countArticle = 0; var mySlideData = new Array(); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220017.jpg', 'big/09220017.jpg', 'Isabel Ching-De Chou', 'Birthday: September 21, 2002 - 5:07 pm PDT Weight: 5 Pounds 14 Ounces Length: 18 inches' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09210002.jpg', 'big/09210002.jpg', 'The Big Day', 'After a false alarm the night before (early Friday morning), Susanna started having active labor at 3:00am on Saturday morning. Having cancelled a small group leaders workshop we had planned to give that morning for about 20 leaders from our church, we waited until about 9:00am to go to Scripps Memorial Hospital Chula Vista (the same hospital that Susanna did her residency). It looks like we\'re having fun in this picture, but don\'t let appearances fool you. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09210006.jpg', 'big/09210006.jpg', 'Welcome to the World', 'In spite of trying to wait as long as possible before going to hospital, Susanna was only 3 cm dilated when we got to the hospital. Getting from there to birth involved 6 more hours of active labor (much of it "back labor"), Dr. Sefa-Boakye ( Susanna\'s obstetrician ) rupturing her bag at 6 cm, transition labor for 30 minutes, pushing for over 1.5 hours, and a vacuum assist. At 5:07 pm Isabel granted us audience. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09210008.jpg', 'big/09210008.jpg', 'Put me back! Put me back!', 'Susanna elected not to have an epidural, so aside from a little local anaesthesia when Dr. Sefa inserted the vacuum, Susanna was a trooper and toughed it out all by herself. Everyone said Ivans was a great labor coach, but let\'s be honest, he was just a helpless spectator. Isabel was alert and had her eyes open on her way out, so as to not miss a thing. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09210011.jpg', 'big/09210011.jpg', 'How Quickly We Forget', 'In John 16:21, Jesus used the analogy of a woman in labor, and how the sorrow is forgotten after the joy that the child has been born. Well, that\'s what this picture is all about. Just behind the baby, is one of her two grandmas. That\'s Susanna\'s mother, who will stay with us for another 5 weeks to help out. This is her second granddaughter. (Susanna\'s sister Adina had a baby girl, Elise, in February.) ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09210012.jpg', 'big/09210012.jpg', 'Everything\'s New', 'Here\'s our little tyke lying on mama. Just getting acquainted. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09210014.jpg', 'big/09210014.jpg', 'Doctors Can Make Okay Patients', 'Here\'s Susanna\'s obstetrician, Dr. Sefa-Boakye. He said it was a text book delivery. With Susanna, was there any doubt? Dr. Sefa is great. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09210019.jpg', '#', 'Bonding Time With Papa', 'Later in the evening, after a couple of good feedings, Isabel was ready for a longish nap. This is a cute blurry little picture of her lying on Daddy\'s lap in the middle of the night ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09210020.jpg', 'big/09210020.jpg', 'First Night Together', 'Mom and baby cosleeping. Baby likes to stick her feet out, but she also likes to be cuddly. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220001.jpg', 'big/09220001.jpg', 'A New Day', 'Baby Isabel sleeps very soundly. Ivans gets a little quiet morning time with baby. This is beginning of day two! Baby is now about 15 hours old. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220003.jpg', 'big/09220003.jpg', 'Just Perfect', 'Ivans thinks there are three perfect baby states. Here\'s one: asleep and dreaming. It\'s fun to watch REM in babies. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220004.jpg', 'big/09220004.jpg', 'Cute as a Button', 'Speaking of buttons, if you enlarge this image by clicking on the image above, you\'ll see that our baby has a little milia on her nose. That should clear up in a couple of days. The top of her right ear ear is sort of folded over from the birth process, and she has some blue Mongolian spots on her bum. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220008.jpg', 'big/09220008.jpg', 'Breakfast is Served', 'That big smile on baby\'s face is the knowledge that breakfast is imminent. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220011.jpg', 'big/09220011.jpg', 'The Other Grandma', 'Here\'s Ivans\' mother, who drove down from Los Angeles, on Sunday morning to see her first granddaughter. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220013.jpg', 'big/09220013.jpg', 'Both Grandmas', 'Look at the happy face on baby and grandmothers. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220014.jpg', 'big/09220014.jpg', 'Getting Used to New Faces', 'Our little pumpkin is checking out all the new faces. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220019.jpg', 'big/09220019.jpg', 'We\'re Finally Home', 'After a much anticpated poop (baby\'s first), we were allowed to take mother and baby home from the hospital Sunday, September 23 evening at about 6:30 pm. Healthy babies who feed well after being born should have their first poop within the first 24 hours. Our little pooky didn\'t want to go. When the nurse came in with the glycerin suppository, baby must have seen the handwriting on the wall. Faced with the somewhat intrusive alternative, baby let out a little green sticky one, just for show. With that taken care of, we were free to go. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09220020.jpg', 'big/09220020.jpg', 'Comfy at Home', 'Isabel is soundly sleeping on mommy\'s lap. Some will recognize the blue material that baby is leaning on as a pair of scrubs that mommy is wearing. No, new mothers are not sent home with a pair of hospital scrubs as a souvenir. That\'s a left over from residency. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230005.jpg', 'big/09230005.jpg', 'Day Two', 'Here\'s Isabel ready to take on her second new morning. Her little poop at the hospital was just for show. She saved the two big ones for daddy to clean up that night. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230006.jpg', 'big/09230006.jpg', 'Hi Mama!', 'Isabel\'s all bright-eyed, and getting a good look at mom. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230007.jpg', 'big/09230007.jpg', 'Big Yawn', 'Here\'s a big morning yawn from Isabel. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230008.jpg', 'big/09230008.jpg', 'Hello, World.', 'Another in-your-face picture of our chubby-cheeked kid. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230014.jpg', 'big/09230014.jpg', 'Smile, God Loves You', 'A little smile (okay, babies don\'t smile this young, she\'s probably passing gas) for the camera ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230015.jpg', 'big/09230015.jpg', 'Snuggly and Burpy', 'In the afternoon on Monday, Ivans gets a little time with Isabel. Division of labor seems clear now. Mom feeds baby, dad changes and burps. Baby seems somewhat ambivalent about the whole burping thing. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230017.jpg', 'big/09230017.jpg', 'Still Awake', 'Not yet ready for a nap, so Ivans gets a little more time to hold an awake and calm baby. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230020.jpg', 'big/09230020.jpg', 'Doting Parents', 'Ivans and Susanna admiring their handiwork. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230021.jpg', 'big/09230021.jpg', 'Alert and Cute', 'It\'s amazing how alert Isabel is sometimes. We think she\'s got her mother\'s eyes. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230023.jpg', 'big/09230023.jpg', 'Even Roses have Thorns', 'By Monday afternoon, we noticed that Isabel was getting a little jaundiced. This happens to about one in ten babies, and more often to babies of Asian descent. We decided to lie her in the sun for a while to see if it will help clear it up. Ivans volunteers to be a sun tracking crib for a couple of hours that afternoon. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09230027.jpg', 'big/09230027.jpg', 'Afternoon Nap', 'Sun\'s down, and baby\'s down too. She lies with mom on the couch a while. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09240002.jpg', 'big/09240002.jpg', 'Nap at Every Opportunity', 'At this point every nap counts for Susanna. Finding it hard to put down the baby, they can often be found napping together. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09240003.jpg', 'big/09240003.jpg', 'Visitors', 'At around noon on Tuesday the pastors from our church come to visit our baby. From right to left is Pastor Sun, the associate Pastor, Pastor Chiang, Mom and baby, Mrs. Chiang, and Susanna\'s mom. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09240004.jpg', 'big/09240004.jpg', 'Even Dads Get Naps', 'Okay, even Ivans has trouble putting her down. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09240005.jpg', 'big/09240005.jpg', 'Another Day Ends', 'Here\'s Isabel sleeping in the afternoon sun on Tuesday. Wednesday was a big day, and undocumented. Both mom and baby had doctors\' appointments. Mom is fine, but our pediatrician decided that he needed to draw a little blood from our little pun\'kin (Isabel\'s new nickname because of how yellow she\'s become due to the jaundice). With a bilirubin level of 20, our pediatrician decided that Isabel needs to be admitted to the hospital, but Susanna asked if we could have home phototherapy instead of admitting Isabel. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '09260001.jpg', 'big/09260001.jpg', 'High Tech Baby', 'Wednesday evening, a home healthcare nurse delivered a home phototherapy unit and we hooked our baby up to the light source via a fiber optic blanket that keeps a blue light on our baby 24 hours a day. Here\'s a picture of Isabel on the light blanket. She\'s been on the blanket since Wednesday and her bilirubin levels have been steadily falling. It\'s been a hard couple of days for all of us. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '10130001.jpg', 'big/10130001.jpg', 'Great-GrandPa\'s Visit', 'At three weeks old, Isabel\'s great-grandfather (Ivans\' grandfather) came to San Diego from Los Angeles to see her. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '10140002.jpg', 'big/10140002.jpg', 'Hey There!', 'Three week old Isabel reaching out to see if she can give the digital camera a try. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '10140003.jpg', 'big/10140003.jpg', '"God Sisters"', 'Janet holding Isabel. Those two cute girls are Patrick and Janet\'s two girls, Priscilla on the left and Tiffany on the right. Tiffany is our god-daughter. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '10190003.jpg', 'big/10190003.jpg', '"One Month" Party', 'It is a Chinese tradition for infants to have a one month celebration. Babies are usually given their names at their one month party. Survival of the first month is quite a feat in old rural China. We think that it\'s not so easy in suburban San Diego either. After the party, Isabel sits a while with her great-grandmother (Ivans\' grandmother) who came down from Los Angeles for the occasion. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '10260003.jpg', 'big/10260003.jpg', 'Quite a Stretch', 'Isabel stretching on the couch at five weeks old. She\'s quite a chubbster and carefully hiding her triple chin in this photo. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '10300001.jpg', 'big/10300001.jpg', 'Curled Up on the Couch', 'Isabel curled up on the couch. The second of the aforementioned triple chins is visible here. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '11020002.jpg', 'big/11020002.jpg', 'A Music Fan', 'Baby appreciates good music (though she\'s developed an inexplicable fondness for Bon Jovi). Here she\'s enjoying a few tunes, while her dad prepares music for Sunday service at church the next day. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '11160002.jpg', 'big/11160002.jpg', 'All Smiles', 'Isabel is not quite two months old here. She\'s been smiling back at people for a little while now. She\'s also making more vocalizations too, but mostly after diaper changes. It\'s like she\'s giving a critique on our diapering abilities. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '11160004.jpg', 'big/11160004.jpg', 'Regular Grandma Visits', 'Ivans\' mother comes to visit from Los Angeles every other week or so on Saturdays to see Isabel. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '11160005.jpg', 'big/11160005.jpg', 'Hi There!', 'Here\'s a picture of Isabel and her big alert eyes. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '11190001.jpg', 'big/11190001.jpg', 'Outing with Grandpa', 'Susanna\'s father came to visit us in mid-November. He, Susanna and Isabel took a little outing to Balboa Park to admire the flowers. Isabel is all conked out here. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '11190002.jpg', 'big/11190002.jpg', 'Time To Go', 'Isabel\'s about had enough of walking through the park and is just about ready to head home now. Too bad no one thought to catch a few pictures of Isabel being held by her Grandfather! ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '12070001.jpg', 'big/12070001.jpg', 'Wiggly Little Girl', 'There are certain positions that Isabel likes to be held, but even so, she can be quite wiggly. Here she is squirming her way into a different position. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '12080003.jpg', 'big/12080003.jpg', 'Sunday Best', 'Here\'s our stylish baby dressed in her own designer three-piece Ralph Lauren outfit that she received as a gift from our friend Shinyi. She\'s going to be the nicest dressed baby at church this Sunday. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '12140001.jpg', 'big/12140001.jpg', 'Another Lazy Saturday.', 'Folding the laundry holds no interst for Isabel. It doesn\'t matter what you\'re doing. If she wants attention, she demands attention. The laundry\'s just going to have to wait. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '12220002.jpg', 'big/12220002.jpg', 'Merry Christmas!', 'Isabel\'s all dressed up for Christmas Service at church in her new velvet dress and patent leather shoes. These shoes aren\'t meant for walkin\'. Baby can\'t even sit up by herself yet. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '12300001.jpg', 'big/12300001.jpg', 'Everybody Loves Presents', 'Isabel\'s facinated by her new tummy-time toy. It lights up. Little pictures move by. It plays music and giggles. What is most intersting? The little mirror in front with the cute little reflection of herself! ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '12310001.jpg', 'big/12310001.jpg', 'All Ready for School', 'Okay, so our little girl isn\'t all ready for school, but in her little Polo Cardigan and baby blue jeans, she certainly looks it. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '01060001.jpg', 'big/01060001.mpg', 'Chubby Giggles', 'Here\'s a little tiny movie of our chubby little giggling, wiggling, and the suddenly noticing that she has feet. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '01220002.jpg', 'big/01220002.mpg', 'Jumping is Fun', 'We\'ve recently introduced Isabel to a gift from Christi, one of Ivans\' coworkers. This little seat suspended from the door frame by a bungie-cord/spring thing now provides hours of entertainment for our active little girl. Jumper time is often accompanied by loud squealing or cackling, but alas, this is a silent movie. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '01250001.jpg', 'big/01250001.jpg', 'Preferred Napping Position', 'Sometimes Isabel just doesn\'t want to be put down for her naps, and would much rather nap in this somewhat awkward position. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '02040001.jpg', 'big/02040001.mpg', 'Crazy Jumping Girl', 'Here\'s thirty seconds of non-stop baby acrobatics. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '02080003.jpg', 'big/02080003.jpg', 'Morning Diaper Change', 'Isabel is often the happiest to lie on her tummy in the early morning. Here she is smiling for the camera after a diaper change. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '02150002.jpg', 'big/02150002.jpg', 'Baby Gym', 'Here she is playing in her baby gym. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '02230005.jpg', 'big/02230005.jpg', 'Baby Dedication', 'Isabel in her fancy frilly dress on the Sunday morning before her baby dedication at church. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '03100003.jpg', 'big/03100003.jpg', 'NieceFest 2003', 'In mid-March Susanna\'s family came to San Diego to visit for a week. Here is Susanna\'s niece Elise, Elise\'s mother and Susanna\'s older sister Adina, Isabel, and Susanna and Adina\'s older brother Sam. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '03100004.jpg', 'big/03100004.jpg', 'Uncle Sam', 'Isabel being held by her Uncle Sam. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '03110005.jpg', 'big/03110005.jpg', 'New Toys', 'Baby has started becoming interested in this megasaucer that our friends lent us. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '03120002.jpg', 'big/03120002.jpg', 'All Eyes on Me', 'Susanna and her younger brother, Sean, giving their undivided attention to Isabel one morning. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '03130002.jpg', 'big/03130002.jpg', 'Baby Workout', 'Uncle Sean doing baby duty for a while. Our little pumpkin is 15 lbs, which can be a fairly good endurance workout if you have to entertain her for an hour or so. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '03270001.jpg', 'big/03270001.jpg', 'New Experiences', 'At six months, we\'re starting Isabel out on some "solid" food. She\'ll try anything at least once. We\'ve discovered that feeding her is much tidier an activitiy once Isabel can sit in her booster chair rather than being held by one of us, and she is playing with her own spoon rather than trying to "help" us put food in her mouth. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '03310005.jpg', 'big/03310005.jpg', 'Peasant Girl', 'Here Susanna has Isabel in her little French peasant girl outfit. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '04020001.jpg', 'big/04020001.jpg', 'Baby Has New Shoes', 'Here Isabel is proudly showing off her new baby Teva\'s. Sure she can\'t walk, but that doesn\'t stop us from slapping heavy deep treaded sandals on our baby. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '04150004.jpg', 'big/04150004.jpg', 'Very Happy Girl', 'We\'re not sure how it is for other babies, but Isabel is generally a very happy little girl. After a troubling 3rd and 4th month of refusing to take breastmilk from a bottle, when Isabel got pretty upset when mom was working, dad was watching her, and she was hungry. But since we started on other foods, as long as she\'s well rested, this is the happy little face we got blessed with. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '04260004.jpg', 'big/04260004.jpg', 'Little Drummer Girl', 'Isabel, asleep in her car seat, holding the little drum and stick that we bought her. Although Isabel does occasionally rap the drum with her hand or the drumstick, she\'s generally more interested in just wielding and chewing on the drumstick. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( '04300002.jpg', 'big/04300002.jpg', 'New Face', 'At seven months, Isabel is constantly doing new things. Here she is showing off one of her new happy faces while shaking a set of plastic keys. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9910.jpg', 'big/img_9910.jpg', 'Roly Poly', 'By now Isabel\'s getting quite good at rolling over. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9912.jpg', 'big/img_9912.jpg', 'Demonstration', 'Here she is demonstrating her new skills. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9914.jpg', 'big/img_9914.jpg', 'She\'s Up!', 'Isabel doesn\'t know how to crawl, but she can stand up while holding ont to stuff. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9919.jpg', 'big/img_9919.jpg', 'Smug Mug', 'She had just finished sticking her tongue out at me, now she\'s grinning smugly to herself. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9923.jpg', 'big/img_9923.jpg', 'What\'s That?', 'Isabel getting used to staring at daddy\'s new camera. Daddy learning how to take back-lit pictures. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9925.jpg', 'big/img_9925.jpg', 'Being Cute', 'Here she shows off her ability to be really really cute and innocent. We know that\'s going to be a face we\'ll be seeing a lot of when she starts breaking stuff. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9932.jpg', 'big/img_9932.jpg', 'Road Trip', 'We drove up to Los Angeles so that Isabel can spend some time with her great grandfather and great grandmother. Here she is with her great grandpa. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9944.jpg', 'big/img_9944.jpg', 'What\'s This?', 'Isabels grandma showing her how to apply lotion. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9945.jpg', 'big/img_9945.jpg', 'Buttons are Facinating', 'Isabel admiring the buttons on her great grandmother\'s sweater. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9950.jpg', 'big/img_9950.jpg', 'Meeting Old Friends', 'Our friend Shinyi stops by to meet Isabel. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9958.jpg', 'big/img_9958.jpg', 'Goodnight', 'Well, it\'s getting late. Isabel\'s in her PJ\'s and we get back on the road to head home to San Diego. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9965.jpg', 'big/img_9965.jpg', 'Charge It!', 'Isabel showing how happy she is to be holding a credit card. We know trouble when we see it. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9979.jpg', 'big/img_9979.jpg', 'Huh? What\'s that?', 'That\'s daddy\'s new flash bouncing off the ceiling. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_9996.jpg', 'big/img_9996.jpg', 'Spring Retreat', 'Isabel hanging out with Jonathan at our church\'s Spring Retreat. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0021.jpg', 'big/img_0021.jpg', 'Family Picture', 'A rare family picture with everyone in it. We\'re just hanging around during some free time at our church spring retreat. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0075.jpg', 'big/img_0075.jpg', 'Have Crib Will Travel', 'Isabel using her play pen as a crib. In fact this is really the first time we\'ve use the play pen at all! ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0105.jpg', 'big/img_0105.jpg', 'Posin\' for the Camera', 'Isabel striking a little pose for the camera. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0133.jpg', 'big/img_0133.jpg', 'Grandpa!', 'Finally a picture of Isabel with her grandpa (Susanna\'s dad). ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0150.jpg', 'big/img_0150.jpg', 'House Guests', 'Our good friends David and Suzanne from Albuquerque come to stay with us a couple of days. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0159.jpg', 'big/img_0159.jpg', 'Fairy Godmother', 'Isabel and her godmother Beatrice. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0174.jpg', 'big/img_0174.jpg', 'Big Extended Family', 'Isabel playing with her second cousin Jessica, and Jessica\'s grandparents (Ivans\' uncle and his wife). ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0186.jpg', 'big/img_0186.jpg', 'What Do I Do With This?', 'Isabel wonders what she\'s supposed to do with her little red wagon. She can stand, but can\'t walk without help. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0233.jpg', 'big/img_0233.jpg', 'Beantown', 'In June of 2003, we went back to Boston for a good friend\'s wedding. Here are Isabel and Susanna in our hotel room with a great view of the Boston skyline. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0248.jpg', 'big/img_0248.jpg', 'Quiet Please', 'Here we are at the wedding, only Isabel doesn\'t quite get the idea that only the minister is supposed to be talking. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0279.jpg', 'big/img_0279.jpg', 'Quick Visit', 'Before heading back to San Diego we meet up with Susanna\'s brother and sister. Here Elise, Isabel\'s cousin, runs circles around her. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0305.jpg', 'big/img_0305.jpg', 'World Famous', 'Isabel\'s second trip to the zoo, and she\'s bored out of her gourd. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0325.jpg', 'big/img_0325.jpg', 'Cutting Teeth', 'By nine months, Isabel\'s got a some teeth, and she teeths on everything. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0339.jpg', 'big/img_0339.jpg', 'Big Trip', 'Our first major family vacation is to go to Seattle and Vancouver for Susanna\'s family reunion. From Seattle we catch a ferry to the San Juan Islands. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0387.jpg', 'big/img_0387.jpg', 'Cabin Fever', 'Ivans, Isabel, Elise, Adina, crowd onto Sean\'s bed in our cabin on the San Juan Is. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0400.jpg', 'big/img_0400.jpg', 'Nature Nap', 'Ivans and Isabel hang out at the lodge of the resort we were staying at. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0428.jpg', 'big/img_0428.jpg', 'Girls Love Flowers', 'Isabel loves flowers, and here she is stomping over to grab a handful of them. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0454.jpg', 'big/img_0454.jpg', 'Border Crossing', 'Susanna and Isabel in the famous Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0486.jpg', 'big/img_0486.jpg', 'Lil\' Swimmers', 'Isabel getting her first swimming lesson at the hotel pool in Victoria. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0492.jpg', 'big/img_0492.jpg', 'A Rose by Any Other Name', 'Isabel walking around (with help of course) in the rose garden beside the Empress hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0509.jpg', 'big/img_0509.jpg', 'Amazing What Teeth Can Do', 'It\'s amazing what four little teeth can do. Isabel has developed a love for fruit. Here she is crunching into one. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0513.jpg', 'big/img_0513.jpg', 'Bay Windows', 'Isabel admiring the backyard at her great uncle Peter and great aunt Marilyn\'s home on Mercer Island in Washington state. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0567.jpg', 'big/img_0567.jpg', 'Quite a Grip', 'Isabel showing off her grip on daddy\'s face. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'scan030815.jpg', 'big/scan030815.jpg', 'Two to One', 'Although this picture is from a few months back, we just got a scanner, so can put it on the web. This shows that our baby is 25th percentile in length, but 50th percentile in head circumference. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0601.jpg', 'big/img_0601.jpg', 'Sweet Determination', 'We were at Ivans\' company picnic in late July and here Isabel shows her determination to stomp around the park at Mission Bay powered by a oatmeal raisin cookie. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0608.jpg', 'big/img_0608.jpg', 'Demonstration', 'Later that evening we went over to Ivans\' cousin\'s home where Isabel\'s second cousin Jessica shows her the proper way to hold a tennis ball. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0617.jpg', 'big/img_0617.jpg', 'Self Admiration', 'Isabel standing in front of our bathroom mirror after a bath admiring her own ability to stand and make faces. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0631.jpg', 'big/img_0631.jpg', 'Heat Wave', 'For a couple of weeks in mid-August San Diego experienced one of its rare heat waves. We took the opportunity to buy an inflatable pool for Isabel. Here she and dad chills out in the back yard. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0637.jpg', 'big/img_0637.jpg', 'Self Feeding', 'Here Isabel sits in her high chair feeding herself some dinner. She makes it look easy in the picture. (Not Shown: piles of food on the floor below, smeared food on the table in front of her, piles of bits that didn\'t quite make it into her mouth or was returned from her mouth in the chair around her.) ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0641.jpg', 'big/img_0641.jpg', 'Computer Savvy', 'Ivans resurrected one of his old laptops for Isabel to pound on. Now everyone in the household has their own laptop. Isabel clearly prefers Apple Macintosh. What a smart girl. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0687.jpg', 'big/img_0687.jpg', 'Peek-A-Boo', 'Isabel has finally started to "get" how to push her little red wagon around. She also finds it funny to peek at you while ducking under stuff. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0689.jpg', 'big/img_0689.jpg', 'Thank You, You\'re Too Kind', 'Isabel applauds herself for being able to briefly stand without any support. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0693.jpg', 'big/img_0693.jpg', 'Free Standing Baby', 'Isabel surprises herself that she\'s suddenly able to stand by herself without any help. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0694.jpg', 'big/img_0694.jpg', 'Baby In Motion', 'Parents are even more surprised when the same night Isabel decides that she can walk without help. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0701.jpg', 'big/img_0701.jpg', 'BBQ', 'Isabel waiting for food at a BBQ at our god-daughter\'s house in late August. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0713.jpg', 'big/img_0713.jpg', 'Sleeping Beauty', 'Isabel taking a nap on a sunny Saturday morning in September. Dad experimenting with depth of field on his new lens. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0720.jpg', 'big/img_0720.jpg', 'Church Picnic', 'Isabel watching the activities at our annual church picnic in September. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0725.jpg', 'big/img_0725.jpg', 'Isabel and Dad\'s Big Day', 'On September 11th, 2003, Susanna decided to attend an all day medical education conference. This was Ivans\' first time taking Isabel for an entire day (minus a quick visit to have lunch with mom). Isabel and dad both did pretty good. Here\'s Isabel only pause from stomping around at the Birch Aquarium. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0728.jpg', 'big/img_0728.jpg', 'Dinner Out', 'After a long day with Dad, Isabel is happy to have dinner at a local restaurant with mom, dad, and godmother. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0732.jpg', 'big/img_0732.jpg', 'Mexican Nursery Rhymes', 'Beatrice, Isabel\'s godmother teaches Isabel some Spanish nursery rhymes. Isabel gets them right away, and keeps doing them for months to come. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0734.jpg', 'big/img_0734.jpg', 'Mountain Climber', 'Having mastered walking and crawling, Isabel decides to tackle the problem of climbing stairs. Parents were in no ruch for Isabel to learn this particular feat. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0750.jpg', 'big/img_0750.jpg', 'Perfect Little Angel', 'Isabel napping on mom\'s lap. It\'s pictures like this that makes it hard for anyone to believe that this is the same little girl who can cry upwards of 2 hours at a stretch. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0756.jpg', 'big/img_0756.jpg', 'Birthday Outing', 'The day before Isabel\'s birthday, we drove up to Los Angeles to have a little birthday party for Isabel with Ivans\' family. Along the way we stop at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, where Isabel get\'s to pet some deer in the petting paddock. At this point she\'s still not sure what to make of the big furry things. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0769.jpg', 'big/img_0769.jpg', 'Party Girl', 'Isabel enjoys all the attention at her grandmother\'s house. Here she unwraps some gifts with her great-grandmother. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0778.jpg', 'big/img_0778.jpg', 'Birthday Party Proper', 'On her birthday, we had a little gathering of friends for some cake and ice cream. Here Isabel expresses her approval of a little lemon cracker. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0787.jpg', 'big/img_0787.jpg', 'Make a Wish', 'Mom helps Isabel blow out the candle on her first birthday cake. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0790.jpg', 'big/img_0790.jpg', 'A Little For Everyone', 'Mom and Isabel cut her birthday cake. ' ); mySlideData[countArticle++] = new Array( 'img_0800.jpg', 'big/img_0800.jpg', 'What a Nice Sentiment', 'Isabel "reading" her birthday card. This brings us to the end of Isabel\'s first year, and also the end of this photo album.' );