The Namey Nest

Savoring her roots

Thanks to a care package sent via Giddu from Isabelle's great-grandmother, Sittu Namey, Isabelle had her first taste of shanklish yesterday. Shanklish is a Syrian treat, made from farmer's cheese rolled in zaatar and other spices, then aged. It's served with finely diced tomatoes and onions and olive oil. Jay mixed up a batch yesterday and first Belle dug in with a spoon, then saw how we were eating it with our Syrian flat bread and did it herself, carefully folding up whatever she managed to scoop!

3 weeks old

Lucia is eating, sleeping (and pooping) like a champ, and growing, growing, growing! She was 8-2 at birth, 8-7 at two weeks, and 9 pounds even yesterday at her three week check-up. Her cord fell off just before one week, and tonight her belly button was healed well enough for her first real bath (with help from big sister).

(We have a pic of Belle in this dress at this age so was trying to capture one for comparison... their noses are the same, but I think they look pretty different at this point!)

A day with Belle

Isabelle and I spent the morning together at the Museum of Life and Science while Papa was on Lucia duty.

First we fashioned a sling for her baby bunny, just like my Moby wrap.

Happy to be at the museum, or "museum-a" as Isabelle calls it.

Going to see the bears! Grrr...

Stop at the wetlands water table... for a long time!

"Okay, here we go. I can do it all by myself!"

You know it's hot out when you walk into the butterfly house and think, "Ahh, it's cool in here."

I asked Belle if she wanted to smell this anthurium, and next think I knew, she had it UP her nose!

We had a good time despite the heat, and it was nice to have some solo time with Belle!