Month April 2007

elsie and I have transitioned my office down to the masterbedroom – she hasn’t learn to type yet, but we will be working on that next week.

This weekend we had two visitors … Grandpa Kevin and Aunt Chloe. Grandpa was here for Elsie’s birth but went home while Grammie Doula stayed for a couple weeks – he flew in on Friday to spend the weekend and… Continue Reading →

Our first dinner out with Elsie was to celebrate Aunt Amy’s birthday. It was a success – with only a quick feeding between dinner and dessert.

In the cutest little onesie from Meara and Jarret that says it all!

Today we had our first visit with Dr. Kamon, our pediatrician. Elsie was up to 7lbs 4oz (up from her birth weight at 7lbs) – she is a little piglet and they are very happy with this weight gain. Before… Continue Reading →

taking after julie…

The Moby Wrap Rocks!! Elsie stays snug as a bug while dad eats dinner.

We have been calling my mom “Grammie Doula” – she is cooking, picking up and of course snuggling the baby whenever she can. Here are some of her masterpieces … Home made mac and cheese – Yum! Apple Pie –… Continue Reading →

Lola has been doing great with Elsie – but we can tell that she is a bit jealous. She steals little things – pacifiers, sockies – but very deliberately so that we catch her. We found her snuggled in the… Continue Reading →

what a kissable smudgekin ….

We decided to go with the Orbit Baby Infant Travel System and we are extremely happy with it. The system has a car seat that fits on a stroller base or a car seat base (pretty standard). The nice part… Continue Reading →

Mark is great at most things – especially bringing me tea and breakfast in bed. He is patient and extremely nurturing with me so I expected he would be great with Elsie – but I misjudged him – he isn’t… Continue Reading →

My mom is staying with us for a couple of weeks to help with Elsie. She has been taking Lola for walks, making meals (yes family she is actually cooking!) but her number one job is holding the baby. Here… Continue Reading →

Yes its hard to be a baby! That little pout will get her whatever she wants!

My doula Lisa told me I needed to drink a beer a day to help my milk come in … its a tough job, but I think I might just be the one to do it! While in the hospital… Continue Reading →

After an additional day of photo therapy they let us out of the hospital – yes they just let us walk out with a baby, they, in fact, escorted us out the door. We snuggled the little bundle up in… Continue Reading →

We were hoping to be discharged from the hospital today but Elsie’s biliruben count (jaundice) came in high and she needed some phototherapy. They wanted her to be as naked as possible and snuggle under a bed of lights. She… Continue Reading →

The last few days is the epitome of a blogworthy event. The birth of our first child, our daughter Elsie Lane is one of those things that completely resets you. All this while I had been cautiously optimistic that I… Continue Reading →

I haven’t done a Lola update in a while – because it has been quite a road with our little terrorizer! Last October it was recommended that we see a dog behaviorist and start some new training afterLola was exhibiting… Continue Reading →