Technology Snag

Little Miss Lauren is already 5 months old! She is laughing and smiling all the time. She has even started shrieking in delight, but not to our delight. I swear she could rupture our eardrums some days! Today she had her first visit to the swimming pool as our temperatures here in Ventura neared 80 degrees. She might be my water baby because she didn't even mind when Jack splashed her in the face. She also seems to be teething. She gnaws on her fist constantly, even while I try to feed her rice cereal. It's messy, but fun. Jack loves making faces at her and she is his greatest audience. She will crane her neck around to see him from any angle. The other day she laughed hysterically while her talked to her in his Batman voice while wearing an Ironman mask. He loves her and she is his biggest fan. I love watching them together, warms my heart.

Jack is, of course, as adorable as ever. He had fun swimming today and we went to the park this morning. Yesterday we drew pictures on the driveway with sidewalk chalk and he went to school in the morning. He is becoming quite a character and is developing a sense of humor and good timing. Last night Daddy said, "Don't tell Mommy." And he joked, "Oh, Mommy....." His new favorite song is "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?" He likes to raise his shoulders and say, "Who? Me?!" Too cute!

As for the terrible month away from the blog I apologize, but I faced major technology problems. It turns out that the computer is destroying all my camera cards! At first I thought it was an old camera memory card, so I got a new one. But then that one was erased immediately, too. Hmmmm...so we tried a different camera and SAME THING!!!! All our photos for the last month have been deleted, so sad. But we've figured out another way to get around the problem, so today you get the blog again. We plan on being VERY busy during April, so plan on seeing photos from Big Bear, Palm Springs, Redondo Beach, Legoland, Oceanside, Daddy's grand opening of the Housing Authority's newest property and hopefully more trips to the pool and maybe a visit to Santa Barbara Zoo. Phew, it wears me out already :-)