Trouble

Lauren seems innocent enough here but if you look closely, you'll notice that she's sleeping in a different position than all the other photos. Lauren has started to move on her own. The days of putting her down in a spot and knowing she'll be in the same spot are over.

Supergirl

Wheeee! I love to fly.

I'm 3 months old now!

Okay Teddy, just one more burp....

Curbside takeaway

Ever since Lauren, we've become very familiar with the curbside takeaway service at various restaurants. You call up and put in your order along with a description of your car and then when you get to the restaurant, they bring the food right to you. A few weeks ago we ordered some food from one of our favorite restaurants, Charleston's. I ordered the prime rib special medium rare but when I got home, it was well done. Since this was one of our favorite places, I decided to give them some feedback. They apologized for messing up the order and said they'd send us a gift certificate for the mistake.

Well we finally ended up using the gift certificate this weekend and ate at the restaurant. Luckily Lauren was on her best behavior. When we were about the leave, the manager stopped by and apologized for the previous meal and asked if everything was excellent this time around. We were surprised he took the time out or even remembered the poor curbside meal for that matter. Of course, I'm sure he has a log of all the comps he's had to give but regardless we were impressed. We'll keep going back there.

Lauren's thoughts

My plan is working. First the new camera, then the flash, and now the printer. Soon I'll get a new "safer" car and maybe even a larger house. By the time I'm a teenager, I'll be setting my own curfew....heh heh heh.

New toy for Lauren

We got a new photo printer so that we can print photos of Lauren. Our old printer was smudging the ink. Acceptable for normal printing but not for capturing those precious moments. We bought a Canon Pixma 4200 for $62. Automatic duplex printing, dual paper source, and 100 year ink life. Unfortunately the printer seems to be printing a little darker than what's on our screen but after some searching, found this link to adjust the color profile. I think Lauren will be wanting a HD Tivo next. :)

Take the pledge

I received a package in the mail the other day and had no idea what it was. Turns out it was a CFL from yahoo. I took the pledge a while ago and as part of the promotion, they would send you a CFL bulb. Sure enough it came. I just love getting free stuff. I think the CFLs have run out already in case you were thinking of taking the pledge.

On a side note, the city of phoenix came out with their most recent recycling info. They no longer support recycling #6 plastics (meat trays, etc). I emailed them asking if they had made a mistake and their response was:

The City of Phoenix has found no viable market for (Polystyrene (PS- code symbol #6) food or beverage foam plastics (egg cartons/meat trays/cups) and stiff packing foam like that found around new computers, televisions, stereos, etc. Perhaps at a future date but not currently.

Oh well, no need to wash those meat trays anymore.

Bibs don't lie

Smiling baby

Return of the Lizard

Our lizard friend is back. You can really see the different colors on his head and body. I'd much rather have lizards than scorpions in our backyard.

Home made french bread

Here you can see my attempt to make a crusty french bread. It's actually pretty easy when you have a breadmachine do all the kneading and rising. You just have to shape it, let it rise some more ,and then bake it in the oven. Since french bread doesn't have any sugar, the bread takes a lot longer to rise. From start to finish was about 4 hours.

Smiling Cactus

What is she doing in my spot?

More Bars in More Places

I've got your....

Dad, you aren't playing right. You are supposed to say, where's my nose?

Mistaken Identity

Maybe they'll mistake me for Lauren and pay more attention to me now.

No flash photography allowed!

We are taking a lot of pictures indoors now so it was time to upgrade to a better flash. The built-in flash does a pretty good job but it was a little harsh and causes shiny skin. We bought this Nikon SB-400 that you can see on top of the camera from Amazon. You can read a review here. It pairs up perfectly with the D40. It's nice and small and can do bounce flash. This is where you bounce the flash off the ceiling so it doesn't create such a harsh flash.


Here you can see Lauren with a bounce flash. The ceiling is a little too high so we'll have to experiment with adding a bounce card.


Here you can see Lauren with the built-in flash on the camera. You can see her shiny cheeks in this photo.

I'm 2 months old now!

Here you can see me hanging with my peeps.

Tired of waiting

I'm ready to have my diaper changed before my nap.

Orange Lion

What? Really? There are orange lions in the house?


That's not an orange lion!