Daily Ada-Ruth Lorraine 2008.11.16.01 - The morning after

Today is the day after my birthday and has been quite pleasant. Ada-Ruth didn't allow as wonderful a night of sleep as the previous evening, but it was still pretty good. There are a couple things were are becoming increasingly apparent as time wears on. First, Ada-Ruth may be a bit retentive. It has been three days since she has had a movement. Not terribly unusual, I know, but we are first time parents (FTPs) so we are obliged to over-analyze it. Second, Ada-Ruth doesn't really belch. Or burp. If she needs to get anything out of her upper GI, she expels a fair bit of it. This has happened twice now and it's fairly dramatic, which doesn't help assuage the concerns of FTPs. She did it again last night and believe it or not, she survived! As a bonus, her mom and dad got an aerobic workout without leaving the nursery.

Today we were visited by Chad and Laura Severson, who are in Colorado to celebrate his Air Force Academy 20 year reunion. They popped by to see Ada-Ruth and share lunch with those of us who have graduated to solids. It was a real pleasure to see them again.

I have also appropriated a couple of their photos. The first is the fifth attachment, a family photo. It's a fairly self-explanatory, very nice family photo of us (thank you Chad and Laura). The second is the sixth attachment. For the uninitiated, shortly after we moved into 2937 Mountain View, our dogs quickly developed a four phase game to play in the house. Chad captured Tycho in mid-leap during phase one, the part where I dangle a chew toy just out of reach, a few feet in the air. Most typically Tycho will be the one to actually catch it and thus begins phase two: Tycho teasing Ella in the living room. Phase three begins when Ella gets a hold of it and the two have a tug of war in the living room. Phase four is when Ella frees the toy from Tycho's mincing bite and teases him by circling the center wall with it.

I am also including a couple of pictures of Ada-Ruth's feet. I think that they are rather large, but having only the one child really don't have any idea.