3 Weeks Old

Farrow is officially 3 weeks old as of today. She continues to be a pretty great baby ... fussing only when she wants food or a fresh diaper, and setting herself to a more reasonable sleep/feed schedule. I'm going to greatly appreciate the extra hour or two of sleep she's affording me each night! (I probably just jinxed myself and she'll be back to feeding every hour starting tomorrow.)

Yesterday a friend, an aspiring photographer, came over to take some shots of Farrow. They turned out beautifully. A sneak peak of the photos have been added to the Kirsten's (the photograhper) blog. Check out the latest snapshots of the little lady.

http://www.somethingcheeky.wordpress.com/

We will be sure to post more updates soon. For now, enjoy the photos!

Snowpocalypse II - Rainageddon, The Rainpire Strikes Back

Not to be outdone by the snow, rain came to western Washington yesterday. 10 inches in 48 hours in the mountains. 8.5 inches in one town in 24 hours. 3 inches in Seattle. 22 rivers flooded. I-5 south closed for 20 miles and train service between Seattle and Portland cancelled until tomorrow.

Apparently rain has a bit of a jealous streak. Clearly it was not happy snow was getting all the attention. To really make it's mark, it struck snow's favorite location. The picture above is at the most popular ski resort in the Seattle area. And that is a mudslide, 100 yds wide. Just last weekend 2 feet of freshy pow pow nar nar fell here and five days later, a wrecked ski lift.

We're on a hill, and had a huge rain shadow cast by the Olympics for most of the day. No flooding in Loyal Heights.

Here are some crazy links and pictures.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/local/readerreportsfloodmap.html

http://www.cliffmass.blogspot.com/

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=avalanche+and+hyak&d=taken-20090107-&ct=0

And we're only half way through!!! Sun and dry weather with unseasonably warm temps coming on Sunday.

The Family Returns Home

Well, we're home. Didn't take long for her to age a week. She can already play Canon in D on the piano and speak a little bit of Mandarin. Plus it is hard to keep up with her when she is always running around and hiding. Luckily Big Papi is good at tracking her down.

Teri's parents have been in town for the past five days and have been a great help. We bribed them with Grandchild time if they just made us a few meals. Everyone won. But seriously, it has been great having them out here. My parents come next week and will see firsthand and for the first time what being a grandparent is like. We still have to come up with their names.

Teri and I have figured a basic schedule thus far and aren't suffering too badly from lack of sleep yet. She's off work until spring and I am off pretty much all month. It's almost like we live in Europe (until the hospital bills come)

Teri is in LOVE with her daughter. Everything she does is Teri's new favorite thing in the world. I've become a very quick diaper changer, and spend my mornings teaching her how great the internet is. One thing we don't know for certain yet is what color her eyes are. Some days blue, some days hazel, brown, and green. Teri's hoping they settle in the blue range. She's a little jealous Farrow has my hair and skin complexion. I guess we find that out for sure in the coming weeks.

Finally, I want to thank all our friends who have been incredibly supportive. We have yet to cook a meal since we've been home from the hospital and have food coming pretty much until next Monday. People are STILL offering. I am not sure we deserve it but we're happily taking these. Thanks so much!