11.07.2007



Pearl is having fun playing with her cousins. Even though she isn't used to so many children around, she enjoys observing them.

11.02.2007



It's 65 degrees in the bay area, so we had to bundle up our little So Cal baby.

10.31.2007


Pearl is a butterfly for Halloween this year. Lizzy spent hours looking for the perfect wings, and when she couldn't find them she gave up and bought some white ones and painted them. Greg didn't believe they would turn out. As you can see, he was dead wrong. We went trick or treating, and then spent some time at the Grows house for a spook alley, halloween games, and halloween songs.

10.23.2007


She just had a check-up and she weighs 17 lbs 10 oz and is 30 inches long. This puts her in the 5% for weight and the 80% for length. We were sad to say goodbye to her pediatrician. He has been there since the beginning and has always been very concerned about Pearl.

In the bath today she said "Duck, quack, quack, quack" several times while holding up a rubber ducky. It was thrilling!

Lizzy discovered ebay this weekend. She won these boots after losing a similar pair earlier today. She's one of those horrible people that comes out of nowhere, bids and wins in the last few seconds. It's the most exciting afternoon she's had in awhile. Too bad we didn't get video of her after she won.

10.21.2007


She doesn't do well with chocolate, so Lizzy made her a pineapple upside down cake for her first birthday cake. Greg decorated the appartment with balloons. Pearl enjoyed watching Dad pop them more than she enjoyed watching him make them! Laurel and Troy Castagna came over for the small birthday party.

Today Pearl celebrated her first birthday! Greg made all sorts of balloon animals for her. This one is Elmo.

10.16.2007

Ok, so Pearl learned how to bounce the balloon off her hand and was so excited she kept squealing with delight. This is a video of her playing with the balloon.


This is one of our all-time favorite clips of Pearl.

10.14.2007

Pearl likes to chuck things