Eliana: 4 Months Old

Eliana just turned 4 months old.  According to the pediatrician:

• she weighs 13 lbs 7 oz
• she is 24 1/4 in long
• her head circumference is in the 67th percentile

She is definitely more smiley now, especially in the mornings.  She just found her voice over the weekend and uses it most to yell at that presumptuous baby in the mirror.  She likes to spend long stretches on her play mat, kicking the piano keys, swatting the toys, and staring at her reflection.  Her favorite place to be is on her changing table-- who knows why!  It is an instant happiness boost for her.  Her 0-3 month clothes are now too short for her, though she is nowhere near fat enough to fill out the next size up.  She can hold her head up pretty well, and she can also hold things in her hands, although she prefers not to.  I guess she needs a manservant to do the heavy lifting for her.  Her favorite TV show is football (but only because she hasn't been awake for hockey yet!).

We look forward to all the new things she will be able to do soon! 

The Inaugural Post

Why is it that as life gets fuller, it also grows more fleeting?  Like the tassels swaying from my rear view mirror, my college self seems just behind me, yet here I find myself married for seven (!) years, with a career, a mortgage, and a baby.  How did I get here so quickly?  I am grateful for the many blessings God has showered upon us, yet by letting them slip by unaccounted for, I feel as though I've been remiss.  

I'm hoping this blog will serve as a hope chest of sorts, collecting bits of memories for me and my family, but the teacher in me also wants it to be useful and relevant, with recipes, interesting links, and the like.  I may be a bit (okay, a lot) ambitious, and I won't guarantee that anything I post will be interesting to anyone but me, but I guess that's the beauty of a blog, right?  

So-- deep breath-- here I go!  And I apologize in advance warn you about all of the baby photo bombs that are bound to happen.  I'm a mom, it's my job!