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January 26, 2005
Snow Day! (and night)
First good snow of the year on druid hill...
and everyone was out to enjoy it. buddy....
and a couple of snow loving girls...
Posted by npaci at 10:15 PM | Comments (0)
January 18, 2005
Peace
Yesterday Ella and I went to an exhibit against the war at the National Cathedral. This was an adventure in many, many things.
This was the first time that ella was in the National Cathedral. And since she is now taking a bottle it was the first time I have taken her so far from Rachel for so long.
We went and visited Grammie who was volunteering at the exhibit after a bit of a chilly walk from the street.
The world of weather and wind makes Ella laugh and scream, so outfitted with a hat and a crazy thick snow suit we braved the elements and had a nice little arctic walk up through the grounds of the national cathedral. And after a nice little visit we headed on home, with a rather dramatic detour at the Paci residence on Ivy street.
(Such a cute wearable baby. She looks like a starfish to me in that crazy backpack and snowsuit.)
Where we made a few strategic mistakes.
1. Don't try and move a sleeping baby. You will wake her. See number 2.
2. Don't wake a sleeping baby. Especially if she was only asleep for 20 minutes and it is nap time.
After doing both of these things, Paci and I proceeded to try and soothe ella for quite a while, she was very unhappy, with very wet tears rolling down her cheeks from the start.
I finally got her to take a bottle (a newly accepted form of feeding) and this seemed to help for a moment.
Then the diaper was notably swollen, so that had to come off, that seemed to help even further.
By this time the fireplace was rolling along nicely, which had some more soothing effect on our little Ella. And then it was time to load her back into the car where she promptly foldered herself into the smallest, most uncomfortably slumped over, sleeping baby, and was asleep within two blocks of leaving. Only to go home and pick up Rach and go get some good asian grocery produce. On the way home from the grocery we tried to keep Ella from falling asleep in the car so we wouldn't have to wake her yet again when taking her out of the car, we succeeded at this and got her home to some swaddle free nap time.
By the time it was over and we were back Ella and I had a 3+ hour adventure without Rachel. I don't know who missed who more, but Ella's eyes were definately more red than Rach's. We will do this again soon! She is so sweet and fun to take places. When the weather is a bit warmer we will go back to the grounds of the cathedral, they are beautiful, even in the bitter cold.
-Dad.
Posted by npaci at 12:39 PM | Comments (1)
January 10, 2005
Cowsharing
On Saturday, we visited Hedgebrook Farms in Winchester, VA. We went out there to buy a share in a cow named Blue. She will be providing us with 1 gallon of fresh raw, unpasteurized, non-homogenized milk each week.
They have over 100 animals at this small dairy farm, including llamas, turkeys, chickens, sheep, goats, peacocks, a sweet Great Dane named Tucker, and a very cute baby calf (with Debo below).
The best part of the whole day was Ella riding in the backpack on my shoulders. She was so thrilled to be outside in the wind and the fresh air on such a gorgeous winter, yet very mild day, that she was squealing with delight for hours. What a completely happy baby. Her hair was blowing in the breeze.
We went down into the mud and the muck to look for Blue. Ella couldn't get enough of the fresh air. She flapped her arms and had a blast.
Noah and Ella met the goats, as well. What a fun day! I know we all can't wait to visit in the spring!
Posted by rach at 10:29 PM | Comments (0)
January 06, 2005
Eating
Ella is almost 5 months old and she loves to eat her "solid foods," even though they aren't very solid. As you may see, eating is not a very neat activity. Ella loves a combination of apples, banana and cereal for breakfast and a mixture of avocados and bananas with cereals for dinner. Sweet potatoes are another favorite , as well.
Posted by rach at 10:21 AM | Comments (3)