The Social Butterfly

Leigh has become very interested in faces lately. She stares intently with wide eyes and then, if the owner of the face in question is lucky, she cracks a big old smile. Given this new interest, we are trying harder than ever to supply her with interesting new people to look at. Sunday was an especially social day for the little one. First Grandma Stef and Grandpa Lee stopped by and finally got to hold her, after many months of patiently waiting.



Then Kasey paid an evening visit and even tried her hand at bottle feeding (with a little assistance from DKV at times).

When she's not entertaining Leigh concentrates on growing. She hit 9 lbs today! Hopefully she'll get on that home vent by the end of the week and we'll be one step closer to discharge.

SHV turns the big 3-0!

Yesterday was my 30th birthday. I was expecting a nice dinner out with DKV but he got sneaky on me and organized a top secret birthday dinner in the city with our nearest and dearest friends. Here we are post-surprise with Kasey and Ben and Stacey and Matt.

DKV even got some of my Brooklyn ladies out for the occasion. Here I am with Tarsha and Justine, getting ready to dig into a fabulous sushi and sashimi spread.

Throw some diamond earrings and a surprise ice cream cake the next night into the mix and I'd say that my husband really outdid himself this time. Thanks honey!

More 4th of July Fun

The whole family took a drive down to Wilton on the 5th for a cookout with the Luce family. It was DHV's first experience at a "kids table" away from the quick hands of Mom and Dad. Caroline was more appropriately dressed for this activity.

DHV wasn't eating fast enough for Caroline's taste so she decided to take over.

After dinner, DHV got a taste of his first smores. He was definitely a fan.

He followed that up with his first sparkler. There was a lot of "more!" and "again!" after this and before we knew it all 3 boxes were gone. Thanks K-dawg!!

Practice Makes Perfect

SHV decided to help Kasey out and get some practice watching two toddlers on her own the other day. Things went pretty smoothly...


... for the most part.
Granted, it was only for an hour. But we all have to start somewhere!

On a side note, some people might want to take note of DHV's bangs in these pictures. We're just saying is all.

DHV Gets a New House!

Last week we packed up and headed to CT for the much-anticipated closing on our new house. We crashed with the ever-hospitable Luce family one last time the night before the closing. DHV took over Caroline's jumperoo and did some furious bouncing while she looked on. That girl is such a good sport!

She quickly tired of his babyish antics and walked (yes, walked!) away. Here's the kind of mess that Mommy V has to look forward to once DHV starts feeding himself. Yikes!

The next morning DHV made himself at home in the lawyer's office, spreading his toys all over the floor, banging them against the wall, and generally wreaking havoc. He also attracted a lot of attention from the office staff. Not much work was getting done there that morning!

After signing a few hundred documents we picked up some sandwiches and had a picnic in our new yard. Check out that swingset! DHV is gonna be rockin' and rollin' once we attach a baby swing to that thing and set up the kiddie pool out there.