinner with some neighbors to a new local restaurant called Urban Solace. It was nice to get out for a change, and we finally got someone else to take a picture of the three of us together!
Here is the Babe, enjoying her coaster.

Hoping to minimize trips to Dr. Nykaza...

The Babe has three teeth, going on four, so we're trying to get her used to brushing them. So far she loves it, because she basically gets to suck the water off of the toothbrush and then gnaw on it. With any luck, she won't have to make as many trips to the dentist as Mama had to growing up! (Not that I didn't love Dr. Nykaza :) )




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I Heart Craigslist

We have had good luck with Craigslist recently. Today, we scored a high chair in excellent condition for the Babe for $40.





The Babe demands more food!

Daddy's #1 Fan

The Babe enjoys clapping and dancing along to my guitar playing...check out the video:

Full Metal Jacket

This morning the family headed out to the Marine Corp Recruit Depot as I was participating in the Boot Camp Challenge with some co-workers. Two teams from work had been formed with the losing team buying the winners some lunch. The Babe had a great time hanging out in the grass and playing with her friend Nia. Meanwhile, I was running through a 3-mile obstacle course with Drill Instructors yelling words of "encouragement" along the way.

Izzy says "Drop and give me 50!"


The two competing teams from Active.com


Dad celebrating the win a little prematurely at the beginning of the run


Nia and the Babe


The winning team

Podium

Over the weekend of the 22nd, the family went on our first camping trip with the Babe! It was our yearly trip to Hurkey Creek State Park in Idyllwild, CA for the 24 Hours of Adrenalin Mountain Bike Race. Even though I was killing myself in the bike race, the weekend was really all about the Babe. She had a great time hanging out with everyone and slept really well in the tent with Mama. In the end, the StinkingWeasels.com finished on the podium in third place.