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  • We had lots of fun this week, including our official Two Month Old photo.  Side by side you can really notice quite a difference from the Official One Month Old photo.  A few firsts this week: full length Pj’s, and holding a…

  • Well, it took me quite a long time, and several computers, but I finally finished the video highlights from Eleanor’s Arrival.   It only covers the first four days or so – which means I’m already way behind with all the…

  • It’s been a really fun week with Ellie.  She is really starting to smile a lot, each day she seems to have more fun during playtime than the last.  We had a super fun weekend with Papa John and Mimi…

  • We took a week off from visitors and as a result didn’t take nearly as many pictures.  It did give Aunt Lary and Uncle B a chance for some good one on one time with Ellie.  We should get back on…

  • This week brought lots of visitors to see Eleanor.  Gramski came up for a week long visit, which included some shopping on Michigan Avenue (and our first trip actually into a store…..GAP, of course), and lunch al fresco.  Gramski also…

  • Eleanor turned one month old this week, and we celebrated with a Labor Day cookout.  Brian, Breanne, Sarah, Jay and Laura all came over with tons of food, and Jay cooked it all up.  Yummy!  We also had some self portraits,…

  • The doctors tell us that newborns can’t smile until 6 weeks or so, and anything that looks like a smile prior to that is just gas.  However, Amy believes that she has captured Eleanor’s first smile on video.  I’m inclined…

  • It’s hard to believe that we’ve had four weeks with little Eleanor.  Highlights this week included a visit from Aunt Ann (Littleton) and a trip to Uncle B’s house for BBQ and football.  We also had our first bottle feeding,…

  • It was a busy week of firsts for little Eleanor.  She hosted her first cookout party and her first overnight visitor, as well as had her first lunch out and first trip to Starbucks.  A big thanks to everyone who…

  • Its hard to believe that it has been over two weeks since Eleanor joined us.  I feel like I am already getting behind sharing all of the fun moments!  Between feeding, changing, swaddling, rocking, soothing, and bathing, the day really…