It's been a busy month. We were in SF for just 2 weeks or so after getting back from Cape Town, then left for our east coast trip in early May. We spent time on Long Island, where my Mom threw a "Welcome Keira" party and we visited with some old friends and family, and Keira went to her first Mets game (and my first official one at Citi Field). Then we went to Vermont for a few days of quiet time with my Mom. Then on to Niagara Falls and Toronto where Keira got to meet my Best Man Mark and his family, including 5 year old Max and 3 year old Robbie. She is now clapping (at this very moment), waving at people on the street, and generally engaging everyone she comes into contact with. It's a treat to watch and take part in it all.
Great trip. Keira grew up quite a bit in that time. She loves to walk holding our hands, and wants to navigate her surrounding wherever we are. Not content to sit still and play with her toys hardly ever.
Yesterday was Jen's birthday, and also Keira's 5 month mark. Having a bit of a get together tonight to celebrate. Had a great trip to Tahoe last weekend. Keira really enjoyed the snow. I can't wait to get her a pair of skis. Just a few more years.
Pics are here, using Yola's new and improved image optimization features. Don't need to use FB, PB, or anything else to store images anymore. I've been working on this for most of the last month, glad I could put it to some good use.
(note to the non-judaic types out there: 18 is good number. The letters for the word "life" (Chai), if you add them up, equal 18. Doubles and other multiplicatives of 18 are good too. So I guess today is doubly good since we are at 18 weeks and also 126 days (18x7))
Keira stayed up till 12:05am last night to ring in the new year. Or rather bounce and coo and giggle her way into the new year. She wasn't cranky, but just refused to go to sleep till I gave her over to her mom once the illegal fireworks starting going off throughout the neighborhood.
Tomorrow she'll be 14 weeks old. We are well into 3 month territory, and things are getting very interesting. She's very vocal and very aware of what's going on around her. She frequently seems to be intensely co... Continue reading...
Hard to believe it's 11 weeks. She's growing fast. 14 lbs! Grown out of a lot of stuff already, wearing some 6 month old clothes already at just over 2 month. Thanks for the wardrobe contributions, and for all the great toys and other gifts as well
More pictures posted of her various adventures over the last few weeks: Thanksgiving at the cabin. Tree shopping and chopping. Santa. Synagogue. More sightseeing around the neighborhood. More friends.
So we hit the 7 week point yesterday, so supposedly, depending on which book you read, we're past the peak of the colicky-ness. Which is very cool. She does seem to be sleeping somewhat longer the last few days, but she's still pretty irritable in the evenings. Which is, of course, when I see her most.
Except for weekend mornings, when I take her for some long walks. All the pics you see with the city skyline and various parks in the bg (actually pretty much any picture of her outside) was ... Continue reading...
So, finding the time to post is hard. Even finding time to upload pictures is hard. I haven't even decided how best to share photos yet. I could post them here, my facebook account, jen's facebook, or flickr (and possibly several thousand other options). We'll probably some combination of the latter 3. Posting to Yola directly is still annoying since we've yet to push out the image optimization features in any real way.
