Friday, February 29, 2008

Just Fun






Mommy and Daddy just love to snuggle with little Ellen, who is getting bigger by the minute.












She's almost outgrown her bassinette, so naps are now transitioning to the crib. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't.






OH! the stress! Apparently being a baby is very taxing on the psyche!







If I don't want to do my tummy time, I just roll over and dare Mommy to do anything about it.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Dad's Office Visit

Daddy's awesome co-workers threw me a party, and I had a lot of fun getting to meet all of his friends. Many thanks to Sandra, Eric, et al., for this nice afternoon!






Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Friends and Family Shower

Our fabulous family and friends threw quite a welcoming party for baby Ellen.

Check out the BEAUTIFUL and SCRUMPTIOUS cake from dear friend Dan and his incredibly gifted pastry chef partner Josh, accompanied by awesome refreshments from hostesses Staci and Beth and splendid beverage offerings from their hubbies Jay and Stuart.






Thursday, February 14, 2008

We now interupt our regular programming . . .

for the littlest endorsement thus far!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Showers, showers, showers!


Ellen loved her first shower Sunday at Caldwell!

(More Pics to come soon.)

For the showers still to come, the registry is still here.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

One month old today!

Ellen hit a milestone today, and she's still growing like crazy. She definitely has her Daddy wrapped around her little finger, and she's working hard on Mom's co-workers too.














Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Recent developments

On Saturday, Ellen finally got a belly button and shed that dried up ol' umbi stump. She's also finally big enough to begin using a very few of the handful of cloth diapers we have stocked. YAY for a happier heiney and environment!

On Sunday, Ellen made her first trip to church with us -- and even got to sing with the choir briefly.

Daddy looks excited because we also finally got to learn who our new pastor would be -- and we LOVED the result.

She also attended her second Session meeting -- though she slept in her Dad's arms through almost all of it.


Ever since Fairy Godmother Janet bought her the boppy, Ellen has loved sitting, napping, and cooing in it. This is today's installment!

She's also begun to ramp up her intake -- which fortunately also means she's waking up less frequently in the middle of the night!
(YAY!)


Tuesday she'll have her first babysitters -- Grandma and Papa -- after spending the morning in Dad's care.