First Day of School

Eleanore started daycare the day after Labor Day - the same day that kids around MN started their school year.  Very appropriate!  Daycare is in the same building where I work, so I am still able to nurse her.  It is difficult to manage the time away, but so far it seems to be going fine.  I even listened to a conference call from the nursing room on Friday!

Her latest development is that she can roll from back to front.  She does it constantly.  As soon as we put her down she pulls her legs up and rolls right over. This is great, and very cute... when it is not 4am!  Because unfortunately, once she rolls over, she can't roll back.  When she rolls over in the middle of the night she gets stuck on her tummy which does not make her happy.  Patrick has to get up, go in and roll her back over.  He even coined a new term: one night when he came back to bed he said "she Beethoven-ed" and it has stuck.

Another development is that she has officially discovered her toes.  She is quite good at grabbing and holding toys now, and her toes are no exception.  They are the best toy of all!

Photos above and below are from the past two weeks.  I need to get some from daycare soon.

  

Bruce and Masha's Wedding

We just got back from Charleston, SC where Patrick's cousin Bruce continued the tradition of fabulous people getting married over Labor Day weekend.  :-)

We had a wonderful time and introduced Eleanore to just about everyone in the Tarry family!  This was my first visit to Charleston - it is a beautiful town and has a great relaxed vibe about it.  We stayed at the historicl Mill House and it was Eleanore's first time in a hotel.  

It was great to see Patrick's parents and brother.  We took some lovely strolls around town and ate at some fabulous restaurants (SC biscuits are to die for!  But nothing outshone dinner at Tristan's on Friday night).  Monday was Patrick's mom's birthday and it was great to be able to celebrate with her.

Eleanore once again traveled like a champ.  There was a lot of activity so she slept really well each night.  Her newest trick is "zerberting" really really loudly.  It is hysterical.  She just started about a week ago.

Photo above is a little Tarry family photo, photo below is from the wedding.  More photos are out on our Mac Gallery.