He found his thumb

a few weeks ago i woke up to the sound of loud sucking. i looked in darren's crib and lo and behold, he was sucking his thumb. none of the kids in my family ever were thumb suckers, and my initial reaction was "uh oh, this will cause future orthodontic nightmares!" but i have since decided that it is cute. he usually only does it when he is tired or sleeping, and he will not accept the pacifier as a substitute. here's our little thumb sucker in action.

More smiles!

like i mentioned earlier, we went out to utah a few times this month. paul came with us for part of the second visit on his spring break from school. darren was such a smiley guy during the trip - he loved being held all the time and cuddled by his grandparents. i was able to get some more cute smile pics. we sure love little darren. he has recently learned how to laugh, so paul and i are constantly doing goofy things to try to make him do it again and again.

some pics

darren and i went for a couple of wonderful visits out in utah this month, hence the lack of posting as we were too busy being pampered by grandma and grandpa. before we went out, though, grandma joan came out to visit us! paul and i went out on our very first post-baby date while she babysat little darren. here are some pics from her visit - we went for a walk at one of irvine's many beautiful parks. it was so fun to have joan out to visit us!