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Video of Elise taken in December 2011

Evan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:59:31 +0000

I’ve taken all of the video of Elise from December 2011 and boiled it down to a minute and 40 second video. If you’re reading this on the front page of the site right now, click the “More” link at the end of this paragraph to load the full post and see the video.

Many More Photos

Evan — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:39:20 +0000

Real life got in the way of getting photos online. We’re now caught up, though. If you go to the photo page, you’ll see many new albums of photos, including from Christmas, and many of Elise.

Elise discovers her voice

Evan — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:24:47 +0000

Elise discovered her voice on December 26. After a few tries, we were finally able to catch it on video on December 27. If you’re on the front page of the site, click the “More” link at the end of this paragraph to load the full post and see the video.

Video: Elise gives us a surprise

Evan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:16:56 +0000

Here’s a short video, taken with my phone over Thanksgiving. Elise was being cute, so I tried to get some video. She gave us a little surprise at the end. If you’re on the front page of the site right now, hit it the “more” link (right after this sentence) to see the video.

Video: Dianna and Elise

Evan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:07:16 +0000

Here is a video of Dianna and Elise. It was taken during the visit by Dianna, Brooke, and Melissa in November. Super cute. Click the “More” link to go to the rest of this post, which has the video.

Melissa and Dianna

Evan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:49:10 +0000

Melissa and Dianna came to visit with Elise and Elizabeth. I was at work so I missed it, but Elizabeth sure got some cute photos. Words don’t express how cool it is to have Brooke, Melissa, and Dianna around for stuff like this. It is going to be a fun many years ahead.

Thanksgiving 2011

Evan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:37:09 +0000

Elise had her first long trip, and her first holiday, when we traveled to Oji and Nonnie’s home for Thanksgiving. She did well, and really took to her grandparents (again). She also met her great-grandfather, and we got a nice four-generation photo of Pappy, Oji, Elizabeth, and Elise. It was nice to see everyone, and it was special that so many of us were able to gather for the holiday. We’ve uploaded some photos.

Brooke, Melissa and Dianna

Evan — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:09:44 +0000

It took some time, but Brooke, Melissa and Dianna are back on the East Coast for good, and we’re thrilled. They came for a visit last Sunday, which was the first time Elizabeth and I had seen Dianna since she was 6 months old. There are some photos from the visit up in the gallery. She is ADORABLE, and just a fun little girl. She and Elizabeth did some imaginary baking in the kitchen, and she and Elise got a chance to say hello (although Elise was asleep most of the time). It is going to be great getting to watch her grow up, and I think Elise is really going to look up to her.

Oji and Noni Meet Elise

Evan — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:41:20 +0000

Noni and Oji (Poppy T?) came in on Thursday night, and got to meet Elise for the first time. We’ve uploaded photos from the visit. As usual when we get together, we had a fun, enjoyable weekend. They were also a huge help, helping out with the yard, with meals, with the kitchen, and of course with Elise. Elise misses them already.

It’s exciting and fun watching Elise develop. Even over the course of the weekend, we could see a change in her awareness. She’s definitely a curious baby, and likes being around the action. She rarely fusses, but when she does the cure is often as simple as bringing her around people.

Elise’s First Snow

Evan — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:22:56 +0000

If you had told me before Elise was born that there would be a major snowstorm just over two weeks after she was born, I would have thought “uh oh, Elizabeth must have gone REALLY late.” Instead, we had a historic pre-Halloween storm today. We ended up going without power from about 1 pm until almost 9 pm. Here was the MacGuyver setup of the day:

That’s the UPS for my computer being pressed into duty as a power source for Elise’s bottle warmer.

The outage gave me time to get photos imported into my computer, and then upload them when we got our power back. I’ve uploaded a couple of photos of Elise sleeping, an album of Milo being very curious with Elise, an album of photos taken by Elizabeth when Elise was making funny faces, and some photos taken today during the snowstorm and power outage.

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