Caroline Grace Ries: June 2013

Friday, June 7, 2013

This is normal for us

Thursday, June 6, 2013

This is what a sleeping angel looks like

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Why YES, I do always wear a Princess crown while brushing Stitch's hair

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

This beauty a went to see Beauty and the Beast

Over Memorial Day weekend, I went with some of my preschool friends (past and present) to see a narrated production of Beauty and the Beast at Descanso Gardens. I had a wonderful time, and I learned that I love the non-Disney version of this story even more!

After the show, we enjoyed a lovely picnic, then rode the train, played in the garden, and went in search of fairies. We also stumbled upon the museum and explored the Dangerous Beauties exhibit, full of photos and paintings of natural disasters, fires, tornadoes and the like. Dangerous beauties indeed!

Monday, June 3, 2013

Happy 200th birthday, Verdi!

To celebrate Mr. Verdi's 200th, we attended a children's program put on by the fabulous LA Opera. Mommy was thrilled that I enjoyed it -- and she's counting the days until we can be season ticket holders to the opera again! Daddy was hopeful that he wouldn't have to cram his knees into the seats at the Dorothy Chandler Theater if I was willing to go with mommy. And you know me - I'm a team player!

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Baba can fall asleep anywhere

Even sitting up, in the middle of a conversation, at Aunt Pook-Pook's house.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

This sea glass was as much of an attraction as the animals were!

Isn't it lovely? I admit I took a few souvenirs.

Why I have a blog

First of all, it's 2008. Get with the times. It's all the rage in the NICU.

In large part, I have a blog because my mommy doesn't like to send mass e-mails to update people on how I'm doing. She says that, although she wants to know about every drool, poop and hiccup, there might be others who don't care as much. So instead, she asked me to set up this blog to update people on what I'm up to and what I'm thinking so they can check the blog if they want to see what I'm doing (or if they just need a Caroline fix) -- and if they don't want to, there's no pressure.

Plus, it's fun to keep a running log of things I'm doing. And since my mommy won't stop taking pictures of me, it's easy to include a shot or two every day so you can watch me grow just like my mommy and daddy do!

You didn't think that all babies did was eat, sleep and poop, did you?! We lead very rich lives, thankyouverymuch.

Things I Love

Losing one sock and making mommy and daddy try to find it. Hide and seek is very entertaining for me!
Books! I love it when people read to me. Sometimes I tell part of the story, too.
Getting a big burp out! Mommy and daddy encourage me to give them "fraternity-style" burps, and get very excited when they say I burped a college-worthy belch.
Trying to stick my feet in my dirty diaper when mommy and daddy are trying to change me -- what a fun game!
Having my picture taken (and it's a good thing too, because everyone in this whole darned family aspires to be a Japanese tourist with all this clicky-clicky action!)
Smiling
The bottle. And not the 12-steps variety.
Pooping or peeing while my diaper is off! So fun! Second best: pooping or peeing right after I've been changed. I hope mommy and daddy have shares of Pampers in my 529 account!
Cheering for USC Football (Fight on, Trojans!), and Nebraska Football, as well -- and I have the attire to prove it!!
Playing in my rainforest-themed gym (I love beating up the toucan -- the rattle noise he makes is fun!)
Sticking my little feet out from the bottom of my swaddle
Clean diapers
Snuggle time (I just love being held -- and my parents love to hold me)
My parents

Check out my mommy's travel blog

On a trip to Peru in 2004, my parents bought an alpaca finger puppet from a kid. That finger puppet became a great source of amusement during their travels, and they and their travel group decided that they simply had to launch a travel website detailing past trips and call it "The Traveling Alpaca."

The travel blog has lots of detail for those planning their vacations, so check it out before you plan a trip to see if anything they did strikes your fancy! There are links to hotels, locations, activities and more.

http://travelingalpaca.blogspot.com/

Caroline Grace Ries