Indy - Final Days

We're happy to announce that we officially no longer own a home in Indianapolis.  And as most know, we're not moving to Colorado but to Oldham County - about the same, right?  But until we close on our new house and Danielle finishes her residency, we are now in an apartment. Only 5 weeks until we're back in Louisville (Crestwood) for good and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel!   And, since the sale of his office (whew!), James is now Mr. Mommy and having fun hanging out with E (except for poop blow-outs).  June's a very busy month for us but we'll keep this updated during nap times.

You looking at me Mr. Octopus?

I LOVE my octopus!

2 months and all smiles (mostly)

We've had some requests for a new post and to those who look, I apologize for the delay.

Little E has made some amazing changes in the last month. The most fun is that she turns her head toward our voices and is very easy to provoke a smile. At about 6 weeks is was like her eyes "turned on" and she could see so much better. She loves her play mat and insists on being entertained when not sleeping, eating or pooping. And speaking of dirty diapers, if its the least bit wet or dirty, she screams bloody murder until its changed. Guess I can't blame her for not wanting a wet booty, though. She's becoming very good at letting us know what she likes and particularly what she doesn't like - our little princess. Some cute pics:

"Sherm, get outta my face!"

Happy Morning - around 6:30 if I recall.....

"I'm a big girl...and I ain't talkin' about my cheeks"

"Oh daddy, I'm so happy you bought me that 80G iPod!"

One Month Old

Over the last 4 weeks we've really seen some big changes come on. Evelyn has started to be much more alert and interactive (i.e. turning to look when she hears Danielle or I talking). She's also learning to be manipulative - just tonight she was screaming bloody murder in the crib and stopped the instant I picked her up and stared into my eyes as if to say "why do you want to leave me in here alone - don't you love me daddy". They wrap you up early apparently.

She's also overcome her lack of weight gain - she's become a little piglet and has topped 9 lbs which makes us very happy of course. We finally had some professional pictures taken the other day which have turned out very well.

If you can't tell - we're smitten.

3 weeks and counting....

We've finally started to get pretty used to our new routine and are trying to get some control back into our lives.  Last week was my first week back after delivery which took some real adjustment for all of us.  I think we ate out almost every night.  We're eating at home most meals now (thanks to some great friends bringing some awesome meals) and are doing things other than watch Evelyn sleep, eat and poop.  Danielle's even trying to start studying for her board exam.

As I write this tonight, Little E is loudly protesting going to bed - some serious good lungs.  All in all though, she's a pretty happy baby and we're having fun watching her become more alert. I think she's particularly cute after her 7AM feeding - really rested, calm and sweet - my kind of "Daddy-time".    

The following picture pretty accurately shows her size - she's not as big as the previous ones make her out to be - its just those cheeks.  She's definitely the prettiest baby we've ever seen!

We're home - but what day is it?

Evelyn was finally released from the hospital in Indianapolis on Friday the 7th around 5 pm. We had been warned of a snow storm hitting Louisville starting Friday night with predictions of up to 14 inches. We decided that we'd rather just go for it rather than get snowed out of Louisville for a couple of days (since 95% of the baby's stuff was there). So, I loaded up all our stuff (including the dogs) beforehand and we set out straight from the hospital. The weather predictions were correct for once and it took us nearly 5 hours to travel the 125 miles - not getting us home until around 10! In the 48 hours previous we had about 5 hours of sleep so we literally crashed when we made it. Evelyn didn't even know what was happening and slept the whole way - meaning she was up several times during the night. We've just gotten ourselves somewhat together but have a lot of adjustments to make for the lack of sleep. For all you parents, we can now relate to the euphoria you feel when you get more than an hour of consecutive sleep. We think it might be Monday now.....

A few pictures of our beautiful baby if for nothing more than bragging!

Momma's baby.

It's all very serious you know.

I'm bored, let's eat. Open wide!

See you later.

SHE'S HERE!

Finally no more waiting - Evelyn Martine Smith joined us at 4:08P on March 5th. She weighed 7 lbs 15 ozs and is 20.5 inches long. A few of our favorites for your enjoyment ;)

New Family

Happy Momma

Still waiting......

As of 11:35A EST, no baby. We've decided the thing about the moon is a myth. Had an Ob appt on Monday and he was impressed with how far she's progressed in a week. While he feels comfortable inducing as early as Monday, he's betting she won't make it. If Danielle keeps up her jumping jacks, squats and lunges, it may be earlier than later (you think she's ready to deliver?). We can definitely tell the baby's lined up for the downhill slide - all we can really feel now are her feet/legs/butt near Danielle's ribs.