This past week with some help from our friends we installed Lena's bouncy seat. The photo above of our old pro was taken a few days later. Below is a short video clip a few minutes into Lena's inaugural bounce.
Lena has also been developing a real sense of humor as well as some real patience for her parents as demonstrated in the video below.
Some treats Morgan baked this past Sunday morning.
A few photos from a walk this past sunday in Palos Hills area near Chicago.
Paul's grandfather, Paul Feeley, was an artist who taught for many years at Bennington College in southwestern Vermont. The photo above (by Tim Hunt of Catamount Photography) was taken at a show of his work that opened a couple weeks ago at the Bennington museum. It looks great and it's really fun to see his sculptures and paintings intermingled. If you want to learn more there are additional images of his paintings on the following two sites created by Paul's cousin Cary and sister Vanessa respectively.
Well, not quite the driver's seat but a big seat nonetheless. Here is Lena taking a test drive of her new high chair.
This past week northern Illinois impersonated a region with decent winters. We got 6-9" of snow in a storm Thursday to Friday and then over the weekend got out into the woods near Palos Hills for a walk with some friends. These photos are courtesy of Becca.
Here is the fam sporting a variety of winter transport options - snowshoes on the left and skis on the right.
Lena and Morgan stayed home sick today while Paul spent hours writing computer code and troubleshooting error messages. Nothing spells relief from sneezes and coding woes like a giggling baby!
Lena and Paul are bit by bit are figuring out this dance involving bottle-feeding. Here's a fiddle tune to celebrate a fantastic morning feed, aptly entitled 'Dance all night with a bottle in your hand'. It is a recording of fiddler Cecil Crank from Carter Co., KY, made in 1973, archived by the Digital Library of Appalachia: http://www.aca-dla.org/u?/Berea,1204.
