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2/18 4:29PM 7lbs 6oz 20.25″

It took a little bit longer than we expected, but we came home last night with our second daughter. Mommy GeezLouies pushed the hardest she’s ever pushed due to the head facing the wrong direction. But with the help of the midwife and birthing assistant, Mommy G. was able to push to the end.

Like she said after the delivery… the whole labor process seems to fade away after the arrival of the baby. Which is true. The eight+ hours just seemed to be forgotten as the surreal moment of seeing the new baby emerge.
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This has been a very interesting fall.  One of the major advances has been our potty training for Eliana.

It started with lots of naked time… but we gave up on that after couple days due to unintended consequences.

Instead of going cold turkey, we ended up getting a training potty from the grandma and grandpa geezlouies. This has worked exceptionally well. Eliana has been able to let us know whenever she needs to go… this started off slow, but patience sure pays off.. she has been consistently poopoo-ing and peepee-ing for the past week.

Our only advice… start early and be patient… and have lots of encouragement. Proverbs 22:6 “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Each time Eliana does her business… Mommy Geezlouies sings the potty song with lots of clapping and even a gummy once in a while.

On other news… our neighbors moved out to Culpeper. This was eliana’s playmate of around the same age. We had them over for dinner before they left.

In the mail. we have been getting gifts from Grandmammy. Enclosed has been various books like Clifford the Big Red Dog and other toys. Included is this early Halloween disguise…

Here are some pictures of e. She’s enjoying her day out with dora and visiting fourth auntie.

We started getting the sunday paper… which means comics… herein lies the story of our lives… enjoy!

Make-up… clown… what else do I have to say? Okay, so I got a new camera. not trying to do product placement, but just wanted to let you know. It was cheap, bought it at costco… point and shoot digital camera. Even records movies… so we’ve put away the Sony camcorder and started using this to record movies as well. the overload of photos and movies will continue to come.

Check out the previous post’s movie we just uploaded:

http://geezlouies.net/2008/06/27/baby-pics-fun-with-fourth-auntie/

Here are some pictures of Eliana eating chapogetti… instant noodles… black noodles…

This is the left over sauce from the other day. She obviously loves it so much she uses it for makeup… The pictures don’t do her justice…

So we went out to Cici’s pizza buffet the other day to celebrate. Eliana saw us dipping bread in spaghetti sauce. She started imitating us. Now she dips everything in sauce… Here are pictures from dinner today.

Here is our attempt to teach Eli some signs…

Some pictures with Eliana playing with her baby auntie…