Welcome Cooper James Marsh

Congratulations to Chris and Alexis on the birth of their son, Cooper James Marsh, who joined us this morning at 10:02 am London time! We were all soundly asleep (or not so soundly asleep!) here in Pasadena when the news arrived!

We have received a few pictures but we are looking forward to many more!

Griffith Park with Madeline and Caitlin

We had a great time with Madeline and Caitlin, Jac and Nic's cousins, in LA, at my parents' house. The girls are three and five, so a little bit too much older than Jac and Nic for them to interact with too much although there was some annoyance from the big girls over Jac's desire to see everything they were playing with!

We spent an afternoon at Griffith Park where they have pony rides and train rides. Madeline and Caitlin had a good time riding the horses but Jac was not too sure about them. He did enjoy the train ride as did Mr. Nicie.

Jac also had a very good time wandering around while we waited for the train ride while the girls played hide and seek.

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Catalina with Matthew, the girls and the grandparents

We went to Catalina Island today with Matthew, Madeline, Caitlin and Grandma and Grandpa. We had a very nice time. The weather could not have been any better! We walked around, enjoyed the sights, ate some really good french fries and went in a glass bottom boat with Madeline. Fun was had by all!

Jac wore a hat for the first time today. I bought it at Target and it says "Safari" on it. He was really good about wearing it and looked incredibly cute in it. We were bad parents so he got a little sunburn on his arms where we did not put suntan lotion on him - lesson learned!

Jac got seasick on the way over in the boat and threw up a few times but he was fine on the way back. Nic did not seem to have a problem either way.

Cute little Nicie

Nic has been eating more solid foods while we are in LA. He does pretty well with pureed things and he is game to try anything we give him! Here he is sitting in the high chair that we have attached to the counter - it is a little big but he looks so cute and happy in there!



We also took a Jacuzzi with Madeline and Caitlin and Nic enjoyed that also.