seven months

twenty-seven weeks

twenty-eight weeks

twenty-nine weeks

seven months!

happy feet

i have a slight obsession with ellie's tiny, little feet - i could kiss and pretend to eat them all day. and i love how she grabs them at any given opportunity and is working so hard to get them into her mouth. who knew feet could be so entertaining!

six months

twenty-three weeks

twenty-four weeks

twenty-five weeks

six months! (where has the time gone?!)

a spot of knitting

i learnt how to knit at school and promptly forgot soon after. then, a couple of years ago, i decided to try it out again (thank you, youtube!) and fell in love with it. i'm not very good and make loads of mistakes, but there's something about it that i find really therapeutic. and knitting baby stuff is great because they knit up so quickly and look so cute!

more snow!

well, just more pictures of the snow...which has now turned to grey sludge and which is a nightmare to push a stroller through, but hey, these pictures are how i like to remember it!

five months

eighteen weeks

nineteen weeks

twenty weeks (and mostly sleeping off her first cold)

twenty-one weeks

five months! (and she started rolling from her back to her front, then complaining loudly that she was stuck on her tummy!)

snowy walks

it's snowing! well, it's actually a snow storm and there's a lot of snow, but it's still snowing...and i love it! as does reese, who insists on rolling around and scampering in it. and trying to eat as much of it as he can...

mornings

i've never been a morning person and i love my sleep, but waking up to this isn't so bad :) and yes, that's how reese likes to sleep in the morning!

happy birthday, sean!

this time last year, we were in hawaii celebrating sean's birthday, completely unaware that i was pregnant. this year seemed equally special though as we got a babysitter and actually went out for dinner, just the two of us! needless to say, i was very excited. how much has changed in a year! wherever we are, or however we celebrate, i love sharing birthdays with you, sean :)

here comes the cold!

my first new york winter was awful. we had weekly snow storms for about two months straight and i was nowhere near prepared for it. the novelty of snow quickly wears off when it's minus 10c outside and you can't feel any part of your body. not that that stopped me from dragging sean out after the first storm - i was adamant that i was going to experience and love my first new york snow! sean was less than pleased, especially as i kept stopping to take photos of him trudging through the snow:

i've since learnt my lesson and now live in perpetual fear of the winter. i was spared last year as we had the mildest winter that even rivaled winter in london, but now that the temperature has dropped here, i'm getting scared again. of course, ellie's been ill all week (thank you, daycare), but that means that we can stay cozy and warm at home with the yummiest of hot chocolates to heat us up. i can get through any winter with this stuff!

home alone

this time last week, sean was at work, ellie was at her first full day of daycare and i found myself home alone all day for the first time since having ellie. it was strange (and very quiet), but also lovely to have some time and the apartment to myself. of course, i ended up watching a few videos of ellie and wondering what she was up to, but i definitely enjoyed being alone for a while and best of all...i got to enjoy a whole cup of tea without being interrupted or it going cold :) 

working from home

sean's been working from home a lot lately, which has been great for me as i've had someone to talk to who can respond with something other than a gurgle! sean, on the other hand, ends up with this from time to time. not very conducive to working, but definitely very cute!

home for the holidays

after christmas, we flew over to london for ellie's first visit. she got to meet the rest of her family and a lot of "aunties" and "uncles". we were really nervous about flying with a baby, but ellie was great (although she was more interested in people watching than getting any sleep). i'm so happy that my family and friends got to meet her and that she got to spend time with her london grandparents in person rather than over skype. plus, sean and i got to have a few evenings out on our own - i don't think i've ever been so excited to go out to dinner! no matter how long the trip, we just never seem to have enough time when we visit london. and i always miss it so much when i leave. until next time, london...

christmas lights in london

girlie chats

new years eve with a baby (a very jet-lagged ellie was kind enough to finally fall asleep just before midnight)

ellie totally spaced out at the airport after hardly sleeping on the flight

four months

fourteen weeks (and getting super chatty!)

fifteen weeks

sixteen weeks

four months old!