Sunday Dinner

Ingrid with Granny

Ingrid made a brief appearance at Sunday dinner. She wore the yellow dress that my mom was blessed in.  (My aunt Lisa, my sister Caroline, and I all wore this dress as babies, too.) When the clock struck 6 o'clock, this little princess had to disappear for the night.  She was sad she had to miss out on the fun upstairs, and tried to have us come and retrieve her a couple of times.

with Will and Lisa

The Center of Attention

How lucky is Ingrid that she gets to have two of her great-grandparents near by? They love her to pieces of course... and she feels the same. I grew up in close contact with several of my great-grandparents, and I feel so grateful for that. They were such sweet people, and I'm looking forward to meeting them again on the other side.

My Mom's Teenage Trip to Greece

My mom recently found these photos of her family's trip to Greece in the 70's. I love it all -- the clothes, the hair, the sun drenched colors... Sign me up, please.

p.s. That's my mom in the pink dress.

Christmas

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas! We've been having a wonderful time with our family members from near and far. It's great seeing how they all love her (almost) as much as Kirk and I do.

At the same time, it's been stressful since we found out last week that Ingrid hadn't been gaining weight and (at five weeks old) still wasn't up to her birth weight. I'm going in this afternoon to see if all the pumping, more frequent and careful feedings, supplementing, prayers, herbal remedies, etc... have paid off. Everything else in my life has pretty much been on hold while we work to fatten up our sweet little girl.

Ingrid with her adoring 3 year old cousin (above) and her equally adoring great-granny and great-papa (below).