2005-12-31 Windy and her two Babies, Elnorra (11 months old) and "Harvey" (made in 1958)
30 December 2005
18 December 2005
Elnorra's first Christmas. We are at a Church Christmas dinner and our friend, Fion Tsai, saw Elnorra eying her pie and she shared quite graciously especially concidering that Elnorra ate 3/4 of that piece of pie, and wanted more!
2005-12-18 Elnorra 10 1/2 Months Old First Christmas Eating Fion's Pie
2005-12-18 Elnorra 10 1/2 Months Old First Christmas Eating Fion's Pie
04 November 2005
30 October 2005
Elnorra wasn't to pleased when we took her swimming for the first time! Mom and dad had fun anyway and boy was it nice to cool off and avoid most of the mosquitoes!
She is now a mobile little girl and proficient at a one knee one foot crawl as well as pulling to a stand on anything that stays still long enough. Yep, mom and dad are now Elnorra stabilizers and we have to be careful before we try to walk anywhere around the house. She can navigate over all the 3" door jams throughout the house so she can follow us anywhere she wants. She has also decided that, at 9 months, "solid" food is a good idea after all and sweet potatoes are her favorite, she'll eat those right up, but carrots, no thank you!
We just spent a week babysitting for a family of 8. Dad, mom and their 14 month old baby were in the states to help with a family emergency and we took over to make a new family. Elnorra fit right in and I'm sure she is now going to miss having all the "older siblings" around to pay so much attention to her. Ben and I will miss the 12, 10, 8, 6, and almost 4, year old children very much but we won't miss Ben's 1 1/4 hour commute and Windy's awful cold from being around 4 schools worth of germs!
She is now a mobile little girl and proficient at a one knee one foot crawl as well as pulling to a stand on anything that stays still long enough. Yep, mom and dad are now Elnorra stabilizers and we have to be careful before we try to walk anywhere around the house. She can navigate over all the 3" door jams throughout the house so she can follow us anywhere she wants. She has also decided that, at 9 months, "solid" food is a good idea after all and sweet potatoes are her favorite, she'll eat those right up, but carrots, no thank you!
We just spent a week babysitting for a family of 8. Dad, mom and their 14 month old baby were in the states to help with a family emergency and we took over to make a new family. Elnorra fit right in and I'm sure she is now going to miss having all the "older siblings" around to pay so much attention to her. Ben and I will miss the 12, 10, 8, 6, and almost 4, year old children very much but we won't miss Ben's 1 1/4 hour commute and Windy's awful cold from being around 4 schools worth of germs!
07 October 2005
09 September 2005
27 August 2005
13 August 2005
12 August 2005
11 August 2005
Elnorra is now 7 months old and though it was cute to try to feed her bananas but she really hasn't taken to eating "solids", so we offer them to her once in a while. She is quite a chubby baby and no one who sees her is worried about her getting enough to eat.
We often get unsolicited advice that she should have been on solids ages ago, our downstairs neighbor even bought us bibs.....a direct hint that we are not raising our child well. We do have a very kind and thoughtful neighbor though and we are really grateful for all she has done for us. Besides one can never have enough bibs when trying to feed a baby and Elnorra will want real food soon enough!
She is showing signs that she will soon be crawling. She can move quite a bit on her tummy, and scoot backwards when sitting. Then I will really learn how to baby-proof even though I tried to start our apartment out in a baby safe manner.
We often get unsolicited advice that she should have been on solids ages ago, our downstairs neighbor even bought us bibs.....a direct hint that we are not raising our child well. We do have a very kind and thoughtful neighbor though and we are really grateful for all she has done for us. Besides one can never have enough bibs when trying to feed a baby and Elnorra will want real food soon enough!
She is showing signs that she will soon be crawling. She can move quite a bit on her tummy, and scoot backwards when sitting. Then I will really learn how to baby-proof even though I tried to start our apartment out in a baby safe manner.
06 August 2005
26 July 2005
23 July 2005
19 July 2005
2005-07-19
She turned 5 months old on the 4th of July and has been sitting up with growing consistency since then. She has been able to roll over and incidentally off our bed (air mattress on the floor, a 6" fall) for a few weeks. (Ouch, we try to
catch her... but sometimes we are too asleep). She is learning to grab things, can entertain herself for nearly an hour with or so without toys, and boy is she a talker. She is having so much fun figuring out what her vocal chords are for.
catch her... but sometimes we are too asleep). She is learning to grab things, can entertain herself for nearly an hour with or so without toys, and boy is she a talker. She is having so much fun figuring out what her vocal chords are for.
11 July 2005
05 July 2005
03 July 2005
27 June 2005
18 June 2005
07 June 2005
04 June 2005
On the 26th of May 2005 we flew from LA to Taipei, Taiwan. Elnorra is just the best conversation starter ever as endless people come and tell us she is "so cute" in Chinese, all levels of English.
Her earrings are a big attention getter. Apparently there is a superstition here that if you have large ear-lobes you will be prosperous. But we have condemned our girl to poverty by piercing her ears. Funny how 2/3 of the Taiwanese women have pierced ears themselves and make a big fuss over Elnorra's.
Her earrings are a big attention getter. Apparently there is a superstition here that if you have large ear-lobes you will be prosperous. But we have condemned our girl to poverty by piercing her ears. Funny how 2/3 of the Taiwanese women have pierced ears themselves and make a big fuss over Elnorra's.
31 May 2005
25 May 2005
20 May 2005
16 May 2005
10 May 2005
04 May 2005
29 April 2005
23 April 2005
18 April 2005
08 April 2005
05 April 2005
03 April 2005
27 March 2005
20 March 2005
12 March 2005
07 March 2005
06 March 2005
25 February 2005
18 February 2005
11 February 2005
04 February 2005
Birth Announcememt
Elnorra, n. [Hebrew, Greek - Lenore, French-Eleanor]
The light of God. Among her name sakes are one of Windy’s best friends, Nita Lenore Bruce (1975-2001), and grandmother Eleanor Rosalie Hedeen Johnson (1902-1998).
Elizabeth, n. [Hebrew]
1. God saves my house.
2. Windy’s middle name.
Shaffer, n. [German] A shepherd.
Elnorra Elizabeth Shaffer, proper noun [American] A daughter born on the 4th of February 2005 to Benjamin and Windy Shaffer at 11:22 am. She weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and was 20 ½ inches. She brings reverie, responsibility, reality, and rejoicing.
The light of God. Among her name sakes are one of Windy’s best friends, Nita Lenore Bruce (1975-2001), and grandmother Eleanor Rosalie Hedeen Johnson (1902-1998).
Elizabeth, n. [Hebrew]
1. God saves my house.
2. Windy’s middle name.
Shaffer, n. [German] A shepherd.
Elnorra Elizabeth Shaffer, proper noun [American] A daughter born on the 4th of February 2005 to Benjamin and Windy Shaffer at 11:22 am. She weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and was 20 ½ inches. She brings reverie, responsibility, reality, and rejoicing.
21 January 2005
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