Feet and Other News

I'm starting off this entry with a couple of photos intended only to document Eleanor's "strawberry" birthmark (aka hemangioma). Our pediatrician tells us that it will start to fade in the next couple months and will eventually go away completely, so I want to make sure to remember it as it is now. I know that sounds kind of strange, but it's been so much a part of her life for the first few months...people stop us when we're out to ask about it (nosy people). It's very much a part of who she's been as a newborn/infant.


It started out as a very pale purple-ish spot on her leg. The nurses at the hospital thought it was a bruise caused by the security monitor worn on her leg, but the pedi told us it was a birthmark and would get darker and "raised" before starting to fade around six month.


Here it is:













In other news, Eleanor has discovered her feet! Soon to be followed, I'm sure, by chewing on her toes.




On Sunday we celebrated Barry's second Father's Day, and for the second year in a row we kicked off the celebration at his favorite restaraunt, Waffle House (aka Wawa House, thanks to Henry).



Henry loves it there because he can stand up in the booth and watch them cook his breakfast. Except this time he embarassed his mama by impatiently screaming "wawa!! wawa!!" at the line cook when she wasn't cooking his waffle fast enough for his liking.










(Barry's first Father's Day as a dad of two!)

Later in the day we hosted a family dinner with Granny Diane and Aunt Lisa (and Aunt Lisa's new "friend"). Dad was put to work at the grill and there was homemade chocolate cake and homemade ice cream at his request.




The next day Big Brother had his ear tubes inserted. Hopefully this is the end of the torturous ear infections.




Everyone in this household is crossing their fingers.