The photo above is of Eleanor at one week. Braden Kowitz and Adrienne St. Aubin came by to meet her for the second time and lavish us with take-out from Tacolicious. As the name implies, the tacos are delicious and we were incredibly grateful for the treat. Thanks to Braden's excellent photographer skills, we finally have the first good picture of Eleanor. 

Eleanor is now 7 weeks and I'm just finally managing to get it together enough to actually start our planned blog. Chad has some vision for fancy blogging software he researched, but I realized that if I waited till I mastered it Eleanor would be 5 years before the first post. So I'm going low-tech till Chad can upgrade me.

This is really less of a blog and more of a place to share photos/ videos with our family and friends. I don't care for facebook -- plus it is beyond the McCarty Clan's technical capabilities -- so we'll be using this to share and to preserve a bit of Eleanor's early life. As a nerdy historian, I love the idea that this will preserve for Eleanor a record of how loved she has always been.

The amazing cross stich welcoming our tiny overlord Eleanor was made by Patrick Marks. This was his first cross stich endeavor, and it hangs over her crib. Pat and Amanda Schapel presented us with this treasure (and some incredible baby books) when they brought us over Tartine on Sunday, February 10th. When Eleanor is having a rough day, this provides me with a hearty laugh. She truly is our overlord.