Big day! Summer sat in her new high chair and ate a big girl meal. She had (a little) oat cereal, made a squinty face, opened her mouth again, smiled, and looked for more. It was pretty darn cute.
"Now I'm a giant!"
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Mountain View Family Parade
We went to the downtown Mountain View Family Parade today. Great weather, OK parade, lotsa folks. Mountain View is all growns up now. Google. A parade with people watching. A proper taqueria, which we ate at afterward. Here are some pics:
Summer likes the camera.
Julia going all Reservoir Dogs.
The best seat in the house.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
When peacocks attack!
They will come at you like a spider monkey. Julia found out the hard way. One of them came at her and taloned her on the leg. Peacocks have talons. Note to self.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Banana Slug
Here are some great pics that Uncle Mike took on our Big Basin hike. "Look Summer! A Banana Slug." 
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Here's What's Up
I haven't been able to post in a while because suddenly we have a baby that hardly naps. She takes one good nap a day when I actually get to take a shower, do some chores and eat. But that's okay we have fun.
Here's another cute Easter picture. Also, below is a picture of Summer in her new (well, previously loved) stroller. Look! She can face outward now. It's so exciting for her because she can watch the world go by as we stroll along. But, as Ron said, we miss seeing her beautiful face when she had the inward facing stroller.
Remember when I said I tried to get a picture of Summer's teeth. Ya, that was impossible but here a pic of me trying. I tried several times. Her teeth are coming in more everyday. That's probably why she hasn't been sleeping. We put a banana up to her lips the other day. She was pleasantly surprised. I think she's going to like food!!
She is getting very good at the whole tummy time thing. We started putting her on her tummy at night because she kept waving her arms and waking herself up. She sleeps much more soundly now and being on her tummy is helping her get better at turning over. She can even turn over in her cradle. 
Today we took a hike with Uncle Mike at Big Basin. We saw lots of banana slugs but most of the wild life retreated to their hiding places. It was pretty cold and I'm sure the creatures were wondering what happened to spring. So were we! But we had a great hike. The redwood trees were beautiful and we had some bonding time with Unk!!
-Julia
Today we took a hike with Uncle Mike at Big Basin. We saw lots of banana slugs but most of the wild life retreated to their hiding places. It was pretty cold and I'm sure the creatures were wondering what happened to spring. So were we! But we had a great hike. The redwood trees were beautiful and we had some bonding time with Unk!!
-Julia
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Movie review #1 "The Thing"
So, I've been watching movies on the CalTrain ride to work, mostly via my Sony PlayStation Portable. I'm trying to stick
with movies I've already seen and enjoy alot, but I also feel like writing about them and why I like them. If you have
NetFlix, put these flicks in your queue. You won't be disappointed. Warning: mostly action flicks. I'm a guy.
First up, "The Thing," 1982, by John Carpenter. A remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 classic "The Thing From Another World."
This is one of the best modern sci-fi/thrillers ever made. Kurt Russell delivers one of his best performances ever as
R.J. MacReady, the copter pilot who is among 12 govt. science types at a snowy outpost in the middle of nowhere. An
alien, having crashed thousands of years earlier and only recently exhumed from the ice by some curious-and-now-dead
Norwegians, is jumping from living host to host and the science guys are trying to evade and evade it. The trick is they
don't totally know when one of their own has been internally invaded by the alien. It's tense and spooky.
_ The special effects stand up solidly 35 years later. It would be impressive even if they released the movie today._ The sense of dread and cold is delivered perfectly through camera angles that don't jump around and confuse you. Long
steady shots of real snow will make you cold. And this movie is perfectly lit throughout. You'll appreciate that nothing
looks phony, like there's 4,000 watts of halogen aimed at it or something._ The voice in the chess machine at the beginning is Adrienne Barbeau, who I believe was dating the director at the time._ The best line in the movie, and delivered perfectly, comes from the character Childs, who is played by Keith David.
he's hunkered down behind a door with some of the other guys, and they are wondering whether a member of their team on
the other side has been compromised by the alien. Childs says they should kill him out of abundance of caution, to which
another character asks him "What if we're wrong?" Childs replies, "Then we're wrong." It's the perfect response of
self-preservation in a time of desperation. The internal tension among the characters is can be condensed to that one
line.
Here's a link to the trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/trailers-screenplay-E11602-10-2
with movies I've already seen and enjoy alot, but I also feel like writing about them and why I like them. If you have
NetFlix, put these flicks in your queue. You won't be disappointed. Warning: mostly action flicks. I'm a guy.
First up, "The Thing," 1982, by John Carpenter. A remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 classic "The Thing From Another World."
This is one of the best modern sci-fi/thrillers ever made. Kurt Russell delivers one of his best performances ever as
R.J. MacReady, the copter pilot who is among 12 govt. science types at a snowy outpost in the middle of nowhere. An
alien, having crashed thousands of years earlier and only recently exhumed from the ice by some curious-and-now-dead
Norwegians, is jumping from living host to host and the science guys are trying to evade and evade it. The trick is they
don't totally know when one of their own has been internally invaded by the alien. It's tense and spooky.
_ The special effects stand up solidly 35 years later. It would be impressive even if they released the movie today._ The sense of dread and cold is delivered perfectly through camera angles that don't jump around and confuse you. Long
steady shots of real snow will make you cold. And this movie is perfectly lit throughout. You'll appreciate that nothing
looks phony, like there's 4,000 watts of halogen aimed at it or something._ The voice in the chess machine at the beginning is Adrienne Barbeau, who I believe was dating the director at the time._ The best line in the movie, and delivered perfectly, comes from the character Childs, who is played by Keith David.
he's hunkered down behind a door with some of the other guys, and they are wondering whether a member of their team on
the other side has been compromised by the alien. Childs says they should kill him out of abundance of caution, to which
another character asks him "What if we're wrong?" Childs replies, "Then we're wrong." It's the perfect response of
self-preservation in a time of desperation. The internal tension among the characters is can be condensed to that one
line.
Here's a link to the trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/trailers-screenplay-E11602-10-2
-Ron
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