We added some new photos this weekend. There are a couple in the "More Pictures II" gallery, we added a latecomer to the "Hawaiian Vacation" galleryt, and there is also a whole new gallery called "Annika... Being Annika!"

Enjoy!  

The last two mornings, Annika woke up, looked at Dan, and said "Dada." Pretty cool!

She also has figured out two of our remotes. The Tivo remote control, and the ceilin fan's controller. She knows which buttons turn the devices on and off, and she'll ignore all of the others.

She's an amazing little girl!  

This weekend, my parents have their six-year wedding anniversary! Congrats you guys!!  

Happy 4th Everybody!  

Congrats to Bill & Susan on their new house!  

Not two seconds, I swear.

We were cooking spaghetti tonight. Annika "ran" all the way up the stairs in the time it took to put sauce from the freezer into the microwave.

She sure is fast!  

Annika is eight months old today! We can hardly believe how time has flown by!

We added a movie to the Hawaii pictures, you can find it on the last index page of the Hawaii album.  

Our little Annika loves to climb. No really, climb. As in up. She'll climb up the wine rack, up her stroller, up chairs, in short, anything and everyting.

Today, she climbed up the entire stair case for the first time. Not a few steps and then resting, no, all the way in one swoop and in record time!  

We're back from Hawaii, and I had my first day at my new job today.

We had a wonderful, wonderful time. More to follow soon.. (I know certain people would like to see photos before their own big trip :)  

Alright, so we added one.

I am writing this from Phoenix. We decided that between Saturday noon and Sunday before the softball game would be enough time to fly to Phoenix for a visit...

Have a good weekend everybody!  

I had my last day at work yesterday. Now we're off to a ton of fun stuff: we'll see Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits on Sunday, Dame Edna on Tuesday, and then we're off to Blue Hawaii!  

Poor Annika,
she's been teething for the past couple of weeks. Hopefully it'll break through soon!  

It looks like AnniCam is working again.

Man, she sure develops fast. Her only goal in life these days is to stand up. She'll use anything and everything. She's really good at it, too. She can stand up within two seconds or less. Man... what a handful!

She has also started to wave good-bye, which of course is very, very sweet!!

Can you tell I'm the proudest daddy?!!  

We've upgraded the computer that runs AnniCam. Now there seem to be some issues. I'm working to resolve them. Until then, keep checking in, it's up some time, just not all of the time.

Happy Mother's Day everybody!  

Dan's mom turned 60 today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  

Man, I love that AnniCam! It's really great to get a dose of my little sweetie during the day!!  

Man, she grows up so fast! She just barely started to crawl a couple of weeks ago, and now when I call her from across the room, she'll come crawling right to me.

She has also discovered a new toy that she absolutely can't live without: cables. She knows where all the cables are in the living room, and no matter where you sit her down, she'll find them and crawl right to them!  

Some news every day...

We are very very exited. We found a way to schedule a vacation before I start my new job.

Hawaii, here we come!!!!!!!!!!

I can't wait to see our little Annika in a Hula-skirt and flowers around her neck!  

Well, it's finally official. I had been offered two jobs last week, and I did accept one of them. So at the end of May, I will be leaving my current job to join another production company as an editor. My first show is called "Haunted Hotels," and it's for the Discovery Travel Channel.

Congrats to me :)  

AnniCam has been updated and is back online. Enjoy our speedy crawler!  

We had a wonderful Easter Weekend. We got to have a lot of family time and hope everyone else did, too. Check out the new Easter pictures in the gallery!  

Man there is a lot of work these days!  

We have found a terrific nanny for Annika. Her name is Aracely. She's a mother of four herself and comes from El Salvador.

We interviewed people all weekend, and she was really great. We're happy to have found her.  

Sorry for the slow updates to the website. Work has been crazy for both Becky and I. There are still a few larger-scale loose ends to clean up, but then we'll put some new pics online - promise!

Annika is doing absolutely fantastic!  

Our home DSL is still down. It's supposed to be back on the 13th. Until then, AnniCam will be down :(

Sunday, we'll go see "Mamma Mia," and we're looking forward to that!

Have a great weekend everybody!  

Our home DSL account is being switched to a new ISP. Frustrating how long it takes!

On the bright side, Annika is doing great. She can sit up by herself now, and in general is just the biggest sweetheart!  

Congratulations, Becky!

Becky got promoted last week; she is now a Promotions Coordinator for Nestle USA.  

We almost forgot to mention - Annika had her 4 month doctor visit on Feb. 11th. She was 23 3/4 inches long and weighed 11 lbs 12 ozs. Still a pretty small peanut, but healthy and happy (except when they were giving her the shots...)

She will now reach for toys and grunt a lot if they are out of her reach. She will also roll over immediately whenever we set her down, but sometimes forgets how to roll back onto her back, so will be mad that she is stuck on her tummy. We are sure having lots of fun as her parents!  

The little peanut ate real food for the first time yesterday! A little rice (at least that's what it says on the box :)

Fun feeding her with a spoon!

She did well and we'll try it again tonight!  

AnniCam has been down for a few days, but it's back up and our sweetie keeps on rolling over & out of the picture :)  

We just got back from Las Vegas. What a wonderful weekend we had. We saw "The Blue Man Group," which is a great show that is still relatively unkwown. Some of you might know them from their Pentium III commercials.

Annika loved all of the lights and action of Sin City.

We also went to Hoover Dam, and even rock-climbed some!

Photos will follow soon! I'll try tonight, but I'm not sure as I have been promoted to working days - so I'll have to go to bed early form now on :)  

Annika has been rolling over and over today, both from back to front and from front to back. What a big girl!!  

We saw the premiere of "Ain't you mama's cabaret" yesterday. It's a play that our friend Michael has produced. It was really really good, and we would like to recommend it to everybody living in the area! It's playing weekends at the Court Theater in West Hollywood now through the end of January. Don't miss it, it's awesome!  

We finally put up a couple of new pictures. Our friend Selina is visiting from Switzerland (see the "Visitors" gallery) and Annika is making fun of her daddy in the "Poses" Gallery.  

Sorry for the few updates to this site these days. Becky is back to work, and we are settling into our new routine.

Annika is doing great and growing nicely!  

We've updated AnniCam to point away from her swing since she mostly sleeps in there now. It's now showing her on her play mat where she has a lot of fun. Enjoy!  

Well, we just got back from Phoenix. Annika really likes flying. She loved all the people, and all the people loved her. She was pretty hyper - I wonder if that had anything to do with our first trip to "Krispy Kreme Doghnuts" right before we went to the airport... :)

We had a great time in AZ, and are relaxed and ready for the new year.

Of course pictures from our trip will follow soon!

Happy New Year Everybody!

Dan, Becky & Annika  

We just got back from Big Bear and are on our way to the airport to go on to Phoenix. We posted some X-mas picts in the gallery.

What a cutie we have! She had a great first Christmas and enjoyed the outdoors in Big Bear thoroughly.

She has also started to use her hands pretty well. When I wave my hand in front of her, she'll imitate it.  

Oh, one more thing. My (ex-)business partner is currently producing a musical that will open January 12th here in LA. It will be a lof of fun, so if you live in the area, you should go check it out!

I designed the website for it, so if you're interested, go to www.aintyourmama.com  

We're off to Big Bear today. Five days of skiing, fun & vacation! Then we'll fly directly to Phoenix and have some more fun there.

Happy Holidays everybody!

ps: if you are a thief and reading this, don't bother coming over, our alarm is on! (No pun intended, Susan)  

We had a fun weekend. We went to Six Flags Magic Mountain yesterday, and Annika loved it. She was awake happy for over four hours. She especially liked the "Viper." :)

Today, we went to the Santa Monica Pier to show her the ocean for the first time. It was a beautiful day!

There are some new pics of those trips in the "Outings," "Poses" and "New Pictures II" galleries.  

As Dan mentioned, Annika got her 1st shots yesterday. She's fine today, but last night wasn't very happy. She didn't feel good at all - I couldn't make her feel better, so I finally went out to get some Tylenol. That helped a lot - afterward she was a happy girl again. At her doctor's appointment, she weighed 9lbs. 14ozs. She was 22 inches long. She's growing well and is in about the 45th percentile for both height and weight.  

What a day!

Poor Annika got her shots today, and I can tell you, she wasn't happy about it. She went from smiling at her daddy to the biggest cry I have every heard from her in about .72 seconds. It was heartbreaking!

Oh yeah, and then I got rear-ended on my way into work. Not my fault though, so that's good.

Like I said, what a day!  

Happy Two-Month-Birthday, Sweetie Annika!  

Little Annika got her very own Social Security Card today. So cute, a letter in our mailbox that was addressed to her!

She is smiling and talking for 15 minutes at a time several times a day now!  

Annika laughed for the first time yesterday. We got her all excited, and after a lot of smiling and cooing, she actually laughed.  

Susan was here this weekend to babysit, so Becky and I could go to Nestle's X-mas party Saturday night. We had a blast, and Annika had a great time with grandma.

Today, we went to the Mall, and Annika went on her first ride - the Merry-Go-Round.

There are new pictures of our little family in the Visitor and Firsts galleries, as well as a brandnew Thanksgiving gallery.  

Annika just completed her first trip into the Jacuzzi. She seemed to like it a lot and we all had great fun in water. There are a couple of pics in the "Firsts" gallery.  

We've had a great Thanksgiving weekend in Phoenix. Annika had her baby-shower, and Becky and I had our first night out alone (yes, after a lot of sweet-talking, Susan agreed to babysit :)

Traffic was pretty bad on the way back - nine hours for what usually takes six. But hey, at least I get to work a doble-shift tonight :(

Pics of our trip will follow as soon as I get some sleep (which could be by the end of the week).  

Annika has slept for six straight hours two nights in a row! Here's hoping that it's a trend. Her mommy sure is happy about that!

We are preparing to head to Arizona for Thanksgiving tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great holiday!  

Wow! This morning as we were in line at Starbucks, we stroked little Miss A's face, and she started to smile.

It was very very sweet, and she did it many times in the following couple of minutes.

She's also starting to "talk" to us - whenever we interact with her, she'll smile, stick her tongue out, and make cute talking sounds.

It's amazing how quickly she changes and picks up new things!  

We went to Arizona for the weekend to visit Becky's parents. We had a blast!

Annika is starting to smile for real, and we continue to enjoy every second with her.

Pictures of our trip will be added shortly!  

So some of you may have suspected it: Noni Theres is here, and Annika isn't in her AnniCam swing very often.

Sorry Sus... uh, everybody. But we added a few new pictures to the gallery to make up for it!  

Yesterday, little Annika was awake and playing for 9 1/2 hours straight. No crying or sleeping, just playing and looking around.

Today, she's on her way to top even that.

Wow! What's happening?!!!?  

My mom arrived today from Switzerland. Of course she's already on the internet...

Have a good rest of the weekend everybody!  

Man, it's really amazing how quickly Annika changes. We can hardly believe that it's only been three weeks!

Thanks everybody for visiting our site. We hope you're enjoying it, and we thank you for all of your kind notes and emails!  

It's a scientific fact: one can not cut a honeybaked ham up into sandwich-sized portions for the freezer without overeating terribly.

Scientific fact!


We took Annika to the Griffith Park Observatory today. It was a very clear day, and we could see from downdown all the way to the ocean.  

Cool - I just fed Annika for the very first time. What a special feeling!  

We took some Halloween Pictures today. Turns out she doesn't really like to sit in a pumpkin (very much at all).

Little Annika goes to her first Halloween Party tonight, hope she'll like that better!  

Our little Annika is two weeks old today. We went to her first Doctor's appointment, and she is doing very well. She's gaining a lot of weight (about an ounce a day). She currently weighs in at 7.26 pounds (3250 grams).

Turns out that her green poop is normal, too.

:)  

Poor Annika. She threw up tonight.

A few minutes later we received a phone call from a rather concerned grandmother.

Psychic Abilities on Susan's part? Nope.

Appearently, the event had been broadcast over the internet.

Smile, you just gotta love the 21st century!  

Annika is 11 days old today. Wow, it takes two digits now to write her age!

She was her first party today (people from my work) and had lots of fun sleeping right through it.  

For all of you that are wondering and worrying: I really (!) like my new job. There are great people there, the work is fun, and the hours are great - I get to spend every day with my little one!  

Our little girl is one week old today.

Happy B-Day!  

The coolest thing just happened:

Pretty much from the day she was born, I stuck my tongue out at her every now and then when we were playing. Today, she started sticking her tongue out back at me.

First I thought it was just a coincidence, but she keeps doing it!

What a smart little worm!  

How great is that?!! She's actually sleeping at night now. We have to wake her to feed, otherwise she might even let us sleep through the night.

Where is that wood to knock on?  

It's true. They poop!

And lots of it!!  

What a cute little peanut, I can't get over it!

Whenever she's in her little swing, AnniCam is automatically turned on.

Just email us for the password if you'd like to peek in on her...  

Just woke up - got about 2.4 hours of sleep last night.

Damn, all those people were right!  

We took her home today, and all is well. Becky and the Annika are both doing very well.

Hey, in 6 1/2 hours, she'll be two days old already!  

So we'll try it another way: to scare her out!

We're on our way to Knott's Scary Farm, that should be a lot of fun. We've never been there but people say it's one of the best places in the country for Halloween.  

My best friend from Switzerland became a father today. His little girl was born around 8:30 p.m. their local time.

She's as cute as a button!

You can see a picture here:

Gettin' a little (more) anxious now!!