2 Month Checkup

Wow, has it been two months already since our little girl was born? Lillianna is growing too fast. While I'm very excited for her to be at the stage where she is walking and talking, I don't want her to grow up too fast either.

Lily had her 2 month checkup yesterday. Basically it was a review of her development so far. They checked her weight (a whopping 8lbs., 4 oz.), length and head circumference and we discussed how she's doing as far as awareness, interacting with others, tummy time, breastfeeding, etc. We also talked about what to expect at this age and in the next 2 months until her next appointment at 4 months.

As for the shots, she got the following, which were combined into 3 injections and 1 oral: - DTaP (Diptheria, Tetanus & Pertussis) - Polio - HepB - Pneumococcal Conjugate - Hib - Rotavirus She did REALLY well with the shots - she only cried for about 30 seconds right after they gave her the shots. She's such a little trooper. :) Though after we got home she became pretty fussy and remained that way for the rest of the day. The Doctor warned us that would probably happen.

Tom is still on a break from Photography school which will allow him time to get the web business caught up. Classes begin again on January 16 with "Portraiture II" and "Critical Thinking" The latter of the two is an online class and will allow Tom to have more evenings at home. Since almost all of the General classes remaining are offered on-line, we have decided that Tom will pair up one general class with one photography class for the rest of his schooling. (another couple of years).

Meanwhile, Tom has also been given a one-year extension on his "New York Institute of Photography" courses. So, he will be working hard to get those assignments knocked out as well.
You can see we didn't post any pictures today. I think we have posted most everything we have, so we will have to get shooting again. I think the video camera is getting a thin layer of dust as well. Time to blow it off and roll some tape! (James and Desta have inspired me!)

That's it for now...Have a great Day!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2008 is gonna be a great year!

Must have been a funny dream...

Visions of Sugar Plums....

At about 4 am on Christmas morning, Lillianna lay in her bouncy seat waiting with anticipation as we finally finished the last of the wrapping and gift preparation. That is correct...we have not yet gone to bed and Lily is still wide awake.

As we gave quite a few framed photos this year, (guess what the subject matter was), Tom spent much of Christmas Eve in the office printing and framing photos while Joy finished the last of our gift wrapping.

Lilly Bug was our special gift this year, so it seemed like a cute idea to put her near the tree. Besides, it was the only place in the newly arranged living room that her bouncy seat would fit.

Here are several photos from Christmas morning and some recent Lillianna gems from the past several days.

Is that a plastic microphone sticking out of the top of Lily's stocking?

Is Santa trying to tell us something about our daughter's future?

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Love that north window light.

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Is that "Maxine" behind the grumpy sweatshirt? Nope it's sweet Grandma.

Wow, look at all of the gifts for me!

Tom's portraiture class paid off this Christmas.

Our Christmas Darling!

We couldn't resist yet another opportunity to get Ms. Lily into the studio again for more cuteness captured onto the memory chip. Prepare yourselves, as this is only Portraiture I. Tom still has Portraiture II and III to go....

Grandma Bea's lookin' good too!