Anatomy of a Roll

Eliza is on the move!

Okay, we understand you all may not be as impressed by this as we are, but try to imagine your head comprising 50% of your total body mass. It wouldn't be so easy to roll out of bed then, would it?

"I think I can, I think I can..."

"Unnnhhh..."

"Whew. I'll be running over hurdles like daddy did in no time!"

Eliza waves bye-bye to her first eight weeks in the world!

Eliza Goes to the Oregon Coast

From July 9th to the 11th, Carrie and Brian boldly went where they had not been before as parents: on a two-day, two-night trip to Yachats on the Oregon Coast with their five-and-a-half week old baby, Eliza. This trip went... surprisingly well! We discovered that we can in fact breast feed in the car, parked in a discreet location of course, and that Eliza does pretty well on relatively long car trips. 

We stayed at the Wayside Lodge in Yachats and took full advantage of the king-size bed and a gorgeous view of the ocean. Having loaded up on snacks and diapers, we mostly holed-up in the room, making just a few ventures out of our room for walks on the beach and for a lunch and breakfast in town. 

We do acknowledge that, looking at this picture, for all you can tell, there may as well be a melon inside the baby carrier. However, we do assure that we did not take a cantaloupe on vacation with us, and that Eliza is, in fact, wrapped up in there.

Hats and gloves on the beach? Yep, that's Oregon. The temperature was in the mid-90's in Corvallis, in the valley, and in the mid-50's on the coast for our morning walks.

So we had to bundle up a bit, but we definitely had a good time!

Dad's Secret Talent

Brian, mostly to his own amusement, has discovered that he has been naturally gifted with a talent for taking ridiculous pictures of his daughter. While he is sure that he may someday catch some hate for putting these on public display, he just couldn't keep them to himself. Really he can't help it, whenever he points the camera at Eliza, these things just happen.

We call this one: "Someday, I will rule the world..."

This blanket actually serves the purpose of protecting Eliza's neck from rubbing against the straps, and just happens to also make her look like a silly quilted lion:

And finally, the baby Elvis jumpsuit: