At long last, here are a number of informal shots from our family photos. Everything is still going well, and both Lenora and Ernie are getting a warm reception wherever they go (naturally):

Making it official

Baby's first manicure

Ernie (such a big boy) holding Lenora for the first time.

Ernie meeting Lenora for the first time and showing her his id bracelet to let her know he's legit.

Under Construction!!!

As you can tell, new family members mean BIG new changes. . . . Like adding an "L" before the title. Address will stay perfectly the same for simplicity's sake, we don't suppose you want to sign up for a second blog (and we don't feel like sending out all new invites). We figure if Lenora doesn't mind sharing cloth diapers with Ernie, sharing a blogger address shouldn't be any sweat. Our family's motto is if y0u can poop in the same place, you can blog in the same place. It's all just doing business of one kind or another. So, this theme might change once Amber sees what I've done, but we'll play with it a bit and then get some photos up of Lenora to officially introduce her to all our formerly established Ernventure readers.

We are not the boss of Ernie

For almost nine consecutive days, Ernie resisted a nap. His body was not so happy with this decision, and his temper payed the price. Team Parents wasn't sure whether we should throw up our hands and say he's outgrown the nap, or go back to our sleep training guide. Eventually, we chose the latter for Ernie's own good. Daddy practiced a half hour of "silent return to sleep" where everytime Ernie got down from his bed to play Jeremy came in, brought him back to the bed without speaking or looking at him, and then left again. We're all glad that a half hour one day was all it took, and Ernie was duly praised and rewarded for the awesome nap he took.
Last night in the tub Ernie was putting Captain Penguin to sleep on the pirate ship: "And den he got up, and went to get his farm book, and grabbed the big farm book and walk it back to da bed, and he heared his daddy coming [enter First Mate Elephant] 'Let's walk da book back to the shelf, and get back in da bed.' and Capting Penguin did go to sweep."
It was the adorables. Jeremy said he never spoke, so Ernie apparently inserted the dialogue to keep the pirate version insteresting.

The Waiting Game

Ernie has been the most adement member of our family about wanting a baby sister, until last night on his big brother tour at the hospital. When the nurse asked each toddler if they were getting a little brother, little sister, or surprise, he wanted the surprise. I think he thought it might be a sucker.