i'm back! | first storytime | bedtime for ellie

Yippee! My laptop is back and better than ever - quite literally. I brought it to the "Genius Bar" at the Apple store for some expert assessment. They replaced the hard drive and installed Snow Leopard, their brand new operating system. In addition to installing Snow Leopard for me, the kind lady there installed the newest iLife as well, for free! Since I had bought a warranty when I got this puppy in '07, the brand new hard drive was FREE! So basically, I got a spanking new Mac for $30 (the price of the new operating system)! It works amazingly well and is so much more streamlined. The best feature? It has an application called Time Machine, which automatically backs up your entire computer onto an external hard drive throughout the day. No more losing pictures of my baby girl!

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Now that I'm back up and running, I can finally post pictures of Elliott's first storytime at the library (my library, of course!) It's a program just for babies, cleverly titled Babies & Books. I was afraid Ellie would freak and I'd have to flee the premises with my screaming meanie, but instead she sat there completely enthralled by everything she witnessed, including all the other babies and my wonderful coworkers who presented the program. And instead of swatting at and trying to eat the book that was handed out to everyone, she quietly sat there looking at the pictures and petting the pages. The best part was that Ryan surprised us about 15 minutes in and spent the rest of storytime with us. It was so much fun!

At the library and ready for storytime -

in her first ever pair of jeans! (9/30)

Miss Jackie snuck in and snapped some photos for me.

I'm attempting to "baby sign" here!

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Here's a video from just a few hours ago. Watch the indecision in this one (should she play with her book or with her snuggle bug?) She's also sporting her very first official pair of pj's, since the Texas weather is finally taking a turn for the best. (Granny, there's a shout out to you near the end...)

Bedtime for Ellie (10/5)

Goodnight, world!