Girl’s Life

This holiday weekend for me marked the official beginning of summer — graduation parties, trips to the park, sleeping in and lounging around (yes, even with a baby it happens from time to time.). I love this time of year. It’s beginning to warm up, but it’s not too hot yet. Not quite the dog […]

Chris’ mom has a little place up in Big Bear* that we go when we need to get away but don’t have the time or money for a real full-blown vacation (um, always?). It has been our saving grace to have had this getaway for the entirety of our married life. So we decided, […]

You thought I would let Valentine’s day come and go without a cheesy parental ploy? Oh, how deep we sink into cheesedom when we have kids. I used to have better humor on Valentine’s.
I have this new favorite website that has tons of fun Flickr toys. I’ve previously had fun creating a Sophia mosaic and […]

The end of the first week of 2006 is here already. I had to wish a quick “Happy New Year,” as the window for that phrase is quickly closing in. I think there’s an unofficial rule that you shouldn’t be saying that past tomorrow. If not, there should be.
We’ve had a crazy […]

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 […]

Sleepy Bee

Originally uploaded by amyfrazier.

This weekend we did what all new parents do. We dressed up our poor one-month-old daughter in a ridiculous (and cute!) costume and showed her off. We actually went to an amazing Pumpkin Patch in Orange County with some friends and […]

We sat on our back patio on the 4th set to enjoy what we thought would be a quiet meal with some good friends. But all around us we experienced “the rocket’s red glare” and “bombs bursting in air.” For a moment, I got a glimpse of what it might feel like to live in […]