When I hold Hannah, she likes it if I put my hand on her chest, and she loves it if she can put her hands on my hand.

Ingrid is laughing at Dee's speed.

Dee came for a visit, and had a great time with Hannah. Ingrid and I even got out of the house together for 90 minutes! Hannah seemed happy, so happy, I was a bit jealous.

Ingrid was a happy baby.

Hannah has given me renewed motivation to be helpful with household chores.

We have become more interested in the scents around our house since Hannah arrived. We are interested in the relationship between her sensory existance now and her future impresssions of her environment. Today, Ingrid and Dee took Hannah to the Museum of American Art, and Hannah was particularly concentrated on her surroundings.

Hannah's First Walk in the Snow

Do you remember in the Little Prince when the aviator drew a picture of  a lamb in a box and a snake that had eaten an elephant and when the words on the page said that when you try to be clever you always lie a little bit?

Purple Church Dress

Grandma Karen gave this purple dress to Hannah.

We suited her up this morning, and tried to get to church, but we didn't make it. So we had to document the event for our web-friends because our church friends missed it.

We love to have juice.

We often try to entertain ourselves by trying to entertain Hannah.

Sometimes, it is hard to escape yourself. My wife is put together and beautiful, but I am unshaven, unshowered, eating a bagel (with cream cheese), and carrying a baby and a baby bjorn with an inaugural pin.

This picture makes it appear that we are outside, but in fact we were standing in the Starbucks at 14th and New York. This Starbucks removed a good portion of the seats to accommodate more standing customers pg which we were three, even if Hannah wasn't really standing, she definitely wasn't sitting in a comfy Starbucks chair either.

We walked to the White House, or shall I say the area in front of the White House, to get a glimpse of the of celebratory crowds and structures that will be in full force on inauguration day.

Hannah is happy when she wakes up, and the morning is the best time to see her smile.

Below is a still picture, this video shows how happy Hannah is when she plays in the jungle which we received as a Christmas present from my parents. Especially notable is the leg kicking, increased frequency of smiles, and fascination with the face of the (burnt) orange monkey.

It's a Jungle

This is from Grandma Q. Hannah has been having tons of fun playing in this jungle playground.

Tafanie and Sarah brought over some joy to share with Hannah, Ingrid, and Auntie Sigrid.

Hannah becomes sleepy before she is ready to go to bed.

A regular part of interacting with Hannah is getting her into the swaddler before getting her upset.

When Ingrid was away on a walk, I pulled down some spices for Hannah to smell. Hannah enjoyed it so much, that when Ingrid returned, we made this video.