two weeks old

eleanor's second week of life outside the womb has been marked by lots of visits and a milestone or two. unfortunately, we have no photos of eleanor meeting friends matt, sarah and noa, jackie and sarah and orion--i blame sleep deprivation.
on monday, rob went back to work and it was just us girls at home. i found it really difficult to heed the sage advice "sleep when the baby sleeps" even when she was just a few feet away. every little noise out of our quite noisy sleeper would have me wide awake. my mom came over for the day from wednesday through friday, allowing me to get some good napping done. here she is with her little eleanor and her little oscar, both sleeping happily.
here's a close-up of the onesie she's wearing in the above photo. very appropos now that we don't have to get her up for nighttime feedings.
here's eleanor showing off her newly exposed belly button. her umbilical cord stump fell off the other day, and if rob was doing this post, he'd have included the photo of the little raisin-like cord remnant. i'll spare you, but don't be susprised if it shows up in a later post. like the monkey wrist rattle?
dear friend sarah--in iowa for almost two weeks with orion--made this wonderful sweater for the baby. if you click on the photo, you'll see that the buttons sport likenesses of mother theresa, einstein and jfk. they also gave eleanor two adorable outfits from petit bateau, picked up on fabulous st. barth's last week while they were there for a wedding.

yesterday, eleanor met her uncle pete and cousin henry for the first time. she and aunt betsy are old pals by now--she was one of eleanor's very first visitors. while holding the baby, pete announced that he's ready for another one, which is good news since the second little decker/herr will arrive this winter.
henry doted on his wee cousin and was intrigued by her tiny toes and fingernails (but who isn't?). he is going to be a great big brother! this was another great use for the boppy (nursing pillow), by the way.

today, eleanor will meet uncle will and aunt sandy--more photos to come...