Three weeks

Leila just celebrated her three week anniversary of life with a celebratory dinner of milk with a side of more milk. Daddy spent his morning having some fun with 57,077 of his closest friends, but was back on hand in the evening for yet more cute photos, a sample of which can be seen here:







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It's a photoshoot

One of the benefits of having a professional photographer for a grandparent is free chances to model. Luckily, a documentary crew was on hand to capture the experience:



Here's the whole family, through the magic of a tripod and a 10-second shutter delay:



and here's the lady of the hour:



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More from Bubbe and Zayde's visit

Tonight, some videos. First, a shopping trip to buy some cute outfits and a new blankie or two...:



and then just chillin' at home with the family:



More from her first professional photoshoot tomorrow!

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When we was fab

So, more videos and pictures of Bubbe and Zayde will be coming soon, but in the meanwhile, we had a visit from Uncle Dmitry (see here for photos of our visit to our nephew Ellis). Here's my brother from another father and mother with Leila:



and in his honor, a rare, never before seen concert by a previously unknown member of the Beatles:



and here's another rarity -- an a capella performance from the same artist...



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More Bubbe and Zayde

I'll get to the videos tomorrow, but in the meanwhile the cute pictures of Leila with Bubbe, Zayde, mom, and dad continue apace. Here's a sample of the full album:

Mama and Bubbe:


Mama and Zayde:


Leila listing her favorite things (hugs, kisses, and daddy):

Bubbe and Zayde in town

Sorry for the absence of blogging, but we'll be back this weekend with a vengeance. Early this week, one could find the entire family hanging out. To badly paraphrase a great Townes Van Zandt song, "I've got three girls; two are human, one's a cat. All I love with all my heart and here is where they're at..."



The big news, however, is that my wife's folks are in town for several days. There have been many new outfits and much cuteness. Here's Leila with Bubbe:



and Zayde:



BTW, if you don't know what Bubbe and Zayde actually mean, and haven't figured it out, try here.

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Baby's Day Out

Well, our litle darling has become, knock on wood, a rather good sleeper at night, waking up only to nurse and then dropping back out for hours. One byproduct of this seems to be that mornings are a bit fussier, so this afternoon, we decided to take her on a small outing. As could be expected, put her in the car seat and she was out like a light. We went to lunch, the video store (Children of Men for mom and dad), and to the library, since 10 days is more than long enough to go without a Raffi CD. We'd provide photographic evidence, but we forgot to bring the camera, so we'll have to do with a post-outing picture of Leila passed out in her basket like an angel:



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