Month: December 2011

  • Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    Wow, what a week.  We managed to back in Henry’s first week home, visits from Grandma and Grandpa, Mimi and Papa, Aunt Lala, Uncle B, Stacey, Ben, Anna and Jackie, and Christmas all in one week.  As a result, I believe that we set a new record for number of pictures in a week, at…

  • Welcome Henry Hobbes!

    Welcome Henry Hobbes!

    Surprise! What a week!  Amy, Eleanor and I were all surprised with the early arrival of Henry – I was sure that he wouldn’t be here until after Christmas – but he had other plans.  Henry was born on Friday 12/16 at 12:13 PM.  He was 19.6 inches and 6 pounds 15 ounces.  Eleanor started…

  • Henry’s Hospital Photo Shoot
  • Videos!

    Videos!

    A few videos from early Christmas.  Enjoy!

  • It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

    Eleanor celebrated her first Christmas of 2012 this week with Grandma and Grandpa.  She started out the week with a visit to the train exhibit at the Botanical Gardens.  The trains were nice, but Eleanor was mostly interested in the large glass doors.  We also took our official 16 months picture this week – and on…

  • December Firsts

    December Firsts

    Eleanor had a fun week with a bunch of firsts: First time opening a closed door First time singing a song First time making her monkey sound with two syllables “ooh ahh” instead of just “Ahh” On Saturday we picked up our Christmas tree, but Eleanor was unimpressed.  She didn’t even seem to wonder where…