Lunch time?

Here's some footage of Layla hanging out before a feeding.

First Mail

Layla received her Social Security Card yesterday. This was the first piece of mail to come addressed specifically to her.

Layla - Now in Moving Pictures

Here is a video of Layla being changed. I think we captured a range of emotions: quiet alertness, fussiness, crying and sneezing.

You can hear WBUR in the background. NPR is on pretty much all the time in our house and Layla has been a little crankier lately as she's experiencing her first pledge drive. I've explained to her that if only people would pick up their phones or get online and donate then we wouldn't have to put up with it anymore, but she wasn't having any of it. She's too young to understand and really just wants to listen to Tom Ashbrook without any interruption.

Trimming the Tree

As promised in our popular "Layla Picks Out a Christmas Tree" posting we are trimming the tree. Here I am adding decorations, still wearing my hoody and Carhartts.

We decided to set the tree up in our dining room as we couldn't quite figure out how it would fit into our living room.













We moved Layla's little rocker seat into the room with us so she could supervise. She insisted that we play Christmas music as we decorated but we realized that we did not have any Christmas CDs. No Roger Whittacker, no Nat King Cole, nothing. Luckily, searching around the radio dial, we found WROR 105.7 FM a radio station that plays all Christmas music, all the time (Boston locals take note). This allowed us to trim the tree in the proper spirit.
















Here's the end result. We completed the task by eating chocolate chip cookies that Becky baked.

Walter Visits Layla

Our friend Walter came by to meet Layla. Becky and I have been taking Spanish lessons for the past year. Walter comes by to do language exchange with us; we help him with his English and he helps us with our Spanish.

Layla Picks Out a Christmas Tree

Becky, Layla and I went shopping for the perfect Christmas tree this morning. It was a little chilly but thankfully it was a sunny and cheery day.

We ended up going to Seasons Four in Lexington, MA, just down the road from our house on Mass Ave.

In our apartment we always had a small fake tree on a table, so this year, in our new house, we decided to get a real tree.









As you can see, Layla was cozy in her Baby Bjorn (Thanks Will and Janine!). She was incredibly excited, as usual, and picked out the tree you see above.
















I'm not sure why I'm scowling in this photo. Honestly, I was enjoying myself.

I am in my, now ubiquitous, hoody and Carhartts. I swear I wear other clothes but since I've been on parental leave, I have no reason to look nice for clients or coworkers or anything. Plus the hoody and Carhartts are so comfortable and pretty much baby proof.

Stay tuned for more pictures of our fully trimmed tree in our home.

Growing Fast!

Layla had her 2 week weight check-up today. She was 8 lbs 1.9 oz at birth, she came home at 7 lbs 9 oz, and last Tuesday at her check-up she was 8 lbs 0.5 oz. Today she tipped the scale at 9 lbs 6 oz! She's a growing girl! She's also graduated out of the newborn diapers, and into the size ones. Truthfully, the newborns still fit her, but we ran out and didn't want to buy more since the size ones supposedly fit starting at 8 pounds. How did she get so big so quickly?!?!?