Ladd Photos

We took Gavin to the fair to see some animals. He has lots of books with animals in them so we figured he would like to see the 3D versions. He seemed more interested in the fans that were cooling the animals…

The family and I traveled down to San Diego to celebrate little Jesse and Angelina’s birthdays. Gavin enjoyed his time with his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and crazy cousins.

The baby had his first non-formula based meal this evening. Blended up green bean mush… yummy!

We decided to open our gifts from the Seattle Ladd/Quan clan before heading out tomorrow to San Diego. Gavin enjoyed opening his book and shirts. Aliciana got some rubber stamps and a photo holder which she will surely put to good use soon.

I was gifted with a new book “Building Scalable Web Sites” which I have had my eye on for a while. I am looking forward to starting it once I finish “Programming Collective Intelligence“. Yes Jessie, I am quite a geek. Also got a penguin ornament to add to the tree.

Some photos below of Gavin enjoying his first Christmas presents. I got some crappy green lens flares on the last few photos that otherwise look pretty cool. Nick, any idea how I can prevent this suckage in the future? Was it the UV filter I had on the lens? Or was it because I was shooting 800 ISO and the Christmas tree has tons of lights? I really need to get a book on photography… I can’t blame ruining perfect shots on my camera anymore.

Gavin’s hair was always in his face so we decided to give him his first haircut. Unfortunately, I thought it would be a good idea to do the actual cutting while his hair was wet. I cut his bangs at his eyebrow level but after his hair dried they were an inch shorter than we wanted.

Luckily, Gavin’s hair grows very fast so hopefully he will look normal again in 2 or 3 weeks. In the meantime, he will look like a little Julius Caesar and I will be in the dog house.

Aliciana and Gavin spent all weekend sick. I did my best to take care of them but there isn’t much you can do for a 9 month old with a cold. All I could offer is lots of cuddling and back rubs. Gavin can’t take any medicine except Children’s Tylenol, which does help with his aches. But his little cough just breaks my heart.

We had to resort to giving him his second bath of the day this evening. His ‘baby spa’ with Johnson’s Soothing Vapor Bath is the only thing that could make him comfortable.