Little by Little

Daddy B's going to try to catch us up to speed today while watching the Browns beat up on the 49ers. We're at Grandpa Rex's house in Yellow Springs; the dogs are mauling Uncle Kevin with kisses and Nora's asleep in Grandpa's lap. Naomi's nursing a cold with tea and a vitamin C drink and Uncle Steve's on his way down from Columbus.

So, last week before we left for YS, we got some good snow that melted by the middle of the week:

We went to a couple holiday parties, including one at our midwife Kim's house. There were 2 couples there that have 9 children, 1 couple with 5 and another with 4. We stopped asking after a while because our 1 child was obviously not as impressive at this party as in some of our other friend circles!

On Saturday, before leaving for YS, Nora took a bath and put on one of her favorite new onesies, which our friend Leslie made for her:

She was getting dressed up because she had lots of visitors coming over!

Chris's cousin and her boyfriend stopped by:

Nora slept through most of their visit, but she was up and at 'em when Alyson and Joyce stopped by a little while later:

That night, we tried giving Nora a bottle for the first time. Naomi's been pumping a little bit here and there and we figure that if Chris & Nora are ever going to be independent (don't worry mama, not truly independent!), they'll need to master their bottle feeding skills. It started well (see below) and then it went south in a hurry. We're going to regroup and try again when we get back to Cleveland!

Off to YS!