Ellie's First Month

It is hard to believe that Ellie is one month old today! Time flies when the days are full of feeding, poopy diapers, and looking at a super cute baby girl :)
Below are a few picures of Ellie's first month.

Daddy and Ellie relaxing. Ellie is patiently waiting for Daddy to feed her :)

Ellie relaxing on the couch.

Andy came all the way from LA to meet Ellie. We had a great visit and who knows, maybe someday we will see parts of our visit in a movie. Who says the suburbs are boring :):)

Mommy and Ellie.

Danielle also came for a visit last weekend. She is a natural !

Yes, she does open her eyes !

We went for our first family hike. Isabelle loved being in Daddy's "backpack."

And Ellie loved being in the Bjorn.

Isabelle is really enjoying being a big sister. Ellie is starting to get used to being smothered with kisses from her big sister.

Ellie made her first trip to Nana and Papa's house for "family hour" and she got to meet one of her namesakes !! Older Ellie is also know as the baby whisperer and you can see why :)

Ellie and Grace. I see our future baby-sitter !

Isabelle and Grace. The 2 big girls of the family.

Daddy and his girls.

Sisters.

This week's favorite pictures and Halloween Fun

This post is a little backwards. It is really hard to hold Ellie and create a good blog post. So you will have to excuse the randomness of this week's post :) Below are my favorite pictures from the past week.

Isabelle's 2 favorite babies :) Scary, I know !!

Last week was another busy one for us. We had a Halloween party at Isabelle's school and then we went trick or treating in our neighborhood with our friends. Even the rain during trick or treating couldn't ruin our fun.

Isabelle and her teacher, Miss Erin.

Ellie and Miss Erin and Miss Payson.

Ellie slept through the whole party. But she was a big hit at the party.

Pooh Bear and her honey pot.

Isabelle, Ellie, Joe, and Elise getting ready to go trick or treating.

Sharon came over for a visit and to meet Ellie.

Jen and Greg came over to meet Ellie. They are tan and relaxed because they just returned from their honeymoon in Hawaii.

Ellie's first week

Ellie's first week has been busy and fun. She LOVES to sleep, eat, and poop. And doing all of those things makes her a very happy baby. Isabelle is really enjoying being a big sister and loves to help take care of her little sister. Below are some pictures of Ellie's first week of life.

We broke out of the hospital on Tuesday and had a nice relaxing car ride home. Ellie slept the whole way home. She looked so little in her car seat.

Ellie loves her bouncy seat. She likes to sleep with the music blasting and the lights flashing in her face. I think she is going to be a great sleeper like her Mom.

Ellie and Papa. Her cheeks look huge in this picture. But she really doesn't have chubby cheeks yet. But as you can see Papa has a calming effect on her.

We all went to Felix's second birthday party over the weekend. Uncle Dave is helping Isabelle swing at the pinata. This was Ellie's first birthday party. She slept through most of it :)

Felix got a few good whacks on the pinata.

Isabelle is singing the "sunshine song" to Ellie.

Daddy keeping Ellie warm after her first bath.

Isabelle and Grampy giving Ellie good night kisses.

Isabelle playing in the leaves. She loves to help Daddy rake the leaves and then jump in them.

Daddy and Ellie hanging out.

Our first family walk. Pushing a double stroller is hard work !

The girls !!!

Our Newest Addition!

Eleanor Rose entered this world Saturday night at 8:45PM. She is super healthy and weighed in at 7.2 lbs and is 20.25 inches. Isabelle, her big sister, thinks she is "cute"! We can't wait for everyone to meet her!! The paparazzi has already taken a few pictures!

Fall Fun and Nesting

It has been quite a while since we last created a post. We have been busy enjoying the beautiful fall weather and getting ready for Isabelle's baby sister to arrive. My due date is 2 weeks from today, but truth be told, I think we are all ready to meet this little girl and start our lives as a family of four :)

Below is a quick recap of what we have been up to.

A few weeks ago we headed North to go to Christina's wedding shower. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful spot to celebrate Pete and Christina's upcoming wedding. Above is a picture of the happy couple.

Isabelle and Mommy walking down to look at the water. This is a special place for us. This is where George and I had our rehearsal dinner (during a monsoon :))

We also got to hang out with Melissa. It was a special treat for us because Melissa lives far away. Isabelle and Melissa were having fun being silly together.

Isabelle and Daddy spent the afternoon in Boston while I was working. They went to the Frog Pond and had lunch with Marc.

Isabelle and Red hanging out.

This past weekend we had a play date with Kelly, Fern, Juliana, and Tyler. The picture above is the 3 munchkins eating pizza.

Daddy and Isabelle right before bed after our play date.

On Sunday we went to 2 farms to find a pumpkin for our "pumpkin." We had a great time farm stand hopping with Aunt Jen and Unlce Greg.

A rare picture of the 3 of us. For some reason these things really crack me up !!