Lu's Been Elfed!

I know this is soooo three Christmases ago, but I couldn't stop myself. Cute? Yes. Creepy? A little... Happy Holidays, y'all!

Rock and Roll

This is the first video upload. Better than nothing. The videos will get better. Sit tight.

SquidBjorn

By and large, the damp/grey/cold wintry weather has arrived in Knoxville, but we had a few lovely days last week. We took the opportunity to take Luella and the dogs out to Sequoia Hills, our favorite city park. The sunshine was awesome and Buddy and Ranger had a blast playing in the river and running like mad.

(Technically the Bjorn is supposed to be buttoned down so that the baby's head can't move around but Lu prefers to be able to look around a bit more, so we keep it out, squid-style.)

Mr. Mom

My maternity leave ended yesterday, and Allen is now in charge of Lu during the day. He's enthusiastic about his new adventure as a stay-at-home dad!

I'm sad that I'll have less time to snuggle and play with Luella, but feel very lucky that we're able to swing a schedule that allows each of us to spend time with her and work. I'm working from 8-4 each day while Allen takes care of her. I'm continuing to breastfeed so I'll pump while I'm at work and we'll have lunch together as often as possible. Allen is still coaching in the evenings and on weekends, so I'm on bedtime duty and weekend care. The trick is finding time that all three of us can be together, but Allen's season is winding down so we'll have at least a month or so of downtime.





And we've been alerted that her adoring public wants more posts and more pics. We'll work on that. In the meantime, enjoy a few new photos of the little one. (She's in the process of rolling over in the third pic. I'm still working on getting the video up, promise)

Happy Halloween!

Go Pirates!

Lu attended her first soccer game tonight! We drove down to south-central Tennessee to watch the Southwestern University Pirates (Allen's alma mater) play against the Sewanee Tigers. The good guys won 2-1! It was great to see head coach Don Gregory and cheer on the team. Lu was a hit and the team decided to bobble-head just like her in the photo.

The Many Faces of Luella

Grandmothers are getting aggressive about asking for pictures, and the one of poor Lu getting her frenulum clipped just isn't doing it for me. We need to end today with a happier post, so here it is. My beautiful girl.

(P.S. Mom - did you know that if you click on the photo a larger version opens up?)

(P.P.S. For more Luella pics, check out her set on Flickr.)