A baby with a country

Andy and I went to London to get Alice's citizenship and passport paperwork started. Two families from school had Jane over for the two nights so she wouldn't have to miss school. It went well--the embassy visit was successful, the buses were on time, the flat we rented truly existed!

Alice is six weeks old now. Today she has had two big vomits, so I'm taking a risk having a computer on my lap! She seems undisturbed by throwing up, other than the fact that her tummy is then empty. So I guess it's just one of those baby things.

We forget what this was called. A gallery on Trafalgar Square

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Alice in the sling. She did great on the trip, and only really started complaining on the local bus to our flat.

One of Mary Anning's fossils

I did not like this guy.

One day when Alice leaked and/or spit up on all her jammies and we had to improvise

Live wires within, but don't worry, no one can get in now.

I caught Grandma Mary Lynn smiling for a picture!

Typical Jane. Love her!

... what is it alarmed about?

Westminster Abbey

Outside of Parliament

To whom did people compare their babies before Churchill?

Outside of the forgot-the-name gallery, some nice chalk art where people were encouraged to leave a coin on their flag. I put a coin on Peru (lower left corner) just because it was closest.

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A month old

Alice is a pretty easygoing baby. She doesn't sleep as well at night as I'd like. Most nights we end up on the couch together, instead of her sleeping in our room and me in my own bed! But we're working on it.

She's happy in the sling, so I'm able to get out and do things, like take Jane to a playdate or go to a midwife appointment. We've also gone to the library, the store, and gone to pick up a few new shirts for me. I forgot that I won't be able to just wear my t-shirts for a while now! Gotta have easy access for nursing.

Anyway. You're here for pictures.

This is Jane at about four weeks...

and this is Alice. See any resemblance?

Alice swiping at toys on her playmat, Jane providing the motion for the toys

Jane reading to Alice

Unimpressed

Sisters

You guys don't take pictures of your crying kid instead of comforting them?

This was baby Jane (and Brisco), 2013

Outing to Cheddar Gorge

Yesterday we went to Cheddar, the home of cheddar cheese, and toured Gough's cave, where they still cave-age cheddar for over a year. And we bought some to bring home, of course.

(Jane got some gluten and the trip ended with vomit in our rental van. But before that, it was good.)

Jane was on break from school for this past week and will head back tomorrow. I'm taking a few more days, but I hope to be able to resume pick-ups and/or drop-offs sometime soon. Alice does well in the sling. Of course, things like weather and feeding schedule may complicate things.

Inside Gough's cave

Cheddar aging in the cave!

Jane reminding us to stop and smell the... daffodils

Lunch at a tea house (that almost certainly served Jane gluten)

My dad attempting to give Andy bunny ears

Alice with her eyes open, probably taken a week ago. She already looks different.

About to open a gift from folks in Andy's department

Grandpa John and Alice

Jane and Alice

Jane listening to her audio tour of the cave

Thinking about cheese

Jane, Grandpa, and I climbed the 276 stairs, called Jacob's Ladder, to see a bit more of the gorge

Jane was trying to climb on the rocks a bit, and my dad was trying to snap a picture of it. So I snapped a picture of him.