Sushi, Smithers style

Sushi!, originally uploaded by tishdar.

Darren's new career possibility: sushi chef

There is actually a sushi place in town, but last time we were here they were charging over $5 for a 6-piece, standard california roll. It was fine, but it was an expensive meal out.

We figure we will be popular at potlucks!

And we were hoping she'd be the quiet one...

Laurel is four months old next week, and in celebration, decided to start sitting up this week!

Ha! Lying down is for babies and chumps!

Ben sat up at five months, and we thought that was fairly impressive. On the plus side, sitting up made him pretty happy, so he actually crawled late. We're hoping for a similar trend with Laurel! (Otherwise, stay tuned for the post where we discover her on top of the fridge or bookcase)

Ben and Laurel - July 2007

All in all, she's pretty pleased with herself, but we are getting the usual associated crummy sleep patterns that come with reaching developmental milestones (why would she want to nap when she can sit?) resulting in much evening crying from an overtired baby.

Now, if I could just figure out how to read...

Ben Quote of the Week

As we were sorting photos last week, we came across this one of Ben last summer:

Freshly-shorn Ben eating peas

Ben's observation: "In this one, I look kind of like Oli" (said with the reverence that Ben uses only for Oli)

The Oli in question Always good to know you're missed!

Giggles!

We've got baby laughs in the house!

Darren got the first giggles Friday evening, which by the "Ben Timeline", would mean that I should be expecting them sometime early August (The boy would NOT laugh for me. Our relationship was very serious). But giggles for mommy and came by Sunday.

Not quite so cheerful now though, thanks to a bit of a cold. Baby snot is not funny.