Napping Like a Big Boy

Here is Soren after his 2nd nap on his own!!! Again, it was the waves!

IT WAS THE WAVES!!!

Here he is, just minutes after waking up from taking a nap on his own. This was huge. It was the first time he's gone down for a nap on his own - and he did it for 1 1/2 hours! Huge! We've tried everything and what finally worked was playing a white noise maker with the sound of a sea shore - birds and all.

I Weigh 19 Pounds!!

Yes, it's true. Soren had his 4 month appointment and now weighs 19 pounds. He's 26 inches long, too. He likes baths now, which is nice. Lots of splashing and such. He doesn't roll over yet, but we're not worried. The doctor said that little babies roll over, big babies don't. Yet.

Getting ready to watch the season premier of 'Ugly Betty' with Daddy

The Many Faces of Soren

Everything is a game

Soren's new game is to stick out his tongue.


He also likes to check himself out in the mirror.

Soren's first day at Stanford

Soren was ready for his first day at Stanford. A few minutes later,
the children's hospital at Stanford called and said that
the baby massage class is postponed until October.

Walking our dog, Maggie

Soren and Mike leaving for Maggie's morning walk


Our evening walks start by going to the new neighborhood
park.


Here are the hills next to the park. Yes, those are cows.
We live on the very edge of San Jose, next to the pastures
in the foothills. The cows are a nice touch.


And the final stop is to check on the ducks at the pond.

At a Beach in Santa Cruz

Over Labor Day Weekend, we drove to Santa Cruz with our friends, Anand and Amy. In the mornings, dogs are not required to be on a leash at this beach. Maggie raced up and down the beach, stopping only to sniff the dead seal.

Typical lazy Sunday with the wee ones.

Focus........

Soren can now focus in and hit objects. These two characters make very thrilling jingles when hit.....at least Soren thinks so.

Who's getting a strong neck?

Another Boston Round-Up! This time in San Jose.

Cindy's weekend visit

Before school starts in a few weeks, Cindy flew out to see us here in San Jose. On Saturday, we went to the Farmers Market at the Ferry Building in San Francisco.

New Skills!

Soren is strong enough now that he can hold his head up for short bits of time. He likes to sit in his special Bumbo chair and explore in his jumper. He's also begun to imitate us by sticking out his tongue - which he finds quite funny. Soon we'll get a picture of that!

Long Johns

Soren loves his personalized long johns

All Smiles!

Soren has been smiling lots lately. Also, lots of coos, imitations and some babbling. We're currently working on conversational turn-taking.

Saturday Night in San Francisco

This weekend, our friend Susan flew to California from Minneapolis.

We drove into San Francisco on Saturday to see Susan, Sarah, and

Sarah's new son, Eben. We had a great time.

Soren and his 2 month checkup

Soren has been all smiles recently.

He went to his 2 month checkup. He weighs 14 pounds, 2 ounces.

That places him in the 90% percentile.

His vaccination really wiped him (and Mike) out.

One Day before Soren is Two Months Old

We went to San Francisco to a "Boston Terrier Meetup" so
Maggie could play with over 30 other Boston Terriers.

Soren has visitors from Houston

Aunt Michelle

Cousin Dylan

More photos from the weekend with the Albergs

Aunt Pam


Aunt Cindy


Cousin Hallie