J/Concierge In Training

For those who don't know what I do (when I am not being a wife, mom & stepmom!), I manage a small business that caters to the sailing industry, specializing in event management for regattas and rendezvous'. One of the activities that we do is at one of the largest regional regattas - Long Beach Race Week. We set up breakfast on the dock on Saturday and Sunday morning, and have refreshments on Saturday afternoon when the racers come in off the water. The regatta was this past weekend, and Becky, her dad and her big brother came to help......

Welcoming all the races back to the dock and letting them know where the refreshments are!

Becky is a really easy baby in a lot of ways - but two in particular stand out to me right now. First, she likes to shop - grocery shop, shopping at the mall, Target, the Farmer's Market - you name- she likes it! My precious baby will sit in the cart or her stroller and just hang out -

The other thing she loves it to sit at the table - doesn't matter if it's at home or in a restaurant. She will hang in her chair and play and giggle or sit and read her book. This is a very good thing for us - as we like to eat out and I love to go to lunch with my friends - and now, so does Becky!

We took these tonight on our patio; we ate outside and she has her special chair for the patio table - she swings her feet and because the chair is attached to the table, if she does it hard enough, the table will rock a little bit!

It's all in the Accessories

Becky has received so many beautiful things from her fan club and we (OK - I) have been having a great time dressing her up to look cute. This week - she proved that the look is all in the accessories!

Every girl must have her bling purse. This adorable little purse (thanks to Auntie Jeri!) has been sitting on her shelf as a decoration - she took it off, put it over her arm, and continued looking for the book she wanted!

She got so many compliments on the red flower hat - kudos to Cousin Camille! I loved it on her - not sure she shared that position, but I thought it was absolutely perfect!

OK - so a package of teething biscuits doesn't technically qualify as an official accessory, bit for most of the morning, it was an integral part of the outfit, so it gets included (besides - it was in her mouth...now if we could just get her to put it in her mouth when the paper is off!)

More Friends & It's a dog's life

We had more friends visit today - and this was very special. Our friend Carol and her two daughters were flying through LAX from Hong Kong on their way to Detroit for some R&R with their family. You can see more about Carol and her family here. We met them for dinner and had a really fun time!

Poor Sailor - first...mom brings home this little thing that demands far too much attention..then this little thing takes her toys...now, the last bastion of her domain has been invaded.......

Good Friends

We had a great visit today from our dear friends Brenda & Jerry, and their 6 year old grand daughter Maison. Becky really warmed up to Brenda & Maison right away - not so much Jerry!

Becky really liked Brenda....
with Maison & mommy.....

Her favorite of the day was Maison - who spent most of the day on the floor playing with Becky!

I wish you could hear the giggle that goes along with this - it is priceless!

Hanging out at Home

We haven't been doing much of anything the last few days (Doug had to have a "procedure" this morning, so we needed to stay close to home yesterday while he prepared). Becky grandpa called Doug this afternoon and complained that he needed some new pictures - so here you go!

Helping Daddy with his e-mail

"Are you sure about this dad?"

Paper - especially shiny paper - is still the toy of choice


Her newest expression - it's an absolute hoot!

It started well...

Today, Becky had her follow up check up with Dr. Joe for her ear infections. She was in a great mood and she really enjoyed the paper liner on the exam table. Dr. Joe was amazed at how well she was doing - both how she looked and how she was acting.

However, it quickly went downhill after he checked her ears and the infection is still there - and prescribed an injection. There are no pictures of that...I couldn't see through my tears - Doug had to hold her because I couldn't even watch. She recovered better than I did -