Know I've been MIA lately... between Congo and the baby and everything else, it's been hard to do more than update FB (and I suck at that, too).

But for a little holiday cheer, thought some of y'all might want to see a calendar we made of Lena. I think it's the cutest calendar of all time, ever. Leave a comment  2 

Made it home last night, after 46 hours of travel - including a nine hour drive across Rwanda and three flights (Kigali/Brussels/Newark/LA). Tired doesn't even begin to describe it. Valiantly trying to stay up till 10 tonight so that i won't be a wreck for Melissa's wedding tomorrow (Greg's sister ( Read more... )

I'm going to Congo ( Read more... )

I think Lena is trying to kill me. At this point, if she is, I wish she would get on with it so I could just rest already. 

Finally getting around to this:

Wedding pics (I know, I know) are here: http://www.photoshop.com/user/naamahaviv/?galleryid=44b5915310e745c4afb015e55e9684e5&trackingid=BTAGC&wf=share

Lena's most recent photos ( Read more... )

I'm getting the same questions over and over again, so just in case all of you are interested as well:

1. So, are you getting any sleep?

Off and on. Lena started sleeping four hour stretches last week, but then I took her out of her routine one day (by accident) and she got overtired - which unfortunately means that when she did sleep, she didn't do ( Read more... )

1.  Two Fridays ago, I had a total breakdown. Lena had spent that Thursday and Friday in a growth spurt, nursing so much that there was nothing left to pump, only sleeping for a half hour to an hour at a time, and then only if I was holding her - no putting her down allowed, not in her crib, her bouncy seat, her swing, nothing. So when Greg came ( Read more... )

Are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28087511@N00/sets/72157618543528695/  

Lena let me have a solid six hours of sleep last night. Not all at once, obviously (1.5-2 hour bursts), but it made all the difference. Right now she's chilling in her bouncy seat, letting me check email and letting Greg sleep in for once (this will pay off in spades tonight, when the Lakers are on). I'm in like the best mood ever. It's amazing ( Read more... )

For those of you who aren't on Facebook, and for whom I don't have cell numbers so didn't get a text, my lovely little Lena Matilda Nelson was born Saturday night at 9:56 PM. She was 7 lb 7.5 oz and 20 inches long. She looks almost exactly like Greg, but has my lips and black hair like mine.  The labor and delivery went well, I now wish I could ( Read more... )