Month: November 2010

Eleanor celebrated her first Thanksgiving this week, along with a number of other firsts, including: first dinner out first time wearing shoes first time wearing a party dress first road trip  In addition to thanksgiving, we also celebrated a number of birthdays, including Great Grandma Littleton’s 90th with a (Suprise!) dinner with the whole family. …

We’ve had a fun week playing with our new camera – so there are a few more shots than normal.  It seems to excel at closeups, and there are a few great shots.  We celebrated Aunt Lary’s birthday (again, but this time with some out of town friends), and Amy and I got all dressed…

This story is so funny it deserved its own post.  So, Amy was nursing Ellie very early in the morning (4ish I think) – she and I were both very tired, and were not having the most eloquent conversation.  Out of nowhere, Amy says, “Why does Ellie’s jumper have 007 on it?”.  I’ve captured an…

 Ellie’s had a fun week getting  better at her “tummy time”, and sitting in her Bumpo chair.  A new napping schedule has allowed for more walks in the neighborhood, but has been a little hard to get adjusted to.  Just tonight, she went down for her afternoon “nap” at 4:00 and hasn’t woken up yet!  Hopefully that…

Eleanor had her first voting experience this week – when she joined Amy to the polls.  (Amy voted Republican, and Ellie voted Democrat, so they cancelled each other out :) ).  We also had a fun visit from cousin Kim and Genet, along with friends from Minneapolis Amy and Katrina.  Everyone had a blast during…