Meet Elle

For those of you who haven't yet met Elle, here is a recap of the past 5 months. Elle Francesca Hariton was born on February 16, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. An unexpected suprise seeing as she wasn't due for 6 weeks. She was born at only 4 lbs . In 10 days, Elle had gained enough weight to be released to come home with her Mommie & Daddy.

Andy & I were just like all parents when it came to taking care of Elle. We became really good at trial and error. Luckily, the trial only had to happen once in most cases. It only took once of having Elle pee all over the changing table for us to remember to put a clean diaper down first. O.K., so it took more than once for one of us but we won't name any names :-) Our days were filled with ooing and aahing over Elle and all the cute things she would do like sleep, sleep and sleep. It seems as though Elle was the only one getting any sleep. Andy and I set all sorts of alarms to remind us of her feeding times. The stove, the cell phones, the bedroom alarm, the stop watch...but no one knew better than Elle, that it was time to eat. "WaaaaHH! WaaaHH! Like clock work she would wake us, eat & go right back to bed for another 3 hours before seranading us again. I honestly didn't think those round-the-clock feedings would ever end. Then, one night it just happened. Silence? Oh my goodness, did she cry and I slept through it? Was she O.K.? We had put her to bed at 10 p.m. and here it was 6 a.m.? As I slowly walked into her room, I was shocked at what I found. There in the crib, peaceful, arms stretch above her head was a sound asleep baby. Elle had slept through her first night ! I thought it was to good to be true, but nope...it was official. Elle was now sleeping though the night and I could once again enjoy the same pleasure !! Having a baby certainly makes you appreciate things like daily showers and sleep :-) And great under eye concealer. Thank you Chanel!