because what fun is the news that is?
Today we finally got some wall decorations up in Mallory’s room, all credit to Adrienne. Still need to get the cool letters that spell her name (from Elaine) up, but we’re getting there. Here’s a panorama. You’re going to want to click on it to see it big, and then scroll left and right.
Just ’cause there’s some video thrown in for good measure. Dudley enjoys an afternoon nap. Thankfully he seems to be doing a little better since the last round of meds.
One less hairy than the other.
Turkey day prep. We really don’t go fancy for Thanksgiving.
Mallory enjoyed hanging with the chefs.
After dinner Adrienne announced we were taking a family photo. We were not all equally prepared.
And what better to do after a big dinner than…
And the bonus video: Mal will possibly (likely?) be transitioning to less swaddle for sleeping, so we had to try and capture this before our chances go away. When you free her from the swaddle after a nap, her arms spring up to stretch. Pretty funny.
Strike that for now. Can’t get video to work. Maybe later.
Video fixed!
Even though our town cancelled Halloween – they literally called and said Halloween was cancelled, though I think they really meant to say they were postponing trick-or-treating activities until Friday – we still celebrated in style. And sampled the treats…
A bath, not her first:
Mom and Dad’s visit:
Playing:
A(nother) lazy Sunday morning:
Hopefully someone out there likes my play on words. And if you don’t, here are some photos. Mal got I think her third bath tonight. That’s more than Charlie’s had.
Of course I had to weigh her pre-bath. That’s my biggest bowl, gonna have to go with the roasting pan next time. She clocks in somewhere between 8lbs and 8lbs 2oz.
A shampoo calmed her down a bit.
After the bath Mal got outfitted in one of her many gifted onesie schwag.
Celli was not impressed.
Then dinner. And a nap!
Short story is the clouds made for not optimum conditions – they reflected so much light from the city that you could only see the Tribute in Light (barely!) through a lens.Look on the right side of the photo. This is the best one I got, argh. It might help to click on the photo to make it bigger.
The place we went to is Eagle Rock Reservation, which has a very nice lookout point on Jersey and NYC. It also has a 9/11 tribute, and had quite the crowd there tonight as expected.
And since we got crappy photos of the tribute, here are some Mallory pics to make up for it.
And one from I think yesterday. Two well-deserved naps!
Three in a series plus a bonus. Kid toes and sneezes must be near the top of cutest things.
I promise the quantity will slow down as we lose our ‘baby-high’ and realize how sleep deprived we are. So get them while the getting’s good…
We got home from the hospital about 1:30pm today, and spent the afternoon relaxing and napping and petting the furballs. Celli was interested in what was in the baby carrier as soon as it came in the door. The others have shown only mild curiosity. Had some dinner (smoked salmon and all the fixins on homemade bagels and a salad – way better than the hospital food!) and then took Mallory for a spin in the ergobaby. So nice to be outside!
Below you can see the detail of Mallory’s wounds from the suction cup and being pushed against Adrienne’s pelvic bone – light scarring and bruising. Already looks way better than when she came out!
World, meet Mallory Lenora Tallacksen.
Born 9:32am 8.15.11 after 7 hours labor and then another 3.5 hours pushing (!) with just a little help from a suction cup extractor (Baby Girl decided she preferred face up to face down, making life more difficult for Adrienne). I’ll share more detail via email with those of you seeking it. 19.5 inches long, 7lbs 3oz. (apparently they don’t round up I guess). I’ve never been more proud of Adrienne, she really is my Wonder Woman! And yeah, we’ll let you know when the whole name thing is sorted out…
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