Girl’s Life

Merry Christmas from Girl’s Life!! We had a great first Christmas as a new family. There was so much for Sophia to look at and put in her mouth. What could be better?

My Uncle Bob came down from Northern California to visit us for Christmas. It was perfect timing because Sophia hadn’t yet had a […]

My mom and I have a fun holiday tradition of baking Christmas cookies every year. This year, we were even more excited because it was Sophia’s first Christmas to tag along.

Sophia did a great job of supervising the festivities from the comfort of her baby seat. That is, until she found the chocolate! That girl […]

Chris helps out all the time with the baby by just grabbing her for me so I can run to the store or take a shower. Inevitably, he’s working or just browsing online when he’s holding her. So Sophia has been exposed to computers from the beginning. In fact, it’s definitely one of the […]

Being married to a talented web designer definitely has its perks. One obvious perk is getting a great-looking weblog! Chris just recently came across the wonders of Word Press, and now everyone in his life gets to hear about it. But I don’t mind because the new design has made my site much more manageable. […]

I’m back after an annoying week of being offline. Veen.com got hacked and it put us all out of commission for most of last week.
Sorry for those who came by and were told: “You are not authorized to view this page.” Rejection is hard. Blame my brother’s ISP.
Things are also crazy for me because […]

Christmas pictures!

Happy 3-month birthday, Sophia!
We took Sophia’s first “official” pictures this weekend. And man, what an ordeal that proved to be! Yes, you see her smiling here. But that was no small feat. That precious smile in the upper left corner was the result of 2.5 […]

I never, ever thought I would hear myself say it, but I love the early morning hours these days. I’m sitting here in the dark on a Saturday morning with my coffee and my beautiful baby girl. She’s nursing and I can’t help but laugh as she coos and moans while attempting to eat. (You […]

Posting has been a little slow lately, and there is a big reason for that…
The day that has been looming overhead has finally arrived. Yesterday I started back to work.
I’ve been mentally preparing for this day for the last 6 weeks. The first 6 weeks of my maternity leave I tried to just […]