Elle's BF

The weekend goes by far too fast. I love having Casey with me all weekend long to help me with Elle. It's so nice to have an extra pair of hands. I don't know how my mom did it. She didn't have any family around (or even in the same country), my dad was busy working and finishing his PhD, and she had 4 little ones under 6. Yikes. 


I had the pleasure of meeting two new baby's this past Friday and Saturday. Friday I went over to meet my manager, Sandy's, new little baby Naomi. We tried to get a picture of them together and it was hilariously difficult. My sweet Elle, who is normally as chipper as can be, was whining, giving me the grumpy face, and crying her little eyes out. She was tired. It's so challenging to go anywhere when she only has 1.5 hours of awake time between naps. Even though Sandy only lives 5 miles away, by the time I got there an hour had already passed. Got to love Los Angeles. Elle was whiny within 20 minutes and full-on pissed within an hour. Naomi is a beautiful baby with a head full of hair! She is just 2.5 weeks old and I really couldn't believe Elle was ever that small. And that I was so comfortable handling Elle when she was that small. 

Mom, I said no more pictures!

Elle has started to wake up at 6:00 AM now so we took her on a walk early Saturday morning. It was our usual stroll to Coffee Bean just a mile away. We wanted to check-out baby joggers this weekend and found a store that carried both of the ones we are interested in--the Baby Jogger and the B.O.B. An all-terrain stroller is SO essential here. Poor Elle has the bumpiest ride imaginable on these sidewalks. Once we got there, it was disappointing to see they only carried 1 model of each. Kind of funny side note--the store opened at 11:00 so we wanted to get there as soon as they opened so there would be a sales clerk available to help us. We got there 10:55, the small store already had 3-4 families waiting, and all sales clerks were busy. Again, got to love Los Angeles. 


After Elle woke up from her afternoon nap, we made an impromptu trip to Irvine to meet Mr. Grady Jones Suttle. I know Elle and Grady will have many, many playdates in the future so it was important for me to get a picture of them together while they're still teeny tiny. He is just 2 weeks old and again, I had the same thought as with Naomi: was Elle really that small!? And she absolutely was. I just can't believe it. Here are a few shots of Elle with her future BF.

Elle is digging the new man in town

Little Grady

Casey and I  are becoming increasingly comfortable with Elle and our Bassets. She sort of lead the way with that one. Whenever they approach her, she reaches her little hands out and tries to pet them. It's too cute. Marley and Delilah LOVE it. We tried to get a shot of Casey, Elle, and Marley together yesterday. Here are a few attempts...it was difficult to say the least.