A Cerney Periodical

We had another child!! With no small miracle, Alice Wilder Cerney was born amongst chaos and joy at 11ish am on Sunday July 22nd, 2018 weighing in at a whopping 5.08 lbs at 35 weeks. I'd say it was a big surprise but with all the drama before hand, we were not shocked by her arriving ahead of schedule. We had so been hoping she (I) would have held out two more weeks, as my mom and dad were in Alaska, a certain big brother had 2 birthday parties scheduled, not to mention a work party in my honor, a few last dates with friends before baby, and tons of work for me with grants and library. Ok! So none of that stuff happened! Fine. Because we now have a happy healthy adorable baby girl. Getting last minute tickets from Alaska in the summertime is nothing short of fantasy. So with Grandma and Grandpa donut's blessing, we called in a hail mary to Grandma and Grandpa Omaha to make an emergency Chicago trip to hang with Brock and witness the arrival of grandchild #4. They were, of cour

... in true Chicago style... Pigeon poop in the face!! Oh jeeze we have some monster posts to do, but this poop pic will have to suffice for now...

Alice is mostly a sleeper these days, and if she's awake she's probably hungry. Maybe once or twice a day she'll actually be awake and alert and not eating for a little while. This is when I go for some tummy time! She's already great at lifting her head and turning it from one side to another. Yesterday she started pushing a bunch with those arms, and I thought, "awww... She's trying to roll over. Good luck little lady. It's gonna be a while." I decided a few pics of her trying would be cute regardless of outcome. Hi!  Lifting that leg is so hard!  And... I need a rest. (At this point I realized, "She's 2.5weeks old, this ain't happening," and I started putting my phone back in my pocket)  WHAT!?! (Phone leaps from pocket, and daddy makes mad scramble to take 1000 pictures as quickly as possible)  (I'm going ballistic at this point)  "Geez dad, calm down. I'm just chillin