Two Months!!

Well, little Delaney has done quite a bit of traveling the last month. She went to visit her grandparents in North East, PA. While she didn't make it to the Wine Festival, she was kicked out of a winery for the first time (long story, but thanks Spencer!). She had a great time relaxing with Grandpa Whitmore though!



The weekend after the wine festival, we went to the Topsfield Fair for the day, watched the high dive act, saw little piggies racing around a course (and swimming too) and we saw the pumpkin that won first place at the fair



The week after that, Delaney got another cousin! So we traveled to Bernardsville, NJ to visit Willie's brother and sister-in-law AJ and Monica, and their new baby Kathleen Mae. Go figure that after only two months, Delaney would be twice as big! The good news is that everyone is happy and healthy!!

First month update!

Okay folks, sorry it's taken so long to bring up some new pictures, but Delaney and Kelly decided to take a vacation on the Cape for a few days, leaving me with no camera, and then we've all been playing catch up since then. BUT! Here's some photos from their little vacation.

DELANEY HITS THE BEACH!

Her first boat ride out to Nantucket Sound... obviously cousin Mikey understands that Papa Houle drives a little fast since he's offering to hold onto Delaney



While Kelly tried and tried to get Delaney to go for a swim, apparently she wasn't up for it, and just decided to snooze. At least she caught on that hitting the beach is relaxing!



After they finished their beach vacation, they came back up to Rockport where we hung out for a few days, and then we went to Julie and Jay's wedding in western MA. What a great time we had.... including Delaney's first dance with Dad



And now, these more recent days, Kelly and Delaney are spending the day together, relaxing, eating, sleeping, and hanging out. At her one month check up, she weighed in at 10lb, 12oz and grew more than an inch to 23 1/4". She's starting to follow us with her eyes a little more

2 weeks!!!

Well, we've reached the two week point, and her check-up was good!!! She's back above her birthweight, and she's sleeping in 4 hour chunks (sometimes we still have to wake her up to eat!) so we're feeling some more energy also! Which is why it's taken so long to post... we've been trying to catch up with errands, etc... But the family seems to be doing well!

Delaney's been doing a lot of sleeping.....



And staring.......



And, according to everything we've read... smiling when she passes gas...

More Pictures!

Well, we got some feedback that people are looking for more Delaney close-ups, which is understandable because she's so darn cute!.... so, for your random viewing pleasure......

One week!

Well, once we realized it was Tuesday, we realized Delaney's already one week old! We've had some visitors, all of who have been very helpful, bringing food, cleaning, organizing. Things seem to be going well so far, except Delaney seems to enjoy late night television and eating breakfast at 11am... not really what we're used to. Hopefully this is not an early indication that she's going to be a party girl. Here's one pic of Lola and Papa Houle at the hospital and another of the Whitmore family visit.

Time for a nap!

Who needs sleep?

Well, we've been home for three days now, and we're sorta starting to figure this out a little bit! Delaney's not up much for sleeping at night, that or she's just hungry all night long (we can't figure out the difference yet)... but we're finding ways to sneak some naps in during the day. Grandma and Grandpa Whitmore helped us from Thursday night through Sunday morning, and Uncle AJ and Aunt Monica showed up with dinner on Saturday night. While Delaney lost some weight initially, she's definitely coming back up to speed! Ollie is doing great!

Baby Delaney Arrives!

Well, Delaney Ann was born at 1:20pm on August 11th... Kelly said it may be the best anniversary gift yet. Anyways, things are going fine... she loves to eat! The delivery went really well.... Kelly was awesome, and with the help of a mild narcotic, was able to go epidural free, which was a goal of hers. Total labor time was around 9 1/2 hours. Delaney weighed in at 7lb, 14oz... no length measurement yet.

Since I have some time to post while Delaney feeds, I will add more pictures as the time comes... and I will start sending out the word about the web updates.