Tutu Cute

Can't get enough of Nora in this little tutu! I need to take a better picture to do it justice...but this'll do for now. I think she's bound for ballet!

Little Darlings

Let's hope Eamon & Nora will always be this close!

Nora at 9 weeks

Not too much going on in this video, but I wanted to get a bit of Nora in action. I'll try to get her smiling next time!

Crazy Hair

Almost every morning, Eamon wakes up with a nice bout of bedhead. But this morning, he had an especially good 'do...it was standing straight up on either side of his head resulting in a mini Flock of Seagulls look. When he got up, I took him to the mirror in our living room to show him and he said (while giggling...), "My hair is crazy!". No arguing that point!

Cheeeeeese!

A rare moment where we got Eamon to stay still long enough to take a picture! You can almost hear him saying, "cheeeeeese" just by looking at this shot. Love it!

Little Bookworm

Must admit, it's pretty cool having a dad who is a docent at the Library of Congress! Though I've yet to take his tour, I will one day...soon...and I do plan to heckle him and ask him all sorts of ridiculous questions to stump him. Hah! Anyway, Papa has already started to share his passion for books and learning with the boys, and gave Eamon this very cute t-shirt for Christmas. The "Little Bookworm" title is quite true...E does love his books! I am slowly starting to teach him how to "read", too (well, he recognizes some letters, but it's a start)...

Pink Lady

One of the best things about having a little girl is all of the pink! I haven't let myself buy Nora too much...yet...but she has received a bunch of adorably girly outfits from family and friends. Here's a little romper one of my editors sent, plus booties from Grandma Flynn, Can't wait to get her in the little tutu/legging ensemble I just had to get today at Gap...and I'm on the hunt for cute headbands with flowers, because it's never too early to accessorize, right? (Woah, who am I?!)

SO Big!

No more fragile little flower...Nora is growing like a weed! Just a little over seven weeks, she is up to about 11 pounds now and seems to gain an inch every day. As much as I want her to stay tiny forever, it's great seeing her change so much. Her eyes are definitely getting lighter, too...no big brown eyes like Eamon!

Just some pics from the week...fun times with Daddy, resting while we can, and first smiles!! For more about Nora's latest milestones, check out our baby blog!

Holiday Visitors!

The best part about staying home for the holidays? People come to you! Not that we don't enjoy visiting people, but with all of the back-and-forth we've done for the past many months, it was nice to just kick back, cook, and enjoy friends and family in our own place. We had a string of visitors from a few days after Christmas on, starting with Grandma and Granddad Flynn and Aunt Mo on Tuesday morning. It was great to see them...we didn't do much but just relax, eat, and let Eamon entertain us.

On Thursday morning, Keren and Landis stopped by. They were on a whirlwind tour of NYC but made time for us. It was so great to see them! I tried out some new breakfast recipes (goat cheese and spianch quiche with a hashbrown crust and banana maple walnut French toast) and we got to catch up a bit.

The following day, Chuck, Kristen and Mikaela arrived for the big New Year's Eve weekend. We also didn't do much but play with the babies and veg out (though we did take a nice walk through Hoboken, at ate Grimaldi's pizza, and took respective turns going to the movies, with K and I seeing Black Swan and Mark and Chuck seeing The Fighter). We managed to stay up to watch the Ball Drop and then some...that night, Nora did NOT want to go to sleep, so I was up until at least 3:30 a.m. laughing to myself about what I was doing in years past at the same time on NYE...

Finally, Rachel came over on Sunday night for pizza and a little football (well, we talked, but football was on...). I hadn't seen her since before Nora was born so we had much to catch up on!

Buried in Snow!

The day after Christmas, we were walloped by about 20 inches of snow! Fortunately, we had nowhere to go, so we could enjoy the winter wonderland without having to worry about canceled flights, backed up roads, or even digging out car out (it remained buried until the snow melted later on in the week). Once the snow stopped and the sun came out on Monday morning, we all bundled up for a walk. It was COLD so Nora and I didn't last very long, but Eamon and Mark could've stayed out forever. We gave Eamon his beach shovel and he got to clearing the sidewalk with Mark--he took the job super-seriously. He was also very concerned about all of the cars getting stuck as they tried to turn the corner in front of our building...he is still talking about them more than a week later!