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Newborn Eleanor Week 2

Newborn Eleanor Week 2 was another very tiring blur of feed/pump/change diapers/wash bottles/feed everyone else/sleep/repeat. Eleanor was still sleeping most of the day and waking up frequently at night, so we were basically zombies just trying to survive. Luckily, Grammy was still there to help out and Grandpa also came to visit and meet the baby, along with out three other little “mommies” who couldn’t get enough of the baby. In Amelia’s words, “A REAL baby is SO much better than playing with our dollies!”

The girls did lots of swimming, park days and lounging around!

Nice to meet you, Grandpa!

No one, apparently, wanted to be in this picture.

The cousins came for a visit and went to the waterpark!

Dinner out in San Juan Capistrano– the kids were occupied by the trains passing by and all behaved really well!

Eleanor and I hung out at home while the cousins were out and about.

I want to go toooooo!

Queen Eleanor received many royal visitors every day. Pleasure to meet you, Phi and Sheela!

Maple is always the sweetest with Eleanor.

Meredith wanted to be a baby too.

All of the “babies” swaddled up!

Meredith had her own private beach morning with cousins Noah and Hailey while the twins were in preschool.

Magnatiles and trains are always a winner at our house.

Nice to meet you, Lily and Avery!

Walks around the neighborhood were the extend of Eleanor’s outings the first few weeks!

With school out, the twins were really excited to see some of our friends again, and Meredith had to learn to share with the crowd!

Lots of love,

Whitehead, Party of Five

Our first photos taken all together as a party of five, just a few days shy of Meredith’s two week birthday! All photos by Sarah Arnoff.

Typical family photo: two of us looking at the camera = success.

Oops.. I guess not all the photos were taken by Sarah. I had to get one of the photographer and her subjects!

A few other family members while we’re at it. Grandma and Meredith.

Great Grandpa and Meredith.

I love the prints I found on Etsy for Meredith’s nursery: Close to the heart, we’ll always be. Friends from the start, my sisters and me.

Once Meredith was born, it was striking how big the twins seemed to me all of a sudden. And not just physically… compared to the baby, the girls seemed incredibly independent!