One Month

Well hello. Somehow the past three weeks since my last post have flown by. Somehow ;)

It could be because of this:

She's had her big blue eyes open a lot more lately--sometimes at appropriate times, like when the sun is out, and sometimes not, like at 3AM. Thankfully she's pretty easy to please, so long as she's being held when she's awake. Thanks to the magic of the Baby Bjorn, this is doable.

She turned a month old last Monday. One month! She's definitely growing; she's exactly nine whole pounds now and she grew 1.25" since birth. Her little thighs and cheeks are filling out and she's all sorts of delicious.

I love this baby. She started smiling over the weekend (real smiles, not just accidental ones) and I forgot how incredibly cute it is when a tiny baby smiles at you. I could have a terrible day and one little smile and coo from that baby is like magic medicine. She is spectacular :)

~Stacy

Official Photos

Last week and the week before Elise had her first "real" photo shoot, taken by my very talented friend Rachael of Blue Teapot Photography. All photos are by her--check out her website at www.blueteapotphotography.com. If you need photos done and you live in the area, this is the person to choose. She has the patience of a saint and her photos are all beautiful and as simple and natural as possible.

I'm in love with all of these photos! They turned out perfectly--and Elise is sleeping in 99% of them. If they'd been taken this week she'd be sleeping in maybe 10% of them ;)

I can't choose a favorite...I love them all. But if I had to pick, I'd pick the one of her sleeping in a basket in the woods. And the one of Charlotte giving her a kiss. But let's be honest, the real showstopper here is the very last photo in the bunch. An instant classic if I ever saw one, and the result of what a real photo shoot looks like with two kids at the end of a long session after one has recently tripped and skinned both knees and hands and the other has decided she needs to drink a bottle RIGHT NOW OR SHE WILL DIE.

And now for the best...

~Stacy