Eliza Layne Ridge

2007-07-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

Eliza had her 6 months doctor appointment with Dr. Mehler. The doctor says that she is perfect. She continues to be well above the 97% percentile. Here is her chart:

2007-07-04T17:41:00.001-07:00

I've started to add pictures onto Snapfish as Claron can not access this site in China. Send me an e-mail, and I will send you the link. =-)
Amanda
sarnoca@gbc.edu

2007-06-14T09:58:00.001-07:00

Here are last week's pictures that I didn't put up. Sorry! It has been crazy!
P.S. She has two teeth now!

2007-06-02T21:28:00.001-07:00

2007-05-31T00:02:00.000-07:00

Eliza has added much to her repartoire of tricks this week, including: Funny faces, Rolling over (front to back and back to front), Fake coughing for attention, Sleeping through the night again (old trick that has returned), and more giggling. This week had quite a tour of Santa Barbara. We went to the Mission to see the chalk paintings. We also went to the Old Courthouse to get Eliza's birth certificate (unfortunately, I couldn't find my camera. It was in my purse though.). We also went to Jasmine's birthday party and to Jared and Katie's for a Memorial Day BBQ.

Me and Jasmine

Me and Andrea

2007-05-23T14:12:00.000-07:00

We've had quite a week. Tinks got out and flew away when I was trying to put her in her outside cage. But, believe it or not, a day later, I found her. I heard her in a tree. I put Eliza in the stroller and went looking for her. I was calling to her and she flew to a lower tree. I climbed a wall and talked to her and she flew to a lower tree where I caught her! She is back at home now. Eliza is doing great though. We went and visited Clark and Lilly this past weekend. Eliza did amazingly on the drive back and forth from Irvine. She is huge. She loves to coo. Claron and I have the best video of her giggling uncontrollably. We will try to get it up this week.

Eliza out shopping

Talking to Mommom V. on the phone

Mommom must say some shocking things

Isn't she huge!?!?!

I'm helping to look for Tinks

Tinks, after her grand escape. She is so tired!

Playing with my feet

Soooo... happy!

2007-05-16T12:50:00.000-07:00

Hellloooooo... Well Eliza still continues to grow at a clip. Uncle Clark and Aunt Lilly visited this weekend and could not get over how big she is. Sorry that there aren't more pictures this week. The battery on the camera was low and I was neglecting to charge it. Also, I started back to work for the time being; so that has been taking up my "free time." Hahhahaha... Here are the pictures.

I like to suck my bottom lip and Daddy thinks this is hilarious.

Peek-a-boo!

Me, Mark and Kristen at Nelson's beach party

Me in the sunlight

See! Kristen has red hair. Mine is light brown

Me and Julia. I love Julia, but I'm ready to go home.

Me and Daddy

Look at my cute little red nose

At the car wash... I was amazed!

Just like Uncle D...

I've come to love my bouncer

2007-05-09T00:36:00.000-07:00

Hi! Eliza had her doctors appointment. She is super healthy, and she took her shots like a champ. I have attached her growth chart below.

She is learning to do a full roll and will soon have it perfected. Also, she has moved into her crib permanently (well for the next two years anyway). Here are this week's pictures.

Yes, that is an acorn on my head... There is also a squirrel in my mouth!

I look so much like mommy's brother in this one that it makes her cry

This one, too.

Ewwww.. something stinks! Mom, check the diaper!

Garcon, theez meelk eez cold!

Enough with the pictures already

I'm folding my toes

Ok, mom. What do you want?

Yes, $3.99 for premium! Welcome to Santa Barbara

At the Hulme wedding with my friend, Rileigh (and her baby in the tummy, Joss)

I don't smile for family photos

I roll now

Oooo... I feel squishy

At the doctor

Waiting for my shots. Daddy says I look drunk.

Daddy got me to smile for the camera

Don't worry! We are parked!

2007-05-03T12:36:00.000-07:00

Eliza is great! She is chewing everything and slobbering a bit. Teeth may soon be on the way. She has a doctors appt next Tuesday, so we will finally officially find out how big she is. She has learned to stop smiling when the camera clicks... so, it has been much harder to capture the smiles that she gives so freely.

Compare this to the one below of when she was tiny!

Just a minute. Let me fix my flower.

Doesn't she look like a flamenco dancer?

She's sooooo... tall!

Yawwwwn!

Daddy putting her in her seat

She blindfolded herself with her hairbow

Watching TV with Daddy

Upset

Finally a real smile!

Kisses from Mom

Flying

Aren't my legs long?

Watching TV with Dad again

Getting ready to go out with Mom

Chilling in bed

2007-04-27T12:28:00.000-07:00

I probably should change the posting day as I've missed it consistently for the past few weeks. Wednesday just seems to be a very busy day for us. I'll keep everyone updated as to if I change the day.

In Ridge family news, Claron has booked his tickets for China. He will be leaving on June 24 and returning September 17. Eliza and I will be going to the east coast.

On to what everyone really wants to know. As always, Eliza is GREAT! She is growing like a weed. She has the funniest little laugh. It is a deep little "huh huh huh." She eats great. She sleeps well. She is very laid back.

The camera battery died this week and I didn't recharge, so there aren't as many pictures. We've been walking a good bit. We have a refuge right next to our house that affords us the most amazing views. I'll include pictures next week.

Apparently it is tiring to be that cute!

Eliza and Yuan-Yuan

Eliza and Nick. She's such a flirt!!

2007-04-21T17:52:00.000-07:00

I know I am really, really late posting this week. Eliza has had a good week. She is back on schedule and sleeping through the night again. She is eating great and continues to grow rapidly. She loves to make faces and coo. She is learning to sit.

Eliza loves her mobile!

Mommy's been trying (and failing) to break my habit

Soooo... tall!

Mmmmmm fingers

Watching my upstairs mobile

Dressed up all pretty for church

Hanging with Dad before church

Sitting in the backyard

Mommy's amaryllis (this pic is for gramma)

I'm angry!

...and sad.

Happy again

Getting ready to go out for icecream with friends

In my carseat

With my mommy

Mommy again

In my firetruck outfit. This one is for my Pop V and Uncle Sticky!

Riding in my big bouncer

2007-04-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,
Sorry I'm late this week. We had dinner with friends last night and didn't get back until late. Also, Eliza has decided that sleeping through the night is for the birds, so I've been up at 3:30 a.m. every night this week. She goes to bed at midnight. =-( Besides that, Eliza continues to thrive. She gets bigger so fast! She had a great Easter but there are no pics of her in her Easter dress because she spit up all over it before I could snap some after church. Figures, huh!? I'll wash it and take some of her in it and post them.

Happy Easter!

Trying to escape Daddy

Trying on more sunglasses

Don't I look like my Pop V. in these!? All I need now is a fishing rod.

Notice the hands... She even has her clutch finger ready!

2007-04-04T16:03:00.000-07:00

Eliza is now 12 weeks old! She is doing great. She continues to grow at quite a clip. She has graduated to size 3 diapers and has outgrown almost all of her 3-6 mos clothing. We have a new stroller (a Bertini-- it steers and has a suspension) and have been taking walks offroad.

2007-03-29T12:08:00.000-07:00

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!!! =-(

2007-03-21T21:40:00.000-07:00

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

2007-03-14T19:58:00.000-07:00

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.

2007-03-10T11:29:00.000-08:00

Eliza had another doctors appointment. The doctor said that she is perfect. She had four shots and took them like a champ. She only cried for about a minute. She is now 12 lb 11 oz and 25 inches tall. I will attach her growth chart.

2007-03-08T05:23:00.000-08:00

Morning all! Sorry I'm late. Eliza, Claron and I went out to dinner with a friend and I completely forgot to post (Eliza was an angel as always). We've had a good week. Eliza went to campus this week and met the potential graduate students for next year. She also went to the beach for a chemistry bbq and strolled the dock. The rest of this week should be busy. We are going to LA today to go dress shopping. Tomorrow, she has a doctors appt and will be getting her first shots and we will also be having lunch with one of my oldest friends from the East who is here on the weekend. Then this weekend, Uncle Clark and Aunt Lilly are coming from the OC to visit her. Eliza continues to be the best baby ever. She is great. She working on learning to hold her head up. She loves to smile and coo. I am working on posting video here. She is huge! I will post her results from her doctors appt by Saturday. Hope everyone has a great week. Here are the pictures:

In the stroller at lunch on campus

Isn't she just so cute?

Doesn't she look like such a little stubborn Pleasanton?

Trying to escape Dad's grip

Getting bounced by Dad

On the dock. It was a bit breezy and there were clouds. Not the perfect SB beach day.

Eliza in the stroller. I put the rain guard on b/c it was windy and getting on her nerves. Claron says it looks like I was trying to preserve her in plastic.

These are the scary crabs that come out of the Pacific. No wonder MD blue crabs are so famous. A blue crab looks like a super model compared to this atrocity!

Does Claron have another twin?

She's got such a cute smile!

2007-03-06T19:30:00.000-08:00

Claron has made an interesting observation.
Notice the likeness:

2007-03-03T12:26:00.000-08:00

We need your help! I am going to submit Eliza's photo to the UD Alumni newsletter and I need your help determining which to submit. Below are the options. The picture is numbered underneath the photo. Please send me via e-mail which photo you think is best! Cheers!

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2007-02-28T23:18:00.000-08:00

Hi all! I always think of tons of great things to write here, but then I go to write it, and it is late, and I am brain dead and have forgotten all of the great things to tell you (oh, and I write run-ons when I'm tired. Sorry!). So, this week Eliza continues to grow at an amazing speed. She is still a great baby. She went to a "prom" party with Claron and I. She even dressed retro in a pink polyester ruffled dress. I hope to have pictures of that to post next week. There was a photographer there that took a bunch of pictures, but I was unable to procure them by "post time." Eliza apparently loves parties. She was so well behaved. She watched everyone and listened to the music. AND... She slept 8.5 hours after the prom! I told Claron that we are going to need to start taking her out dancing more often. Well enough of my babble... Here is what you are all looking at the site for... the pictures!

Eliza awake in the sing

Five minutes later

Hanging out with her daddy on the couch

Napping on the boppy

In her ducky hat

Talking with Daddy

Napping on the way home from church

Chillin' in the swing (2 mins later she blew out her diaper. Notice the belly!)

With me on the couch

Check out the hair floof! This is after the bath due to the aforementioned diaper blow out.

2007-02-21T23:11:00.000-08:00

Eliza is great as always. She is growing like crazy! She attended her first wedding and was a dream! Congratulations to Mark and Kristen! =-)
Here are the pictures:

Eliza socializing at the wedding

Big Yawn!

The vertical bounce

Daddy watching TV

Strrrretch

In the squirrel outfit

Yawning in the squirrel outfit

Soooo... tired!

Smiles

Lounging on Mommy

Dad is multitasking

Whoa! Don't drop her!

She's mad!

So serious.

She's so tall!

Outside with Grandma Ridge

Sucking her hand.

Mmmm.. Drinks!

Some of Dad's techniques are uhh... interesting

Napping on Dad

Up close... Are the eyes so pretty!?

With Alexis

Another sunglasses pic

2007-02-14T18:15:00.000-08:00

Well, Eliza is just fantastic! She has been on many new and exciting adventures. She has now been out of Santa Barbara County venturing as far as Ventura County. She also had her first elevator ride, her first stroller ride, her first ocean view, and her first lunch at a restaurant... And as always, she was just a dream. She is growing ridiculously fast! She has now outgrown her 0-3 months clothing and is even too tall for some of her 3-6 months!!! Attached below are more new pictures:

Eliza 4.5 weeks

Eliza in her stroller

Quite the California girl!

2007-02-07T18:59:00.000-08:00

Eliza and Friends

Eliza and her Mom Mom (<1wk)

Another of Eliza and her Mom Mom (<1wk)

Eliza and Jerry(<1wk)

Eliza and Daddy (<1wk)

Eliza and Aunt Lilly (<1wk)

Eliza and her Uncle Clark(<1wk)

Eliza and Uncle Butch (1wk)

Eliza and her Grandpa (3wks)

Eliza and her Grandma (3wks)

Eliza and her Mommy (4wks)

2007-02-07T18:53:00.000-08:00

Well, Eliza is almost a month old now and is doing fabulously. She continues to be a very easy baby and is a joy to have around. She was recently visited by her Grandma and Grandpa Ridge and Uncle Clark and Aunt Lilly. Grandma is staying with us to help out and has been awesome. Eliza was given a baby blessing by Claron on Sunday and was perfectly behaved. She continues to grow at an amazing rate and will soon outgrow her 0-3 months clothes. They are getting a bit tight already! And, she has already graduated to a size 2 diaper! Here are some pictures from this week:

The Weekly Swing Picture

Eliza in her Bunny Hat

Eliza after her Blessing

2007-02-02T15:40:00.000-08:00

Eliza is now 3 weeks old and is doing great. We took her to the doctor. She is now 10 lbs and 22 and 3/4 inches long. She is in the 90% percentile for her weight and the >97% percentile for her height. The doctor said that she is amazingly healthy and is doing wonderfully. She is going to have her baby blessing this Sunday and I will post pictures of that later. Here are some pictures from this week:

Eliza's Daddy made her mad

Another picture of Eliza napping in her swing

2007-01-26T14:49:00.000-08:00

Well the first two weeks have been great. Eliza is a relatively easy baby. She sleeps a lot and cries usually only if hungry or if her tummy hurts.

She makes great faces and according to her visitors is labeled as "beautiful," "perfect," and "alert." The consensus is that she looks like her daddy.

I am attaching pictures for all of her fans below:

Eliza 1 wk old
1st Doctors Appt.

Up Close

Asleep in her swing (2 wks old)

Making faces before her bath (2 wks)

She makes the best faces! (2 wks)

Eliza in the bath (2 wks)

Eliza after the bath w/ curly hair (2 wks)

Napping on the couch (2 wks)

Eliza and her daddy (2 wks)

2007-01-15T17:48:00.000-08:00

Claron and I are delighted to announce that Eliza Layne Ridge joined our family on Wednesday, January 10 at 3:20 p.m. She weighed 9 lbs 2 oz and was 22 inches long. Eliza is a lovely little lady with a headful of brown hair that curls when wet. Her eyes are still a mystery and are currently a dark grey blue. Eliza, Claron and I are all doing very well. Grandma (my mother) is here to assist until February. We have had tons of visitors and well wishers and are truly blessed to have so much wonderful support.