attitude adjustment

cousin cameron shows off his beauteous baby niece...

mama reunites with her high school bff, alison


and uncle kent and eliana have some serious quality time













jeff and i enjoy the phrase "it's a new day!" i woke up this morning with those words in my head and decided to adjust my attitude towards my time here in los angeles. so many people i love are here and they all want to share in the joy and magnetism that is eliana. so with that in mind, we embraced our new day. it got off to a splendid start. elie and i had the sweetest morning. she usually wakes around seven, nurses for twenty minutes or so, and then is awake for about an hour before feeling sleepy again. but sometimes, we are able to extend that lovely, long evening slumber into a luxurious morning nap. that was this morning. after her morning nurse, she fell back to sleep in my arms. i gently slid down my stack of pillows and got myself comfortable with her pressed into my side. we then fell to sleep together for another hour or so. it's extra specially lovely because eliana doesn't sleep in my arms anymore. she's a big, independent thing who digs on sleeping sola in her special little bucket. to feel her little cheek so close to mine was enough to make anyone's day super.

she delighted in meeting another five cousins this evening. that makes nine cousins that she has met since being here! it's pretty darn cool to have such a big family. and there are still six more cousins that she has yet to meet. perhaps when we return for the holidays. luckily, dad will be with us then, and our little family unit will be wholly intact.