I just realized it's been 3 weeks since my last post! It's been full-on holiday celebration here at the Archer house. Annika is growing and changing every day. We've taken some pictures, but need to take some more. I'll post them soon. We're looking forward to Aaron being off from work this week, although the time is pretty much all booked up already. Among the highlights are a New Year's Day brunch at our house, and perhaps an excursion out of town for a night or two later in the week.
And as I tend to do, I'm sure I'll get nostalgic about 2008 as it's drawing to a close, and will wax poetic about it here on Icon when the spirit moves me. More to follow!
12.28.2008
12.07.2008
After a Bath
Though not a big fan of being naked or cold (really, who is?), Annika does seem to enjoy the bath. As long as I don't get too much water in her eyes when I wash her hair.
My Girl, Awake
Annika is very patient with all the clicking and photographing, whether asleep or awake.
My Girl, Asleep
Taken in the afternoon on Saturday, December 6, 2008. She's not quite a month old yet. Fortunately, she's a great sleeper.
My Talented Husband
Here's Aaron with his drawings of the snowman and girl playing the flute. I watch him draw all the time, but to see him work in this scale was very illustrative for me. I'm always learning from him.
Girl with Flute
All summer long while I was pregnant, Aaron filled his sketch books with drawings of a dark-haired little girl who lived in a vaguely-Japanese wintery land. I swear he conjured our dark-haired daughter with these sketches. Aaron drew the girl here in a large-scale, and she's currently on display at the haberdasher's downtown.
Aaron Drawing a Snowman
Here's my talented husband hard at work on some large-scale drawings, which are currently hanging in the display window of a Providence haberdasher this holiday season.
Jess & Liz with Cabbage Patch Dolls
My cousin Liz and me, circa 1985 or 1986, with our Cabbage Patch Dolls. Oddly enough, I remember the names of my two dolls, given to them by the good people of the Cabbage Patch: Diandra Pamela is the preemie in the middle, Suzette Isabel is the blonde on the right. I don't know Liz's doll's name, but I should ask her if she remembers it.
12.02.2008
Four Generations 2008
Great-grandmother Ann Colagiovanni Tipton,
Mother Jessica Beagan Archer, holding Annika Tipton Archer,
Grandmother Katherine Tipton Beagan
November 29, 2008
Annika & Mama at the Reunion
The newest member of the Colagiovanni Family and her mother at the 3rd Family Reunion. 11/29/08
Annika Peering Out
Taking cover under her awesome Virgin of Guadaloupe blanket at the Family Reunion, 11/29.
Annika's Homecoming
Daddy and Annika right after she came home from the hospital on 11/23. As I'm posting this picture, she's passed out on a pillow on his lap. It has become a pretty common sight during the evenings around here.
One Hour After Delivery
24 hours after checking in to the hospital, I gave birth to Annika. Aaron shot this photo of us in the labor and delivery room a little after 9 pm on Thursday, 11/13. Annika was only about an hour old, and had long since been whisked off to the NICU. We had no idea what that meant when we took this picture. What we did know is that all three of us had survived bringing Annika into the world. And we were proud of what we had accomplished.
Nemschoff Sleepover 1-2-3
My poor husband spent the first night at the hospital with me while I was in labor. He slept on this contraption, the Nemschoff Sleepover 1-2-3. Of course the hospital provides no pillows or blankets, but I was able to finagle another one of each. I think a pine plank might have been more comfortable. Look at how flat that thing is. There was no padding. I sent him home to sleep each night after that. I missed him, but I love the guy too much to have Nemschoff ed him for more than one night.
Off to Become Parents
The flash was too close, so the exposure is strange. But otherwise I like this picture of Aaron and me. We had no idea what we were in for as we took this picture on our way out the door to go to the hospital the night before Annika was born.
About to Deliver
Really? I was this big. Yikes. Should have busted out the measuring tape. Aaron took this picture of me as we were leaving for the hospital on Wednesday night, 11-12.
12.01.2008
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