Kiri Jane Fellenbaum - Week 7

We've been taking a LOT of pictures of Kiri this week...she is growing, changing, and is more and more beautiful each day.

Hello, Mr. Lion.

Hi Pirate. Wanna nap with me?

Pirate likes Kiri...

I'm a bunny.

I'm still a bunny.

Sigh...the life of a little princess...

This week, Kiri went to her second live concert! This time, she heard the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra String Camp concert on Friday!! It was a REALLY wonderful concert...great job by all of the players and conductors!!!

Getting ready to listen...

Here, Kiri is posing with the afternoon's featured guest
soloist, Andrew Skoog! He sounded great...

Yes, she thought Skoog sounded great!
AND, she was very happy to wear her newest
Bunny outfit, compliments of Barb Murphy!
Thanks Barb!!!

While Jimmy made some announcements at the
end of the concert, Glenda Cloutier was happy
to keep Kiri company :-)

Sleepy time on Saturday with her Godparents...

Isn't she adorable?

Love,

Jim and Sarah

Kiri Jane Fellenbaum - Week 6

Well, another big week for Kiri...quite literally:

Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun...

Well, that's not a flattering picture of Kiri, all frumped over. And where did that timpani sound come from? Her tummy?!?!?

But, it does help illustrate the first bit of good news. We had a one-month checkup at the doctor this week, and Kiri has gone from six pounds twelve ounces at birth to NINE lbs. FIFTEEN oz. What a TUB!

Just kidding...she is doing REALLY well, is healthy and, obviously, not missing any meals!  :-)

Here she is at the doctor's office:

I know how to dance like in the 1960's.

So, this also means she's big enough to fit into our baby carrier, which Jimmy has been waiting for. Here we see Kiri helping daddy with his audition excerpts:

Use the third movement of Symphonic Metamorphosis for the flutes, daddy.

Also, earlier in the week, we got a visit from Jennifer Barnett, as she and Jimmy had some KSO stuff to talk about. Little Kiri decided to give her a little bit of a smile:

Kiri's Memere came up for the weekend...

Scherzo is surveying the situation from the fridge.

I'm a happy baby in Memere's arms...

It was also Jimmy's FIRST Father's Day weekend!! :-D

Kiri got daddy a VERY nice card and a couple of presents (what a CUTE bib!). Here he is, the proud papa:

So, another big and fun week.

Love,

Jim and Sarah

Kiri Jane Fellenbaum - Week 5

Well, a big week for Kiri and her family :-)

Boy, what a week...

First: Kiri got her social security card in the mail. Yay! Now she can retire! Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves...

Next, Kiri had a big outing to Rush's Music, as you can see below:

Kiri also went with Jimmy to a lasagna dinner at Sean and Missy Greene's house.

Sean's hand is as big as Kiri's whole back! :-)

"I used to have two of these...except they were boys."

I like you...you must be a mommy, too...

Another visit from Sally Chumney...Kiri really does love her Memere! Sally visited with her friend, Nancy Hollingsworth. Actually, we had such a good time that we didn't bother to take pictures of any of us, or any of our outings! Well, excepts for one, when we visited West Town Mall:

At the Body Shoppe, getting beautiful!

We also went to Market Square, Crown and Goose restaurant, around UT, and many other places.

On Sunday, June 12th, Kiri went to her FIRST, LIVE recital! All three of us went to a piano recital of Emi Kagawa (middle, in black, below) at the American Piano Gallery.

She enjoyed the recital; that is to say, she slept through most of it, peacefully. That's a good thing! In fact, if people weren't clapping so much, she would have slept right through! The recital, by the way, was fabulous...I hope Knoxville audiences get to see more of Emi. She's a friend of Sam Chen, so we hope we'll be seeing her around town more. So, Kiri had a cute, Sunday recital dress:

Yay! I'm going to a recital!!

So, it was a pretty busy week....we're pretty tuckered out...

Love,

Jim and Sarah

Kiri Jane Fellenbaum - Week 4

Hard to believe, in a way, that it has already been 4 weeks since Kiri was born. But, on the flip side, the sleeplessness and occasional colic-like crying fits have made it seem even longer than that!

She's been doing a LOT of big girl things: holding her head up for several seconds when we hold her; lifting her head up a lot during tummy time; she even wiggled/crawled about 4 inches at one point!! Making a lot of eye contact, and looking in directions where there is sound. Eating a LOT.

The animals are still getting used to her, although Scherzo has absconded with one of her bouncy chairs:

"Why does that thing keep wiggling and kicking?"

We spent the better part of the week in Chattanooga, visiting Sarah's mom, Sally.

I'm helping Daddy.

Lots of good visiting, and several trips in the car seat, which she's getting used to. Like our trip to Earthfare:

I am NOT a grocery item.

We're just loving watching her, and learning all about her.

I get so sleepy...it's tough work being a baby.

Love,

Jim and Sarah


p.s. Happy Birthday, Mary Hayden!! (Jim's sister)