Ducky Derbie

Monday, June 30, 2014
My friend and fellow co-worker, Jenny, hosts an annual "Ducky Derbie" in her backyard. Conveniently her parents live right next door, so between the two, they have some nice real estate along a little creek. A perfect place to hold a rubber ducky river race! Each guest picks a rubber duck from a big pile. All the ducks are dumped upstream and it's a race to the downstream net. The fastest 7 ducks place and the owners collect a prize. The winners are then removed from the subsequent 2 races.




Jenny had to chase some of the stragglers. 

Mom, Claire, & I on a beautiful afternoon.

Top 7 winners of the first heat.

 Baby Claire, Me, Baby Molly, & Travis

Good fun! I think next year will be the Fourth Annual Ducky Derbie :)
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Dress up with Claire

Sunday, June 29, 2014
I never guessed how fun it would be to play dress up with a little baby girl :)

You can see how much Claire has changed over a 2 month period looking at these pictures sequentially. Big girl!

Bow Onesie: May 5, 2014


Ladybug OnesieMay 8, 2014


Butterfly Hoodie May 11, 2014


Hunting OnesieMay 14, 2014

Rice Onesie: May 24, 2014


Summertime Jumper June 5, 2014


Bedazzled Jumper June 23, 2014



All smiles over here!
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Bath Time Snuggies

Wednesday, June 25, 2014
I think I've mentioned before that I love bath time with baby :) There is just something about a little neeeked baby that is so special. Good smells, fluffy hair, smiles, giggles, splashing... LOVE IT!

But there are creepers in this world so I'm editing this picture...





Roma likes to help with bath time too.
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Sunshine for Dinner

Tuesday, June 24, 2014
One thing we love about Alaska summertime is having dinner outside. The trick is to get your Citronella candles going a half hour before the meal. Glorious!

The only downside to the round the clock sun is trying to get a baby it's bedtime!


Surf and Turf: Fresh shrimp from Ross's Man Weekend and grilled steak

"Dad, are you sure you don't need help? Just in case, I'm right here"

Baby Claire, hanging out in her portable chair

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Sing Alongs

Monday, June 23, 2014
Doesn't everyone like to sing along with Elmo? :)

This video is from a couple weeks ago when Miss Claire was sick, so she no longer has the awful cough!




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Take Luck, Good Care!

Sunday, June 22, 2014
Thinking about brother today... he's taking the first medical school board exam. It's 7 hours long. Go Jeff Go!!

Here's some brother pics for the fun of it :)

December 2003

Jan 2004

June 2008

August 2005

December 2005

Summer 2009

July 4, 2009

Summer 2009

December 2013

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Brother the Doctor

Wednesday, June 18, 2014
My brother Jeffrey has completed his second year of med school, which also means it's time for the first big, very important board test. Here's a quick summary I found online:

Your first licensing examAfter you complete your first two years of school, you must take Step 1 of the USMLE, or the United States Medical Licensing Exam. This is the first of a series of three exams you must take, and it measures your ability to understand and apply basic science concepts to medicine. If you can demonstrate mastery of these concepts and pass the exam, then you can move on to your third and fourth years of medical school. Consider this an addition to your requirements for medical school (for the second 2 years, at least).
The second two yearsYou really start getting down to the practice of medicine during the last two years of medical school. You'll continue to take classes, but also spend a significant amount of time completing rotations in hospitals and clinics. These are the years where you learn by watching and doing. You'll probably cover a little of everything including obstetrics, family practice, psychiatry, surgery, and emergency medicine -- just to name a few. In general, your third year rotations cover more of the fundamental areas that all students need to learn, but during your fourth year, you may be able to choose rotations in areas that interest you.
The way Jeff has explained it to me, it's important to prepare and do your very best because this test can keep doors open, or shut doors. Meaning if you do well, then you get to choose what type of doctor you become, whereas if you do not so hot, that's dictated for you.

Jeff has been preparing and studying for the past 6 weeks for this test, which is June 23 (Monday!!). We are sure rooting for him... Go Jeff, go brother, go uncle jeff, go dr jeff!!

He goes to Costa Rica with his friends basically right after the test :)

In case you missed it, here is an old blog post by Jeff about med school.

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So Cool

Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Baby Claire has been enjoying the Alaska summer sunshine in style... Afterall, got to protect those pretty baby blues!



Purple Babiators all the way!
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Mom's Big Day

Monday, June 16, 2014
Today was my first day back at work!! I'm working part time for now: 20 hours per week, Monday thru Thursday, 9 AM - 2 PM. It's a pretty sweet gig. Now how do I get my full time salary and work only part time? When someone figures that out, please let me know.

I've been taking Claire to daycare over the past month to try and ease us both into the swing, so it wasn't too bad today. It helped that Claire slept from 7pm-7am and that Gigi is here visiting. Claire stayed home with Gigi today and when I got home, Gigi looked whipped. I totally understand Gigi, I do. Little babies are hard work!

More iPhone pictures :)








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iPhone Pics

Sunday, June 15, 2014
Happy Father's Day!

Here's some recent iPhone pictures of Claire baby...

Serious sleeper, just like her Daddy

Discovered her hands recently and loves to suck on the whole fist






Sleepy time smiles are so cute!

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HBD to Claire and Ross!

Such a fun birthday weekend for two of my favorites! Claire turned 8 and Ross turned… more than 8 :)  Date night picture--