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Month 4 June 16th, Tuesday After a pediatrician appointment Today was Ariel’s 4 month inoculation appointment. We love doctors Fortune and Pavlovich at the North Park Community Health Center because they take a good amount of time to answer all our (very many) questions. According to them, and according to what we see, Ariel is in perfect health and usually good spirits. Right now she is in a deep sleep after getting 2 shots and a liquid inoculation. Altogether, there were 4 innoculations. We were scared of this appointment because her 2 month appointment was pretty traumatic. The ...

Month 3 At 3 months, I am loving the world more than ever!  I am fascinated by everything and everyone. I LOVE looking at new and expressive faces like Cindy Cheu’s and Jamila’s.  They are so fun to look at and get lots of smiles from me.  Here are my top things I love to do this month: Daddy Ride. Riding around the estate, park, or neighborhood is the best when daddy holds me and I can face out to look at everything. I get to float around in the comfort of ...

Month 2 I’ve discovered something fascinating this month. I can imitate people’s smile really well. This makes everyone super giddy. Mommy and daddy keep trying to put me down on my tummy, but I won’t have it. I let them know I won’t stand for it from the second they put me down. Lately we have been going out a lot. Mom takes me to the baby sign language class where they sing goofy songs and dance. I just like watching everyone there. I don’t pay attention to the signing at all, but I’m super alert and excited ...

Month 1 Life was going pretty smoothly and I was getting to trust these crazies called mommy and daddy, but then the most horrible thing happened! They took me to the doctor place where they usually just inspect me, but this time they put a giant needle in me several times!! I threw up and cried harder than ever before. I really wailed! The next week I felt bad and cried much more than normal. The next Sunday I ended up being taken to the ER at Children’ s hospital (where I got special service ...

Ah-Gooo I've Arrived WHAT the heck is going on here!?  This is not quite what I expected!  I sure got squeezed on the way out of mommy and want no more of that, but still… does it have to be so bright out here?  And what’s with all these strange people coming over every day and holding me? It’s like a parade of goons over here!  They all make the craziest faces.  Both grandmas and auntie Carolyn have been here and love to hold me and make faces at me… The best things about this new world: Mommy and daddy holding me. Feeding for ...

A Baby Monster Attacks! A Tongue-in-cheek Account of our Ariel's Harrowing Birth | Download the Print Version Here 9:30am on a Monday - Thursday January 29th. Amy Beth Saurer, now 9 days overdue with child arrives to her regular fetal heart monitoring appointment at San Diego’s Scripps Hospital in Hillcrest with her usual friendly smile and optimism. She quite enjoys these appointments which usually take a full hour and are quite nice since she gets to chat with the nurse she is seeing that day. Conversation is stimulating and all three nurses are great. Her unborn baby, Ariel Rain Leppla, affectionately known as ...

Ariel's Greatest Hits Images Thus Far A selection of images that Ariel likes the best out of them all. Each image has a title describing what Ariel was doing at the time. There is also a time stamp that goes Month-Week so for example: 4-1 would be the 4th Month 1st Week or 2-4 would be the 2nd Month 4th Week :) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="9" gal_title="Ariels Greatest Hits"] Ariel's Artistic Friends Everyone who comes and visits Ariel in her first year gets a framed artistic rendering of that visit - a memento of kinds. Just like getting a picture after you rode the rollercoaster. We ...