Eliza Layne Ridge

Sorry I'm late! We've had a super busy week. Eliza is now 11 weeks old. This past week, we were in Irvine, CA visiting Uncle Clark and Aunt Lilly. We also trekked to Oceanside to visit Great-grandpa and grandma Blunk. Eliza did surprisingly well considering all of the excitement. Thankfully, we didn't hit too much traffic to and from Irvine, so we were only in the car about 2 hours each time. Eliza continues to smile and coo. Unfortunately, she has learned to suck her thumb. I am trying to curb this habit, but you know...
Here are this week's pictures:


Eliza showing why she wouldn't come out (See the hand on the head)












Eliza and Jared




Eliza and Aunt Lilly




Great-grandma Blunk, Aunt Lilly, Uncle Clark, Eliza and Mommy at the gardens in Oceanside. (See the ocean in the background).




Eliza and Great-grandma Blunk




Uncle Clark, Eliza and Daddy



Eliza and Uncle Clark at Target



Trying on sunglasses at the Irvine Spectrum




SUCKING HER THUMB!!! =-(

Eliza is now 10 weeks old! She is a master of coo's and smiles. She is quite the "snake charmer" and knows just the right moves to win anyone over. She is very good at holding her head up. Eliza and I went to visit Becky and Nadya this week. Nadya has a new eclectus (parrot), and Eliza was amazed by him. Claron and I are convinced that she is the smartest baby ever. I told Claron not to start the Harvard application yet; Afterall, she may want to go to Stanford.


"Smile, Eliza!" (My mom will get this joke)



What a cute ducky!



She is quite the Delaware girl!















This is her "rockstar" face

Eliza is great as always. She is growing at a ridiculous pace. She has had a lot of visitors this week: Clark, Lilly, Katie, Mark, Kristen, Jerry and Alexis. She coos and smiles a lot. She makes a lot of funny faces and is tons of fun.