Author: Mike

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 –…

Eleanor celebrated her first Christmas this week with Mom and Dad, Papa John, Mimi Sheri, Aunt Lary and Uncle B.  She got all dressed up in her Christmas outfit, and took a few pictures by the tree, but didn’t make it up long enough to enjoy Christmas Dinner.  Maybe next year.  Uncle Jon and Aunt Shawnee…

This week we celebrated Christmas with Uncle Jon and Aunt Shawnee, who were also meeting Eleanor for the first time.  In addition to a wonderful dinner of Beef Tenderloin (or Pork Tenderloin, if you ask Lary) we took a trip down to the Christkindlmarket downtown, where Eleanor met Santa Claus for the first time.  Unrelated…

Eleanor had a visit with Santa on Friday – we didn’t get a smile but we didn’t get a frown either.  Ellie asked for a pony and a laptop :)

It begins :)

This is what happens when you use your daughter’s photo for a photoshop tutorial  :)

It was a very eventful week.  On Monday, we had our 4 month birthday, including the requisite family photo session.  Tuesday brought our checkup at the Dr’s office.  Friday was the office holiday party, and Ellie came downtown for an appearance.  Saturday Grandma and Grandpa came into town for an early Christmas celebration.  Somewhere in…