Eliza's Library

Several family members have mentioned that it might be nice to have a list of Eliza's books. So here it is, Eliza's current holdings listed alphabetically by title. We will update this list as her library grows and have created a link to it on the side of the page so it can be found easily.

TITLE	AUTHOR (Last) or Publisher
Baby Danced the Polka	Beaumont
Baby Loves	Lach/Cassatt
Barnyard Dance, The	Boyton
Berenstein Bears Go To School	Berenstein
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?	Carle
But Not the Hippopotamus	Boyton
Doing the Animal Bop	Ormerod
Duckie’s Rainbow	Barry
Farm	Baby Einstein
First Animals	Paradise Press
Fuzzy Bee and friends	Priddy Books
Going to Bed Book, The	Boyton
Goodnight Chicago	Gamble & Veno
Goodnight Moon	Brown
Green Eggs and Ham	Seuss
Hanukkah!	Schotter
Hoppity Skip Little Chick	Brown
Horns to Toes	Boyton
La Ferme (French)	Hemma
Little Ladybug	Chronicle Kids
Little Quack’s Bedtime	Thompson
Little Quack’s New Friend	Thompson
Magic School Bus at the Waterworks	Cole
Marvelous Mud Washing Machine	Wolcott
Millie Moo	Moody
Mouse Family Album, A	Sampson
Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?	Seuss
My First Word Book	DK
Noah’s Ark	Smith
Noah’s Ark (board book)	Spirit Press
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish	Seuss
Opposites	Boyton
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?	Carle
Pat the Bunny	Kunhardt
Petit Ours Brun est amoureux	Bayard Jeunesse
Poky Little Puppy, The	Lowrey
Puppy Love	Rupnik
Quack! (board book)	Root & Meade
Real Mother Goose, The	Rand McNally
Secret Staircase, The	Barklem
SoftyPlay six-pack of animal books	SoftPlay
Squishy Turtle and friends	Priddy Books
Ten Little Ladybugs	Gerth
Touch and Feel Pets	DK
True Story of the 3 Little Pigs	Scieszka & Smith
Very Hungry Caterpillar	Carle
Walter the Farting Dog	Colman
Where is Baby’s Dreidel	Katz
Where is the Green Sheep?	Fox & Horacek
Where the Sidewalk Ends	Silverstein
Where the Wild Things Are	Sendak
Who Wants a Wagon?	Mayhew
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day	Milne
You Can Do It, Sam	Hest and Jeram

Just standing around...

A cute video of Eliza's newest trick--standing almost unsupported. She's changing so fast!!!

Teeth and wagons and colds, oh my!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

These pictures are from a playgroup at one of Eliza's friends' houses. Her mom used to run a home daycare, so she has pretty much the best playroom in the entire world, complete with full-size chalkboard and tons of seasonal decorations!

So much has happened in Eliza's life in the past few weeks. In late January, she came down with her first bad cold, leading her and Mommy to be quarantined for almost two weeks! During that time, her first two teeth (the bottom center two) came in, and Mommy's friend Alex visited. Eliza apparently has decided that Alex is the coolest person in the world, because her very entry into a room elicits immediate and unstoppable laughter and huge smiles. Here are some pictures of them together:





The other huge development in Eliza's life is that she is getting more and more mobile everyday. She scootches all over the place on her butt, and using a push-toy she can walk herself (and even some cargo!) around the apartment in no time. She can also "cruise" (walk holding onto furniture, the wall, etc) with the best of them. We sense that toddlerdom is coming quickly!

Here is Eliza, on February 2nd, when she was first learning to use her wagon to walk to Alex.


And here is Eliza last Sunday (just 8 days later!), transporting her favorite cargo--Mathias!

Adventures in Cheerios, and other fun

Eliza and her friend Mathias hang out twice a week, on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Yesterday, they shared some cheerios:


Eliza has become much more adventurous with what she eats. She now vastly prefers (diced by Mom) finger foods to spoon-feeding. Recent favorites include: red bell peppers, cameo apples, veggie burgers, turkey-cheddar burgers, and swiss cheese. The kid has good taste!

Here's a picture of her sitting around, which is kind of silly but also cute:


She has also started chatting up a storm. In addition to the "dada" and "baba" type of babytalk, she also uses a gibberish that sounds like a real (but unknown) language. However, she's a tad camera-shy, so it might be a while before it's captured on video!

She is just crazy about Dada these days. Here's a cute picture of them together:


And here's one of her with Mommy:

Walkin' on video -- and many more pictures!

Eliza's new favorite pastime:



She loves walking... "all she wants to do is walk!"

Here are some assorted pictures from our wonderful time in Texas:


Eliza with Uncle John:


Eliza (out of picture) staring at Uncle Dan -- "hey, he's got my hat!"


Eliza loves her presents...


...and she loves her Aunt Judy!



Taking a bath at Memsa's house is The Best.






We're warming up to the camera, slowly but surely...

Who's Feeding Who?

Yes, it's been way too long! We've been traveling -- we spent two weeks in Texas -- a wonderful, relaxing time in Dallas with family, and some research time in Austin with Lyndon Johnson (who feels like family now too).

Eliza is doing great. She laughs all the time and likes to talk -- and try out new consonant sounds. She's walking -- albeit with the help of a couple of adult fingers. But she LOVES to walk around. And she's feeding herself now, mainly Cheerios. She loves to eat, play, talk, laugh, and SLEEP. Yes, thank the Lord, she's still a wonderful sleeper.

More pictures are coming soon -- from Texas and otherwise. But here's a quick little something in the meantime. Tonight Eliza took a big step beyond feeding herself Cheerios -- now she's feeding her parents Cheerios!



...Well at least she does when she's not feeling camera-shy. Anyway, that's her cute little laugh when she's feeling entertained.

More soon...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Long time no post! Here are some pictures from the last few weeks...

Eliza in Rochester with Grandma and Grandpa Galvin:



Eliza with Auntie Rachel:




Eliza in her high chair at home: she's a hungry little girl! She now eats lots of different fruits and vegetables, as well as tofu, turkey, yogurt, and cheerios. (11/20/07)


Hanging out with her friends (11/16/07):


Eliza on a hike with Mommy and Daddy at Starved Rock State Park in north-central Illinois
(11/04/07):