its been a while, hasn't it?

so it has. sorry! things, as you might imagine, are busy these days. so, here is a quick update.

shirley smiles - a lot!














its ridiculously adorable!

i think she is on the verge of giggles.

shirley also holds her head up very well, sleeps in her own room, loves looking at the mobile above her crib, and has almost figured out how to get her thumb in her mouth!

oh yeah! i almost forgot. she looooooooves bathtime!

wearing shirley

for the past couple of weeks shirley has had a little cold and a lot of gas, so she has been a bit fussy. last night was especially difficult. i think she cried for 3 hours or so before she finally drifted off to sleep. i think the one thing we forgot to try was wearing her. so, this morning when i decided it was time for shirley to take a nap i put her down in her crib. she didn't sleep and started to fuss after about 45 minutes, so i decided to wear her. i walked around, started some diaper laundry, read her dr. seuss and within 10 minutes she was fast asleep and still is. i am wearing her as i write. i did more laundry while she was sleeping, ate cereal (without getting any on her!), read all my blogs and as soon as i am done with this i am going to watch last nights episode of sing off. yeah!

Whens day?

Stoked on....My daughter's hands. There's strong

Photo: H. Pearson

Stoked on....My wife. She's a natural at this mom thing.

Photo: H. Pearson

Stoked on...and warm place to come home to. Again, I'm lucky.

Photo: Tami Pearson

whats new

well, i have to say that keeping up with this blog is quite difficult, but if we can manage at least one post a week between harry i, i will be satisfied, and i hope that will satisfy our readers (and shirley when she is older - assuming this blog survives a good 20 years or so. i suppose that is when she will appreciate it.).

so, here is what is new:

shirley is 5 weeks old and now weighs in a 9 lbs. 9 oz. her belly button stub fell off and she now only poops once a day (which, really yes, is ok). she is definitely bigger and definitely adorable! and she is starting to coo and make all kinds of noises. i wonder what she is saying...

anyway, there are tons of new(ish) photos right here.

here is one of my favorites (even though shirley's face is a bit squished).

At work and missing them.

Photo: Dad
Our first Thanksgiving is going to be radness though.

this is how shirley wakes up...







































..and then falls back asleep.

bathing and walking

this is what we did yesterday:




and we took a really loooooong walk to the park, around the park and then home. shirley slept soundly the whole time, and i was exhausted after. we had excellent weather, though, and it was great to get out and move around.

besides that not much else is new - shirley is doing great. she is sleeping a lot, which is good for us, and eating a lot, which is great for her. so, all is well!