Seriously. We blinked, and 6 weeks went by. It hardly seems possible, but Phebe will be 2 months old on Thursday. Here are some pictures from the last few weeks:
Conked out in the bouncy chair.
Conked out in the swing.
...and conked out in her crib.
Getting a bottle from Dad.
Spending some time with Mom.
All-around cuteness.
We've had a good month here. Phebe was blessed in church by Ben on March 1 while my parents were still in town. All her great grandparents were able to attend. Lots of family on both sides were able to come. Plenty of our friends were here, too. Did we get any pictures? Nope. Not even of her in her blessing dress. Never fear, gentle readers, we'll stage a reenactment and put up a picture soon.
On March 10 Ben and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary. We took the whole family out to dinner at a steakhouse in South Jordan. Ben got shrimp, I had a salad. Phebe slept in her carseat and looked cute to the enjoyment of her parents and the rest of the general public. We overate and enjoyed every minute of it.
This month Ben made a wonderful discovery at our local library: he found Doctor Who in the DVD section. About a year ago we came across an episode of Doctor Who on one of our PBS stations, and were hooked. Unfortunately for us, we don't have cable and our PBS channel only shows the first 2 seasons. So when Ben found the next 2 seasons on DVD, we checked out as many discs as we could and put holds on the rest, and had ourselves a Who-apalooza. We tried out some of the other Who incarnations, but can't really recommend them. One disc was the very first episodes of the original Doctor Who that aired in 1963. It's about what you'd expect for 1963 science fiction. A little hard to watch. The other variation we tried but didn't like was Torchwood. This is a spin-off of the new series, and while it was really interesting, there were way too many flies to make it acceptable. It airs later at night on a different BBC channel so the content is a little, er, racier than the earlier-airing, family friendly Doctor Who. So anyway, Doctor Who. Recommended by the Tolmanators. Now we're on to Animaniacs. Good times.
Those are pretty much the highlights. Our daily activities include feeding the baby, changing her diapers, dressing her up all cute-like, and trying to take care of ourselves a little bit too. We love having Phebe in our family. She is starting to coo and smile at people. Lock up your sons! The other day I was burping her and she got all excited so I hammed it up. "Have you got a smile? Give Mama a big smile!" She did, and then she spit up all over me. And I didn't mind one bit. Aside from the occasional bit of monkey business like that, she is a really good baby. She sleeps well at night and tries to only be fussy during the day when we're at home. We'll see how long that lasts! We just love her to pieces and know she's the most beautiful baby in the whole world.
On March 10 Ben and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary. We took the whole family out to dinner at a steakhouse in South Jordan. Ben got shrimp, I had a salad. Phebe slept in her carseat and looked cute to the enjoyment of her parents and the rest of the general public. We overate and enjoyed every minute of it.
This month Ben made a wonderful discovery at our local library: he found Doctor Who in the DVD section. About a year ago we came across an episode of Doctor Who on one of our PBS stations, and were hooked. Unfortunately for us, we don't have cable and our PBS channel only shows the first 2 seasons. So when Ben found the next 2 seasons on DVD, we checked out as many discs as we could and put holds on the rest, and had ourselves a Who-apalooza. We tried out some of the other Who incarnations, but can't really recommend them. One disc was the very first episodes of the original Doctor Who that aired in 1963. It's about what you'd expect for 1963 science fiction. A little hard to watch. The other variation we tried but didn't like was Torchwood. This is a spin-off of the new series, and while it was really interesting, there were way too many flies to make it acceptable. It airs later at night on a different BBC channel so the content is a little, er, racier than the earlier-airing, family friendly Doctor Who. So anyway, Doctor Who. Recommended by the Tolmanators. Now we're on to Animaniacs. Good times.
Those are pretty much the highlights. Our daily activities include feeding the baby, changing her diapers, dressing her up all cute-like, and trying to take care of ourselves a little bit too. We love having Phebe in our family. She is starting to coo and smile at people. Lock up your sons! The other day I was burping her and she got all excited so I hammed it up. "Have you got a smile? Give Mama a big smile!" She did, and then she spit up all over me. And I didn't mind one bit. Aside from the occasional bit of monkey business like that, she is a really good baby. She sleeps well at night and tries to only be fussy during the day when we're at home. We'll see how long that lasts! We just love her to pieces and know she's the most beautiful baby in the whole world.
