B.A.B.E. Week 26: Elle’s first Halloween

This past week has been jam-packed.  Visitor season has begun at Chez Korol with some friends from California kicking off the season in style.  Visitor season is our favorite season as we get to see loved ones.  It will be interesting to see how this season plays out as working from home and having guests can be a little tricky.  That said, as I am typing this Elle is getting plenty of play-time from said guests.


A couple of months ago, I blogged about community and this weekend has shown me how much community I can feel grateful for.   Not only do we have loved ones here and planning to come but we were also honored with a “Sip and see” this weekend.    A “Sip and see” is like a baby shower but a calmer party where everyone hangs out and sips drinks while seeing the baby.  It was so fun and we were extremely touched by the efforts of our friends that threw it for us and those who came and sipped (including some of Wilson’s friends from tennis club pictured below).  The sip and see was on Halloween so Elle is wearing her Patriots garb.   (Wilson wanted Patriots garb instead of a Halloween costume so Elle was Tom Brady for Halloween.)

Elle was also a shark courtesy of said guests, Mike and Michelle Engle.   

Mike and Michelle are pictured below on a boat to a nearby island to Nassau – Rose Island.   Rose Island is our favorite Sunday trip especially with guests because it is so nice to cruise the Bahamian waters and get to another island, and yet still sleep at our house.   This was our first time heading to the island since Elle was born.  It went well – it was breezy and cool enough but the music was too constant and loud for Elle to get a good sleep.  Despite that there were many happy coos and a lot of dancing with Dada.

In other exciting news, Elle is exhibiting signs of object permanence.  Object permanence basically means that the baby understands that the object still exists even though it isn’t in your field of vision.   Elle’s object permanence signs include: looking for a toy when it has dropped; and smiling when she is downstairs with the nanny as she hears me coming down our very creaky stairs.

As far as other updates on the B.A.B.E. spectrum – aspirations (career) & body (health & fitness), both are trucking along.   Health & fitness has taken a little bit of a hit with all the Halloween treats but career is moving forward well as I have been able to get more work done during the day (as scheduled!) rather than on nights and weekends.