Earrings

Noah decided to use his puzzle pieces for ear jewelry today.




Which was funny and adorable but kind of hard to photograph.




Silly kid. :)



-- posted from the phone

Noah's fire engine

This game went on for about a half hour.

It didn't end until he had moved almost all of his toys from his toybox to the chair, and Daddy and Mommy had to fiercely advocate for bathtime...

Tummy Time

Eva doesn't really like it any more than her brother did

But her diaper does match the blanket, which is a plus.

Even though she complains, she is really quite strong. Today I put her on her tummy and she rolled over onto her back! I'm not sure she could do it again (I'm not sure she did it on purpose), but we were quite impressed. My little gymnast.

The world is fascinating

Hey - look at that!

And that!

Tell Grammy all about it!

It's good to be Grammy

A comfy chair, a sunbeam, a grandbaby... what else could you need?

Happy Birthday Grammy! We are so happy you are here with us!!

Welcome home, Eva

Eva was doing very well at the hospital

But insurance will only cover so many room service meals for mommy, so we packed the baby into an unreasonable amount of fleece and braced ourself for the coldest day in 6 years.

Seriously. Who brings a newborn out in weather with -23 degree windchill? We do, apparently.

Happily, the discharge/valet process at Bringham and Women's hospital is a well-oiled machine, and we were able to get home without freezing. Noah was happy to see his baby sister again (he did meet her in the hospital for a few minutes).

Though he was much more vocally excited about the Thomas the Tank Engine balloon Eva brought home for him (not pictured).

I don't think the homecoming could have gone any better - Noah is such a sweetheart.

Welcome Eva!

As you have probably already heard, Eva Joyce Pytel joined us on her due date, Jan 22. We have yet to see if her timeliness will be a personality trait, or if she just wanted to have a cool birthday (1/22/11). She was 8lbs 0.4 oz, and perfect right from the start.

She arrived with a full head of hair, and while she is on the large side for a newborn she is impossibly tiny on the scale of children who currently live at our house.

Tiny, but beautiful

Both parents were instantly smitten.

And who could blame us?

We'd also like to send a special thank you to Saba, who came to visit last weekend and took care of Noah while we were busy having a baby. I think Eva may have been waiting for his visit all along...

New baby. Life is good. :)