Not Quite a Year & Walking!

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New York State Of Mind

Happy 3rd Anniversary to my mister (Nov. 29th). He bought this sleeper on our honeymoon in New York. Proving that we did, indeed, put SOME forethought into having this child.

The Mister and Esmé staying warm while the cousins look at Christmas lights outside.

And the winner is...

And this, dear Heather, is why I started my family a decade after you. If you ask me, this technology was worth it. 'Cause seriously all you do is swipe the bebe's forehead to get an accurate temperature. My pediatrician uses this in his office so I had to get me one. Seriously the best baby gadget ever. EVER.

A Message For The North Pole

Dear Santa,

I may deserve coal this Christmas. I have been VERY naughty in keeping my parents up late and constantly pooping in my pants. However, if I promise to do better, maybe you can bring me a Kitty-Carry-All doll or cool new outfit.

Hee Haw & Merry Christmas,

Esmé

Gobble Gobble Everybody!

P.S. Esmé is 2 months old today - where does the time go?

What I Have Been Up To ( a photo essay by Esmé)

I learned to smile, but I won't do it for Daddy's camera yet. Here's a teaser...

I go to work with Daddy sometimes, but it's boring so I usually fall asleep.

The 'rents and I went to Mike & Michelle's wedding. Yeah for new Auntie's!

What do you mean I'm too little for bite-sized Snickers?

Let's face it - it's hard being a baby so at the end of the day I treat myself to the latest spa treatment - a sink tubbie!

Shhhhhh! I'm Sleeping.

We often try and catch up on TV shows while the little one sleeps. But how can we turn up the volume on 'Castle' when the kid is clearly telling us to stay quiet?

Dreams for Esmé

Of course we hope that this girl is happy, kind, smart, creative - yada, yada. But mostly we just want her to be a Beatles fan. The mister feels it's never too early to start indoctrinating.

Tiny head or big headband? Maybe both.

Our day yesterday looked like this 60% of the time -

Like this 35% of the time - (which she normally screamed at)

and this for 5%.

The mister thinks this is a good muzzle for her toddler years. We'll see about that.

E & E

When I checked on Esmé tonight this is what I found...

Cousin Eli shared his bunnies (and dragon) with the girl. And if you know anything about this boy and his bunnies you know how special of an occasion this was. I think these guys are going to be good friends.

I heart my family...

This girl has her tongue out constantly, even in her Sunday best.

Introducing....

Esmé Maren

September 25th, 2010

7 lbs 12 oz - 20"

a few hours old.....

a few days old .....

a few weeks old.....

She has a place to sleep!

This is what happens when I leave town for 24 hours...Thanks Mister! It was a fun surprise to have "the girl's" crib set up in the nursery when I got home.

And mucho thanks to Grammy & Skipper for the beautiful beds! Now let's hope she knows how to use them.

First and Last

This is absolutely the first and last time I post any pictures of my daughter's hoo-ha. The Mister does not approve.

Photo Shoot for Handmade Jig

The Mister and I just did a photo shoot for the MOST darling Etsy shop ever, HandmadeJig.

Here's just a preview...

To get your cute on click HERE.

P.S. Blogger totally muted these colors! Arrrrggghhh!!

A Party for....

The Mister and I were thrilled to meet the newest member of our extended family last night.

We had a little get-together at our house so all the anxious relatives could ooh and ahh at baby Lexi. And of course the theme was pink, pink, pink!

The pokadots looked best in the daylight, but when it got dark you could really see the pink lights that we lit the whole house with.

And of course there was food... Thanks Marilyn and Whitney for the yumminess!

Visitors

I have a lot of catching up to do, but until then...Here's our cute Labor Day visitors.

This is only a test....

Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek at Mister's new camera & Elise turning the big ONE.

Hey Elise, what do you think about turning one?

I give it a thumbs up!

Chinese Auction

Soooo....I haven't blogged forever. I know. It's been ugly. There have been long days, weeks planning for the MPI Chinese Auction. I hit the pavement asking (begging, really) for donations to benefit Make-A-Wish. Such a worthy cause.

Side note: Thanks Chris for the "Scuba Experience" gift certificate. It was a hot item!

Anyhoo, back to the begging. I sort of put my job on the back burner to keep this thing going. Now that it is over I have to relearn how to focus on one task at a time.

Here's the gang...

The cute girl from Make-A-Wish...

The stage decor done by my coworker Ben. He's giving me a run for my money.

The $11 conduit-chinese-lantern-tree that Ben designed...

I don't know who this is, but it was too funny to leave out. I guess her mom never taught her that it isn't classy to be photographed with a drink in your hand. But knowing our group (the you-have-to-be-crazy-to-want-to-be-an-event-planner type) she probably posed for this.