Happy Birthday to Us

Shared my 36th birthday with Eleanor and my dad.

One Year Old

Here are some new photos from Eleanor's first birthday.  Her party will be Saturday, but she couldn't resist a mini photo shoot to commemorate the occasion.  In case anyone is wondering, she looks exactly like Grace at that age.

Sitting Up, Watching Soccer

4 Months!

 You've come a long way baby.  I think everyone has seen these on FB, but for those of you who haven't- here they are.  I gave up on finding a photographer and just found some good photo editing software, which seemed to be what I was looking for anyway.
It's hard to believe the little cabbage patch kid in the photo below started out as tiny as she did.  I'm so happy she's turning out to be a fat one.

I'm Geo!  Super Shapes!!!

They may look sweet, but it's all a lie!

What a journey...

Fashionista

Going to visit the eye doctor.

Having a brain scan.

I've been having fun dressing Eleanor in adorable outfits since she's home.  Unfortunately, I have to wrap her up after to keep her warm and can't really see the clothes.  She's been out a few times to the doctor and to my cousin Aimee's wedding last weekend.  I also took her outside today to get some fresh air and hang out a bit. She was 6lbs 1oz as of last Thursday and if she can go without an apnea for the next three weeks, she'll get to take off the monitor.  I'm already dreading having to go back to work (but that's also because those crazy people keep bothering me, lol!) (Not you, Amanda and Candy!)

4/18/2011 (34 weeks, 3 days)

Had a false alarm last week when we thought Eleanor was coming home Thursday.  She ended up having an apnea Wed night and so they had to restart the going-home countdown.  She needs to be apnea-free for 5 days before she can come home.  Right now she's on day 4.  I'm not going to explain what that means because I don't want to jinx anything.  Baby girl is up to 4lbs 10oz and is eating about twice as much as they had been giving her before they let her set her own pace.  I need to try and meet with the occupational therapist to practice bottle-feeding.  Bottle-feeding preemies is a process, and I'm not even particularly practiced feeding term babies as I nursed my other three.  I've fed Eleanor once from a bottle and it didn't go well, but I've nursed her a few times and that seems to work out fine.
Special thanks to Ms. Gayle for the beautiful outfit, Candy Pei for the outfit and bath set, and for the Baton Rouge Sigma Alumnae Chapter for lunch last weekend.  It was very yummy!  Grace said the salad was particularly "well-prepared", lol!

4/12/11 Big News!

 Somebody is coming home this week!  

We won't be up for visitors for a few more weeks.  She'll still be on the monitor and won't be able to nurse exclusively for a while (more pumping for me- blech!)  But like Sean says, it will be nice to have the whole family under one roof.