Today Oona is five weeks old — such a big girl already, and getting close to smiling. Here are pictures documenting her first visits to restaurants, Pizza Rustica in West Philly and Ruby’s Diner in Suburban Square.

Juliette’s dress is from Aunt Mary, and Oona’s pants are from Kathleen, who originally gave them to Juliette.

Baby in [...]

It wasn’t quite the Fourth of July, but this past Saturday in Wynnewood Valley Park was a nice outing for Jeff, Juliette, Oona, and me.

Juliette found a blue ribbon tied to the swing set — it made her day.

Jeff figured out how to put Oona in the Baby Bjorn, which made his day.

Juliette and I [...]

Yesterday Oona’s belly button stump fell off, meaning 1) Jeff can now change her diaper without cringing at the sight of the dried-up umbilical cord and 2) she got to have her first big baby girl bath. In the pictures, she seems to be enjoying herself, but that’s just proof that photos can be deceiving. Juliette used to hate [...]

Our crazy little pooch turned 7 today. 6 years ago he was found roaming the streets of Philly and the fine folks at the Morris Animal Refuge took him in and cleaned him up. We knew he had some issues when we got him, and that’s probably why we took him in. “Issue” dogs need [...]

On Saturday Oona and Juliette enjoyed visits from friends and relatives. Both girls did what they do best — Juliette laughed a lot and Oona pretty much slept the whole time.

Above, Jeff used a super fast shutter speed to capture Oona with her eyes open.

We put Luke to work hauling bags of potting soil in [...]

Oona is home safe and sound and celebrated her first week of life with her two new best buddies Juliette and Winslow. She got lots of licks, loves and petting from both. Kelly is also doing well (she could probably use a bit more rest, but Juliette would have none of that!). Thanks to everyone [...]