Snow Day!!

Keely loved playing and exploring in the snow! We bundled her up and she trekked the whole yard. Of course, her favorite part was eating the snow, not too surprising given how much she enjoys ice cubes! Unfortunately, I had a 102.2 fever, so aside from some brief documentation, I stayed inside.

Tree Hunting

We headed out to Ferndale to hunt down a tree this past weekend. Traditionally, we get our tree the weekend after Thanksgiving (usually on Friday). However this year, given that my c-section was just the previous week, and the terrible weather (really, the bigger issue--had it been nice out I would've totally been up for it; I took Keely to Eric's soccer game two days after we were home from the hospital...anyhow....), we delayed a week. The tree hunt coincided beautifully with free Santa photos at the Ferndale ICU, courtesy of Evantide photography. So we met the Eltrichs, Wassermans, and Shannon Rush out there, with respective children, for photos prior to making our way to a tree farm. Keely totally freaked out at Santa--not too surprising given that I totally didn't prepare her for what to expect, her recent hesistancy (not a word) with strangers, and the parade of kids crying on Santa's lap prior to our turn. She recovered and we proceeded to the tree farm. Although we didn't have the Eltrich technique of "listening to the tree", we found a great Grand Fir for 20$! Typically we get a Noble, Fraser, or Nordman but you can't beat 20$ and it looks pretty good with sturdy branches. We got it up and Keely loves pointing and naming "balls" and "bows" as well as "reindeer" and "penguin" which is of course accompanied by the stomping of her "penguin" feet. I thought we might have to worry about her pulling of the ornaments, but so far so good!

2+ weeks

Torin had his 2(1/2) week well-check on Monday and is doing great! After losing over a pound in the hospital (he as 8 lbs 7oz when we left), he's gained back his birth weight and came in at 10 lbs 1 oz, which is the 75th percentile. Well proportioned, he grew an inch to reach 22", which is also the 75th percentile. Everyone says he looks just like Eric, and he has inherited Eric's small head too--38cm (60th percentile)--which is still covered with strawberry blonde hair. Poor little guy got circumcised and had to endure another heel poke. Thankfully, Eric was able to be there for the first part of the visit to occupy Keely, who is just so active and rambunctious. Unfortunately, he had to go back to work just as Torin went for the circ, so I had to stay with Keely instead of Torin, but the doctor and nurse said he did great! It definitely was a juggling act going solo with Torin post-circ as he got his heel poked and Keely who was overdue for lunch and nap...yikes!