Smiles and Coos

Geneva has been smiling since her first week, but lately she is ALL smiles and she has developed the cutest little language of gurgles and iiiii's. We have a million videos of her at this point, but neither Nate nor I can figure out how to transfer the movies from the camcorder to the computer. And I thought I was tech savvy!

Also, we've discovered that Nine Inch Nails puts her right to sleep. Of course, only a child of mine would pass out to the sound of heavy industrial rock!

Update: The vaccines went just fine. She screamed bloody murder when the needles went in, as expected, but she then fell right asleep as soon as we put her in the car seat. She slept most of the rest of the day. The day after was pretty miserable, her legs swelled up and I know they were hurting her, lots of fussiness and LOTS of vomiting (not spit-up, but full blown smelly projectile vomit 5 or 6 times in one day). But she has been fine since (although she has vomited once a day since vaccine day). She never got a fever which I was thankful for, I was checking her temperature at every diaper changing for a couple days.

The kitties also got vaccinated this past week. So they can go visit with the neighbors cats. Yay kitty friends!

2 months

This week Eva turns 2 months old. It's a major step because at this age babies start getting their immunizations. After a whole lot of reading, research, and hefty agonizing, I have decided to have her vaccinated. I realize this is a controversial subject, and I'm not looking to start a debate. I am definitely NO advocate of modern medicine, it's all hogswallop in my opinion... but if we want to send Eva to public school she has to be vaccinated, plus the thought of her losing her sight to Scarlet Fever or her legs to Polio is enough to convince me.

Wednesday is the big day. I'll probably be a wreck.

In happier news, this is what Geneva looked like this past week:



Thanks you Csilla for the tricycle shirt. Alas, we only got about three days wear out of it before she out grew it. It really is leaps and bounds everyday, I think I can actually see her growing sometimes.

summer babe

Notice her left hand grabbing her shirt. She does this every time she lies on her back. With a deathgrip too, it's a struggle to open those little fingers if you want to change her shirt. And if she doesn't have a shirt on...? She grabs her left boob instead. I don't get it.

Brooklyn Baby

Geneva went on her first trip to NYC this past week. We flew down to see all my Brooklyn friends, and several other friends who happened to be converging in the city at the same time.
She was SO good on both the flight there and the flight back. Not a peep out of her. She slept the whole way to JFK and on the way back sat and stared wide-eyed at Mama and Papa. We were nervous that the pressure change would bother her ears, but she didn't seem to mind. The other passengers and the flight attendants oohed and aahed over her, we were VERY proud parents.


First we went to our friend Emily's totally sweet apartment, where we were staying, to drop off our stuff. My old housemate Autumn came over to meet us.

Emily, Autumn, Geneva and I in Emily's kitchen.

Then we all headed into the city for AFP's show with Neil Gaiman at the Housingworks Cafe in SoHo.

Amanda and Neil meeting Geneva during soundcheck.

Geneva having a snack during soundcheck with her noise-canceling headphones on.

Mama enjoying the cheapest beverage on the menu.

We didn't stay for the show because it was WAY past Eva's bedtime and she was WAY cranky. So we went back to Williamsburg and Eva went to bed while Mama and Papa stayed up watching cable TV (something we haven't had in a reeeeally long time).

Geneva passed out in Emily's bed

The next morning we took a stroll around Mama's old stomping grounds in Williamsburg. I showed her all the places I used to hang out. Then Autumn came to get us and we took the subway into Manhattan.

Autumn, me and Geneva waiting for the L train.

Eva sleeping on the train.

We met up with another former housemate, Dave, and walked around the East Village. Geneva was wide-eyed the whole time and really interested in everything.

Autumn, Dave and Eva in the Stuyvesant Square park eating Artichoke Pizza (the best flipping pizza in New York... and that's saying something!)

In all it was an excellent trip and we now know that Eva travels very well. This was a little test, and she totally aced it.
Yay!

Multiple Post Sunday

More Walkers visit

Winnie and Mikey (Grandma and Grandpa Walker) came to visit a couple weeks ago... I know I know, really behind on the posts.




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