Month: January 2011

Eleanor spent most of this week working on two skills – sitting and eating.  So far, we have had rice cereal, pears, carrots, bananas, apples and peas.  We had apples today, and she was really getting the hang of opening her mouth when the spoon came her way.  Things still get a bit messy though.   We have…

Eleanor took her first international trip this week, travelling to the British Virgin Islands.  I addition to escaping the cold, we tackled a number of firsts this week: Travelling to a different country First passport stamp Driving on the left (well… riding in a car on the left, anyway) Seeing a Lizard Riding on a…

It was a particularly cold week here, and we didn’t get out too much.  Amy did bundle Ellie up one day in her fleece jumper and ventured out into the cold.  We also spent some time preparing for the summer months by putting Eleanor in her life jacket a few times to get her accustomed…

Eleanor turned five months old this week.  She bookended the week with a couple of firsts.  Early Monday morning I went in to check on her (what’s all the fussing about?) and found her lying on her tummy in her crib.  Her first back to tummy roll over!  We even got an action shot of…

Ellie had her first taste of solid (although it is hard to call the mush that was rice cereal solid) food yesterday.  Enjoy!

Eleanor had quite a week of firsts as we traveled to Florida for vacation.  The hardest part of the trip was definitely dinner time.  We ate out every night, and prior to this week Eleanor had only eaten out a few times.  We were late for our reservation 4 out of 6 nights: 26th –…