100 Days of Ellie: Day 48

Uncle "T-T" has a remarkable ability to make Ellie smile at any time. I don't know how he does it, but I'm glad he does.

100 Days of Ellie: Day 47

100 Days of Ellie: Day 46

100 Days of Ellie: Day 45

Visit from Grandma

100 Days of Ellie: Day 44

100 Days of Ellie: Day 43

100 Days of Ellie: Day 42

In just the past few days C has figured out when and how to get Ellie smiling. These photos are the proof; even more important because these are the things I miss when I'm at work. I've got a feeling that C can make this happen because she is with Ellie so much and has won her trust and love; that's not to sound so self-deprecating, but I'll admit I am a bit jealous. But even when I am home I can see how C has a really special and exciting way of interacting with Ellie that just comes natural to her--something that takes much more effort for me to do. Either way, Ellie is smiling more, vocalizing more, holding herself up more, and getting so big every day, and I couldn't be more proud

100 Days of Ellie: Day 41

100 Days of Ellie: Day 40

100 Days of Ellie: Day 39

100 Days of Ellie: Day 38

100 Days of Ellie: Day 37

100 Days of Ellie: Day 36

100 Days of Ellie: Day 35

100 Days of Ellie: Day 34

100 Days of Ellie: Day 33

100 Days of Ellie: Day 32

100 Days of Ellie: Day 31 (1 month old!)

Happy month-aversary, Ellie-boo. You're growing up too fast

100 Days of Ellie: Day 30

100 Days of Ellie: Day 29

Ellie meets 3 day old cousin, Finn.

100 Days of Ellie: Day 28

100 Days of Ellie: Day 27

First recorded tear

100 Days of Ellie: Day 26

100 Days of Ellie: Day 25

100 Days of Ellie: Day 24

You can't pick your parents

couldn't resist

So, I've not made much of an attempt to actually write stuff on this here blaugh lately, and it's taken such an effort to make time to edit photos and post them for the "100 Days" project. But as you can see, countless photos are being taken and it's hard to filter down to only one a day.
Anyways, this one in particular is a good example of a picture being worth a thousand words. Ellise makes a lot of faces, but this might be the most common when she is awake and I don't blame her. She's absorbing a lot of information constantly and I'm sure everything seems effing crazy. I like to believe that face means "What the hell is that?"

Being a new parent isn't easy we're learning, but it is amazing and I wouldn't give it up for the world. Granted, I'm writing that while stuck here at work looking at pictures of her while C spends those 8 hours alone and fully responsible for Ellie and Alden. Even so, I'm sure C feels the same way despite the overwhelming frustrations and oppressive exhaustion.

100 Days of Ellie: Day 23

100 Days of Ellie: Day 22

100 Days of Ellie: Day 21

100 Days of Ellie: Day 20

100 Days of Ellie: Day 19

100 Days of Ellie: Day 18 (Part 2)