Elena is now over 2 weeks old and growing bigger by the minute. In fact Elena grew a pound in her first week and has continued to grow quickly since then. She also seems to be getting longer. Her little feet stick out of her receiving blankets now.
We love our little bunny! This picture is from Elena's first week of life. We will be very sad when she can 't fit in this little sleeper any more. 
Elena loves her Grandmama Mary Louise! After the joy of having Jon's mom Debbie Lightbown with us, we now have the joy of having my mom, Mary Louise Moskowitz, with us. Momma has been changing diapers and burping like the pro she is and we are SO thankful for the extra set of hands. We feel very blessed to have so much family supporting us!
Here in Vancouver we had a big surprise when we had a very unexpected snow. The city has been pretty crazy in response. Vancouver doesn't get snow very often and almost never in November! Here Jon celebrates Elena's first snow in front of our house (we live in the basement). 
Jon often uses his finger to distract Elena when she's hungry so I can get a chance to prepare myself for feeding her. In this case, Jon decided to see if she would suck his nose instead of his finger. She DID! We all had a good laugh!
Like her mom, Elena loves chatting with her girlfriends. : ) Actually Elena (on the right in pink) had fun at a reunion party for our prenatal class. We placed all the babies on a padded mat on the floor and watched as they interacted with one another. Here Elena was looking at Lily who is only a week older than Elena.
Behold the power of the Baby Flower! We snapped this shot at our prenatal class reunion. Elena is wearing pink near the bottom of the circle and lying to the left of the only little boy in the shot, Joseph (wearing orange shirt and overalls). Joseph's mom and dad live on the same street that Jon and I live on and we have enjoyed having friends with a newborn so closeby. We all had to laugh because Joseph is such a ladies' man being the only boy with a whole group of girls. Joseph's the MAN! 
This is the first time that a little girl held onto Elena. This little girl is Zara the daughter of our prenatal class instructor. She's four and was very helpful with all of the babies.We love our little Elena. Though sleep is scarce, we find ourselves experiencing the greatest joy just playing with her, holding her, and getting to know her. She's a wonderful little person!
Our love to all,
Beth and Jon
