Geek baby

My smart baby walked 5 steps toward me tonight! She is 3 days shy of 9 months. Whoa... crazy baby! She certainly doesn't take after me - I walked at 18 months. I'm so proud of her! Though, now it will be harder to keep up with her. Anyway, guess what she was after that I was holding...

Yep, I have a geek baby. And do you know what her favorite toy is? It's not a stuffed animal, doll or blanket. I'm not gonna tell you what it is yet, because I need to wait until she wakes up tomorrow so I can take a picture because a picture is worth a thousand words. Yes, I'm mean.

But...

I'll let you enjoy a couple other pictures of my geek husband and geek baby, just to keep you entertained until my next post. :)

Level 1 Human


My "Level 1 Human" and my "Level 12 Paladin"

Great-Grandparents

Claire is very fortunate to have all 4 great-grandparents on my side of the family. And they all live within a half hour from us. We visit my dad's parents every Friday and we see my mom's parents quite frequently, too. Of course they all ADORE Miss Claire.

Claire and her Opa (my paternal grandpa)


Claire and her Oma (my paternal grandma)


Claire and my maternal grandpa
(we haven't come up with a nickname yet)


Claire with my maternal grandma
(yes, she's eating the Food section)

No more Pirates

I sure am gonna miss Pirates of Penzance. I had never seen it before and now it's one of my favorite musicals. Today was the last show. It was an awesome audience! Normally Sunday matinees don't have very lively audiences, but today some actors had friends in the audience, so it was great. Last night's audience was great, too. We knew quite a few people. It's always fun to play for people we know. Yesterday matinee's audience was not responsive at all. Hardly anybody laughed or clapped. We put this sign in the pit during intermission for the actors to see:
We pit musicians like to have fun and make the actors laugh. :) But, what a way to end a run, with the last 2 audiences pretty much the best audiences of the whole run! I now have a 7-week break before my next project, which is much-needed.

My view from the pit

5 years

Today we celebrated 5 years of marriage. I can't believe it's been 5 years! It sure has gone by quickly. We've gone through 2 moves and one pregnancy since we've been married.

This is one of our wedding pictures displayed in our china cabinet. Since I'm too lazy to take it out and scan it, this is what you get :)

Claire must have known it was a special day today because she let me sleep in 'til NINE! We celebrated tonight by going to dinner and a movie. Simple, but the last time we did that was... actually, I don't remember the last time we went to dinner and a movie, it's been so long. Having a baby makes it difficult to do that. We had a nice time.

We ate at

I love how you can draw on the tablecloth with crayons!

Afterwards, we saw

Super cute movie! We saw it in 3-D and it was very fun.

We topped off the night with

Awesome night! And kid-free!

Last chance!

I can't believe Pirates of Penzance is almost over! Seven weeks down, one more to go. If you want to come see it, I play Saturday and Sunday, then it's break time!

Family Weekend - Day 5

Monday, April 19

Beach day! I hadn't been to the beach on a warm day since I was pregnant. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the wind was warm. It was the perfect day. We walked around the shops and had lunch before heading out to the shore. I took Claire in the water for the first time and it was a bit cold for her liking. She LOVED the sand, though. After the beach, we met Matt and Hollie for dinner at Albertacos. Then we had to say goodbye to Holly, Brian, Heidi and Destiny. We had such a fun time with everyone and we're sad that it's over. Come again soon!

"Ok, Mom, I'm ready!"


At the harbor


Yummy lobster sandwich for lunch


Holly and I got matching anklets


Heidi, Holly and me showing off our matching necklaces


They're fairy dust necklaces


Aunt Holly got presents for her nieces:
A koala bear for Claire Bear, a flamingo for Destiny and a pretty cow for Emme


They have pretty necklaces inside that they can wear when they are older


Ah, the beautiful beach!


"What do I do now?"


"Play in the sand, got it!"


Beautiful!


Yummy sand!


Cute little toes

First time in the water


Gotta love the soggy sand


My sandy beauty


Mama and Claire enjoying the water


LOVE this! Happiness is a pretty swimsuit, a warm sea breeze and sand in the face!


Destiny playing nice with Claire


Why, oh why does this picture have to be blurry? Destiny loves Claire!


Aunt Nicole and Destiny


I am one happy mama and aunt

Family Weekend - Day 4

Sunday, April 18

We started off the day by going to church where I played special music. Then we all got to spend some time together at the apartment before saying goodbye to Liz and Emme, since their flight left early afternoon. Holly joined me at the Welk for Pirates (couldn't get the day off, but that's ok) and then we all had a blast enjoying the jacuzzi, making cookies and playing games. We were all so tired and giddy and it was only 11:00. We had so much fun!

Claire is listening to her duck while enjoying Emme's binkie


Destiny, Claire and Emme


Hanging out with Aunt Liz


2 beauties: Aunt Holly and Claire (and Douglas in the background)


Claire and Destiny decided to team up against Uncle Brian to get the laptop


Brian is trying to get both babies away by turning his head back and forth and blowing on them. They just think he's funny.

I love the ending