Catching Up

Above are photos of Mo with her big brother Gram and with her grandma who is here helping out until this weekend. We are experiencing the closest thing that New Jersey has to real summer heat (at least since we've been here) so we have been a bit homebound. Mo went with Beth to visit the Y office two days ago and today we took her to Short Hill Mall. We all were able to eat in peace while Mo took in the surroundings. It felt like a big hurdle to get her out in the world today. We escaped the house since we had a plumber doing some major work on our downstairs bathroom.

She's been doing reasonably well at night in her crib now and we are beginning to settle into a routine, I hope. I am remembering how little help dad can provide at times to the baby, so I've been concentrating on cooking and looking after Gram as best I can.

A long night, a peaceful day...

So, Mo gave us quite a night last night. We got kind of spoiled by nurses taking her away to a nursery for short bursts where we could nap. Last night she kept us up and woke Gram up as well. Speaking of big brother, here is a shot of Maureen that Gram took today followed by my favorite from Gram's birthday party last month.

Quick Question

Should her nickname be Mo or Moe? I keep going back and forth on this one. I've been using Mo, but I may be easily swayed.

Mo's First Few Days

There's been a demand for some Mo Doherty images already, so here are a quick few. We'll have a little more breathing time tomorrow and Wednesday, so more photos will appear then.

First photo of mom and her baby girl

Big brother Gram is helping out already

Mo looking at daddy

Gram helping wheel Maureen out of the delivery room over to our home for the first two days.

More to come

Thanks for the love coming our way, I am sure that Maureen is feeling it already!

We're Four Now (People in the Family, That is...)

Just got home today with baby Maureen (likely to be Mo as long as she lets us call her that) and I am ready to commit to some more regular blogging than I was able to accomplish the last time I tried this. I (we, really) will use this space to think out loud, to keep friends and family updated, to share photos of the family, and to generally try and keep connected to the world outside of our home in Summit, NJ.

Photos up soon, promise!