happy birthday, Tiz

Tiz is one week old today. We gave her a bath and opened a bottle of Vueve Clicquot. She slept through her party, but she smelled great!

Tizzy and Mom

Here's a nice shot of Tiz with her Mom. Kim is a little camera shy, and since she's the better photographer and usually takes the pics, you rarely see her in the frame. Enjoy.

uncommon bond

This is really unbelievable. About a year and a half ago, this girl named Candice called looking for someone to do some catering for her work. We began a professional relationship and eventually became friends, Kim and I and she and her husband, Chris going to dinner once in a while and hanging out. In March, Candice called to place a catering order and told me the good news... she was pregnant. "No kidding..." I replied, "So is Kim!" Candice asked who Kim's doctor was, and when we realized they both went to the same practice, the questions began flying. When's she due... where's she delivering... are you going to find out the gender? Turned out she and Kim were due within 2 weeks of each other, so as the weeks went by we all learned about the process together, spending hours on the phone and around dinner tables getting used to the idea of becoming parents. In the end, as unbelievable as it should have been, no one was very surprised when the doctor called both Kim and Candice into the hospital on the same day. Candice and Chris' son, Greyson James Ellensohn, was born on September 27th, 2006... just a few hours before Tizzy Kay.

Dave's Flower

We bought Kim's Dad, Dave a rose bush for Father's Day and this rose bloomed on Tizzy's birthday, so he picked it and brought it over. Sweet.

Tiz the frog after her first bath

turn on your heartlight

This look inspired some Neil Diamond-esque serenading around bedtime. Tizzy on her billy lights.

Heading Home... and a newsflash

Here's a newsflash for you... newborns are a lot of work! Tizzy's blog has been sorely neglected since we got home, so here's an update while she catches a nap. We've covered a lot of ground in the last few days. We made it home safe and sound, surviving the nail-biting first drive in the car. Tiz was diagnosed with jaundice that was severe enough for the doctor to prescribe billy lights, which were delivered to our house on Sunday evening. When we put them on she looks a lot like ET, which inspired our first teasings of her (needless to say, she was not amused). She went on her first adventure, which was a trip to the doctor to get a blood test. And, of course, we had her first bath. All-in-all, its been a very exciting week.