Family Night

Here's Eowyn happily ready to sit with us as we watch NCIS Los Angeles (watch last week's episode free online at cbs.com!) & I fold laundry. She is feeling much better, though she still isn't 100% yet. She fits perfectly in the crook of my leg... She's starting to coo and it's fun to "talk" back to her.

Baths Make Everything Better

Here she looks like me as a baby (Nina, do you agree?)

And here, she looks like Ryan! (what do you think, Nana?) How is that possible?

See how little she still is in that tub? =D

Bath Gnome!

Such a sweetie, even sick!

I gave Eowyn a bath early in the afternoon, knowing that it would help with her fever, and probably relax her since she likes the water. I also forgot that baths tend to make her go to sleep and sleep hard, which was an added bonus as she needs sleep to heal. Well, it was such a success that I decided to do a repeat this evening. I took pictures that time since she looks almost well. Note the increased rollage and pudge factor! She's soooo preciously squeezable!

Halo-Baby

Our poor sick sweetie, after she had blood drawn from her scalp-vein. They went ahead and left the needle in as a saline lock in case she needed IV meds or fluid, so she looked like a small cherub with a halo... or maybe an alien with a head-tube. So pitiful.

So Serious!

Shifting Expressions

Flying Home

Our seasoned little traveler :)

She did pretty well! Cried on all 4 landings and 2 takeoffs but was very peaceful & smiley during the flights. On one flight I got her to suck her paci so her ears didn't pop, and another I took my knuckle out of her mouth thinking the ear poppage would be done... and it wasn't. She started crying the minute I took it out. Oops. She charmed everyone, though. One lady did a double-take, saying she thought she was a doll at first!! And I did NOT put that ticket in her mouth. She did that spontaneously as I took the picture, lol. She seemed to love the airports; her little eyes were huge and she was silent as I power-walked through them; she just looked out at all those people and lights from her little carrier. My precious papoose. :)

Eowyn's First Hike

Éowyn, Noah, Hannah & I in the Rouge River Gorge. Éowyn was quite warm in her hat, jacket, tights & Ergo carrier. She kept me warm, too!

As you can see, all 4 of us (Chris, too) went straight from lunch in our church clothes, with walking shoes. :)

Two-Faced

At times pensive, other times plaintive, we saw both sides of our princess today on our day trip to Woodstock.

On the Way

Eowyn was so alert and happy on the way to meet our friends the Shipleys at everyone's favorite store: IKEA!! (Really... even Hannah loves it) I love that I finally caught her "Now that is thought-worthy!" look on camera. She's so cute. :)

In the Christmas Spirit

I made the babies matching headbands and picked up matching t-shirts in the holiday spirit. They were so cute all day, but we didn't get pictures until almost bedtime, after the light was all gone and smiles were harder to conjure up! They're still cute... thankfully Abby smiles at everyone so sweetly!