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Valentine fun

We had a lot of fun with Valentine's Day this year.  Nora is finally old enough to anticipate and appreciate holidays and we're having fun making memories with her!

Last Friday a friend of ours threw a lovely little Mother/Daughter Valentine's Tea.  The little girls made post boxes by decorating empty tissue boxes with heart stickers, paper doilies, ribbon, paper, etc. and then 'posted' Valentines that they had brought with them to each other.  Genius idea!  Most of the little girls were just old enough to find the whole thing very exciting.  This is the Valentine that we brought to give to the other little girls.    (Sorry the light stinks - it's much cuter in person!  And no, Nora does not have red hair.)

I couldn't help but throw a little something together for the Mums too after I saw these hand-sewn Valentine tea bags on a blog I often visit.  I decided to design my own and sewed them up the night before the tea.

We had a lovely lunch there and a great time with friends!  

On Sunday we made cookies with Grandma Edsall.  I tend to be a cookie decorating perfectionist - but I curbed my compulsion to 'help' Nora and instead let her go with pretty much all the frosting and sprinkles her little heart desired.  She had a great time and made special, personalized cookies for Grandma, Daddy and me. Talk about sugar overload!  

You may also note that she did her own hair that day... with 4 randomly scattered hair clips.  What can I say?  She's a trendsetter!  

Valentine's Day itself started sadly.  In the morning we said goodbye to Grandma who had to catch her flight back home.  Nora is missing all her cuddles and undivided attention and is anxious for her to come back.  

But the day improved.  Grandma left us stocked with delicious chocolates, I managed to turn out a decent dinner (which we ate by candlelight - Nora's request), Ben brought home flowers for his sweethearts (Tulips - my absolute favorite!  Red for me, yellow for Nora.), and we all exchanged Valentines.  It was all pretty much lost on Eli who slept through it all.  Oh well.  Maybe next year...

One Month!

Hi all.

It has been a busy month here in the Edsall household as we have slowly adjusted to the presence (and needs) of our little boy. Eli, however, has been oblivious to all the effort we have put in. It's like he doesn't even care. Kids. They just take and take.

Really, though, it has been pretty easy as far as transitions go and Eli is thus far a good eater and a "good" sleeper. He was born at 8lbs 12oz and as of 1 month he is 10lbs 10oz. Yeah, our boy can eat.

It's hard to believe that Eli is a whole month old!  Here he is on a quilt that Deanna made for him (perhaps another post on that later...)  The plan is to take a photo on this blanket as each month passes in order to visually record his growth.  

1 Month Old

This morning at breakfast when Deanna told Nora that Eli was one month old she asked, "What does a one month old baby do?"  She is ready for him to do more than sleep, eat and poop and eagerly peers at him in his Moses Basket in hopes of seeing some new behavior.  We keep telling her that it will be awhile but then today, during his one-month photo shoot, Eli rolled over! (Photo evidence to follow.)  He was at least as surprised as Deanna. It's amazing what can happen when your head weighs more than your body.

enjoying a little tummy time and working on those neck muscles...

'hey, i wonder what my right arm tastes like...'

'whuh-oh!  there goes my head again... darn thing is so heavy!'

'um, mom, a little help here??'

'no seriously!!  MOM!  i have no idea what's happening!'

'whoa.  that was intense.'