Our new living room

Well, it's been a long time coming, but we finally furnished our living room. A few months ago, it consisted of an inflatable dorm room couch and a cardboard box. But in lieu of traditional Christmas presents, Wyndee and I asked for furniture, and now have an elegant-looking living room. It took a while to find time to shop for, purchase, and assemble the furniture, which is why this post is coming in February!

Smiling Celia

Celia has been smiling a lot lately, and we've even managed to capture this on camera:


A cute Nyla and Celia story: the other day, while I was holding Celia on the couch, Nyla sat next to me and sang "Rock-a-bye baby" to her. She remembered all the words, and even substituted Celia's name at appropriate points in the song. Celia liked the attention from her big sister.

January

January in the Breheny house has been a bit hectic -- Wyndee has been on her own with two kids while I went back to work, and on top of that, both she and Nyla have been sick. They've managed to find a little bit of time for fun, though. Wyndee made Nyla a Cinderella dress as a Christmas present, which Nyla wore for three straight days. Here she is descending the staircase, possibly leaving behind a glass slipper....

Celia is growing...she still spits up a lot, but we've learned to live with it (I change out of dressy work clothes and into long-sleeve T shirts the minute I get home). Here she is, hanging out in her crib with her headband:
In the picture, her skin is still a little blotchy, but thankfully her infant acne has gone away since then. Nyla and Celia are getting along very well; Nyla loves to hold Celia, and Celia loves it when her big sister holds her and talks to her. Nyla is also very curious about breastfeeding; here she is trying to nurse her doll:

Little pitchers....

Wyndee and I might need to be a bit more careful about what we say around Nyla. Last week, when I went back to work for the first time after Christmas break, she said, "Where is that damn Daddy?"

Welcome, Baby Celia

On Monday evening at 6:11 p.m., we welcomed into our family a new Breheny: Celia Penelope Breheny. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 oz, and was 20 1/4 inches long. Despite all the concern from the ultrasound technicians that she was measuring short, she came out in the 80th percentile for height.