Third Week

Possibly the best of our attempts at a family portrait:








































A smile?























Mini feets:

In her new hat, knit by Great-Aunt Pat:

Iris - 2 weeks old and going strong

At the doctor's office, all bundled up in a sweater knit by Auntie Alison. Iris is up to 7 lbs 2 ounces - surpassing her birth weight! She also grew in height almost one inch.




















Preparing to go out with the Baby Bjorn, on our first big walk

Iris with Oscar the Elephant: she may weigh more, but Oscar has bulk...

Clash of the Titans!

Iris and Dad, catching some zzzz's

Family portrait

That famous female multi-tasking

Sweet dreams

Daddy reads to Iris from Harpers

Iris gets an early schooling on the perils of elitism.

Iris Goes to Washington

Okay, not really, but she enjoyed "watching" (also known as "sleeping through") the inauguration on the internet.



















Daddy reads to Iris from Harper's. Our little elitist is off to a good start.















Another attempt at a family portrait

Iris Lost in Comfort

More photos of Iris, now one week old and going strong

All is well here on Mansfield Street as Iris enters week two of her debut in the world. She seems healthy and happy, especially so since we got her a pacifier and could stop using our pinky knuckles for her to suck on... Everyone keeps asking, "Are you sleeping well?" The answer is no, of course, but all in all she is very well behaved and a good sleeper and we hope she'll be even more lovely in the weeks to come.

Iris marks her one week birthday with her first bath

Iris conks out after the trauma of her first bath.

Matt holding Iris after her bath. She pretty much hated it, but seemed to forget immediately. We need to work on our technique.

Oh boy, was she not happy with us.

Squirmy Iris

Our first experiment with posting a video.

Monday through Wednesday with Iris - the Joneses arrive

Grandma Judith with an alert Iris.



















Experimenting with tummy time: Iris promptly falls asleep.











Matt and Iris at her first doctor's visit, which she also slept through. She was down 10 ounces, now back up five - moving in the right direction. Project Fatten Up underway.

Iris in her ridiculously large winter bear outfit. It is cold outside . . .

Grandma Judith

Grandpa Bill with a swaddled Iris. She rapidly escapes most of our swaddles - how did those nurses at the hopsital do it??

Sunday: Return Home

Iris bundled up in her car-seat

Matt holding Iris in her going home outfit. Almost ready!

Iris, Matt and Gwyneth returning to their apartment. Where is Iris??

Iris in the bassinet from her great-grandparents.

More Photos of Days 1-3 at the Hospital

Uh-oh - Iris experiences a wardrobe malfunction. The beautiful hat knit by her Aunt Laura.
Iris with Aunt Laura

Uncle Brian holding Iris.

More Day 1-2 photos

Some photos from Aunt Alison while we were still at the hospital:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jin_aili/sets/72157612405628005/

It Happened!

Dear everyone - in a surprise move, our Little Boop decided two weeks early that she wanted to see more of the world. At 11:30pm on Wednesday night, Gwyneth went into labor. Boop was born 26 hours later at 1:52am Friday morning. Of course, we can't call her Boop anymore . . . instead we're making it official: Iris Jones Eckelman is a happy and healthy little baby girl. 6 lbs 12.5 ounces and 21 inches long. (No, NOT the 16 lbs we mistakenly wrote in our email - oops!)




















Gwyneth in labor - she's smiling because she has no idea how long she has to go...





















Just after the birth, moving from the delivery room to the recovery room





















Matt holding little baby Jones Eckelman, at about 10 minutes old

















After her first bath (complete with hair styling), about two hours old

A truly amazing way to wake up in the morning...

















With Aunt Alison and Aunt Laura