Yay! Real portraits!

...and an attempt at scrapbooking, too!

Talking With Grandma

Nina is vocalizing a lot lately, mainly cooing and growling. Here she is having a conversation with Grandma.

Six-week Stats

We had our 2-month check up today, with shots...
(See above photo for a dramatization of how that went over- actually a photo of Nina wearing her Holland onesie from Tito J)
A little early, but no worries- Nina is doing great! She weighed in at 10 pounds, 11 ounces! That's 75th percentile for weight. Most impressive is her length- 23 1/4 inches, placing her in the 95th percentile. She's dead average for head circumference, as usual. It's 9:30 at night, and we've been spoiling her extra rotten because she had such a rough day. She seems content to listen to her Dad playing guitar while snuggled up with Mom on the couch. Mom's doing good too- had her appointment with Dr. McNair, the OB that delivered Nina. She was happy to see her and is glad she's a healthy, happy baby.

Shhhh... Sleepy baby.

After such an eventful day- most of which Nina spent napping- she is absolutely exhausted.

Pumpkins in the Park 5K

Dad ran a 5K in Lincoln Park today, and there were a lot of kids in costumes... None cuter than Nina in her Lobster getup. She participated in the parade and got a lot of "awwwww"s from the crowd. Dad did a good job in his race, and Tito J and his friend Alex came to watch.

Walking to IHOP

Taking a stroll with Nina to her favorite restaurant - IHOP.

Nina loves Tito J

Tito J got back from his trip to Europe, and Nina couldn't wait to show him her new skills (smiling, cooing, laughing, etc.) He brought her a onesie from Holland with a cow on it- she's going to try it on soon!

Meeting mommy's teacher friends!

On Thursday, Mom's friends from Volta stopped in to say hi. We hung out with Amy and Owen, Brianne and Joey, Rosa, and Jill. They brought Nina a nice gift, and passed her around. Joey played guitar with Daddy. Thanks, ladies! We'll see you again soon!

One Month Old!

Today is Nina's one-month birthday!! Holy smokes, did that go by fast. To celebrate, we went costume shopping (no luck) and out for sushi. Nina didn't like the looks of the sushi!

Nina Loves Daddy!

This is a typical night with daddy- in the first picture, looking cute. Usually listening to songs and making great noises at this point, maybe practicing standing on Daddy's chest now and then. In the next picture, making a "poop face." This follows a feeding, and lasts a few minutes. She stares at daddy hard for the duration, and then he takes care of the diaper. Finally, a clean, happy, full baby snoozes by her worn out dad. Awwwww.

Nina's First Road Trip!!

We had such a nice time going to see all the relatives in Michigan!! We plan to get more pictures together with all Nina's new "aunties" and "uncles". She is a good little traveler- she really enjoyed riding in the car. Nate was the first one to see her, as promised. She loves Nate. We also loved getting to spend more time with Grandma and Grandpa, and meeting Uncle Lane! We met Aunika- our cousin who was born one day after Nina, and our other baby cousins, too. Nina tried on her apron for washing dishes at the Mill Town (it was just a little too big!) We took a picture with all our Grandmas- 5 generations! Great-great grandma was very entertained by Nina's silly faces. We went to Alexis' baby shower and visited with our friends from college, got our first pumpkins (from Kurt) and played in the leaves. Here are a few pictures.