Photos from the first ten days

[geminigirl]

Naomi, shortly after birth.



Dressed to go home. Even newborn clothes are big on her at the moment. I put the bow on, took the picture and then took it off.


A father-daughter portrait


Side by side with the kitty.


Snuggled up with me. You can see how much she resembles zedrikcayne in this picture.



Widget and Gizmo get a good look.



At a week old, posed with her stuffed elephant.



Dressed up to celebrate Daddy's birthday.



More birthday celebration.

Comments

[inkedmama.livejournal.com]

she's absolutely adorable! i love the photo with her elephant!

[geminigirl]

Thank you.

My Mom relayed a story from a friend of hers (someone whose children I grew up with)-one of the children had a baby a while ago, and they took a photo each week of the baby with the same stuffed animal, so that after the first year they had a whole series of photos with the same animal and you could see how the baby grew. We picked the elephant because that's kind of special to her Dad and me- after the whole "You're my elephant" incident we made the stuffed elephant for her to have, and one day we'll tell her the story of why she has so many elephants, including a new blanket that Dad insisted on even though we had no need for it.

[inkedmama.livejournal.com]

what a great story! i love hearing about family traditions & it's way fun when you get to start creating your own with your kids. :)

[geminigirl]

For the two of us, because we came from such different family traditions, we've worked hard to create ones that work for both of us that also recognize where we come from which could continue when we have children-things like our first night of Chanukah meal which is easy to continue. In my house growing up it was the pumpkin carving party just before Halloween...and I'd love to continue that tradition when she's a little older and can enjoy it.

It's the little things that make family time special though.

[inkedmama.livejournal.com]

jake & i came from such different backgrounds too. they really had very little in the way of set family traditions, but we have lots of them. he's really enjoyed embracing new traditions & creating our own - he understands my family a lot better after all of these years!

when we had chase he *finally* understood the rationale behind opening family gifts on christmas eve & letting santa bring everything on christmas day. his family only celebrated christmas day, and my family basically celebrated christmas starting the day after thanksgiving! :)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

She's lovely. :)

[margoeve.livejournal.com]

The side by side with the kitty one frightens, disturbs, and really amuses the heck out of me.

[geminigirl]

I had my hands full and needed Cayne's help-and he had the baby in her hands. It was the closest reasonably safe place to put her down for a moment, which then was cute enough that it demanded a photo.

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

I love newborns. Toddlers are a ton of fun, but newborns are adorable.

I was going to suggest the stuffed animal progressive picture thing when I saw that one, but it looks like you already had that in mind :)

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

What a cutie. Thanks for sharing.

[jaclyn.livejournal.com]

She's adorable! :-)

[glasspumpkin.livejournal.com]

She is lovely - congratulations many times over. The progression of photos with the elephant will be really neat, I think! How clever!

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

I love the one with Widget and Gizmo. She's so cute.

[nooks.livejournal.com]

I think the last picture is the one where the similarity between Dad and daughter really shines. What a fun photo—I'm still giggling.

[geminigirl]

There's a photo from about 1977 of my Dad with a cigarette in one hand and a baby draped over the other arm. I was joking that this is going to be Naomi's version of that picture when she's grown up.

[jennifer0246.livejournal.com]

love the photos :)

[katishna.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

wonderful pictures. Particularly love the one with the cats looking at the baby so tiny in the chair.

[vix.livejournal.com]

I too love the one where Widget and Gizmo are clearly trying to figure out how to turn the chair on. That little paw is reaching out to the on button!

[puzzld1.livejournal.com]

Squeeeeeeee!!! Fresh baby!!! *very gently nuzzles baby head*

[veryfineredwine.livejournal.com]

Awww! Thanks for sharing.

[aelf.livejournal.com]

So sweet :)

[messyjessy.livejournal.com]

OH she's beautiful!!!!

I love the picture with her hand in Cayne's beard! She's daddy's little girl already :)

[ladygreyy.livejournal.com]

What a gorgeous lil lady!

[cmariewt.livejournal.com]

She is a DOLL!! Not that we would expect any less of course. She does look a lot like dad. I LOVE the picture of her with the elephant.

[posthaste.livejournal.com]

YAY PICTURES!!!!!

so precious -- you guys are naturals :)

[rockstarbob.livejournal.com]

What a neat idea with the stuffed arlifant!

And E, she is so so so so beautiful. Thank you for sharing some photos--believe me, I know how hard it is to find the time, and you've got your hands even more full than I do!

[lala2.livejournal.com]

She is absolutely adorable!!!

The picture with the 2 cats makes me think of Lady and the Tramp..."we are siamese if you please...we are siamese if you don't please."

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

She looks very observant for her age.

[xxladyjxx.livejournal.com]

She is just adorable, E, and I am so thrilled for you. :)

[aliki.livejournal.com]

She's gorgeous!!

[fairion.livejournal.com]

Such an amazing beauty. thank you so much for sharing the pictures. The one in the kitty bed is cute beyond belief but I think my favorite is her snuggling with you.

[minikin.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting pictures. She's adorable. :)