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	<title>The Alex &#38; The Eleanor + 1</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>8 months and counting</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/11/19/8-months-and-counting</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Penelope continues to amaze - every day is a new adventure, another new skill learned, another skill mastered, another way to scare mommy and daddy. 
Take walking - about 3 weeks ago she was in love with her red wagon and loved to chew on the sides and the wheels and if you stood her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>almost 7 months</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/10/15/almost-7-months</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/10/15/almost-7-months#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Teething Bites.  And hurts. A lot.  Luckily there are all sorts of interesting things to chew on. Straps and buckles. Drafting rulers. Umbrellas. Shoes. Iphone. Good lord child, do your parents not buy you any toys? Well dur,  if I am allowed to play with it, its not fun. Or at least no where near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penny, 6 months or so</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/10/02/penny-6-months-or-so</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/10/02/penny-6-months-or-so#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Given how much happens in a day, there is much to cover since last time. Lets get down to it. 
We started solids maybe 3 weeks ago, beginning with rice cereal, then avocado and pear and sweet potato and banana and right now we are starting on a barley teething biscuit which she enjoys gumming. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penny week ughhhh&#8230;. 4 months 1 week</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/07/22/penny-week-ughhhh-4-months-1-week</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/07/22/penny-week-ughhhh-4-months-1-week#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again she is cuter then I thought possible. Lots of smiles, and giggles now too, and chatting, and her big achievement - rolling over back to tummy!It was on her 4 month birthday exactly - we were at a job site on the UES, and she was laying on a blanket happy as could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penelope - Month 4</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/07/14/penelope-month-4</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/07/14/penelope-month-4#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, another big gap &#8230; sorry. Penny is just all that much cuter now - with lots of new moves. I see younger babies and fell like it was a lifetime ago that she looked like that, and did those things - like sleeping on our chests - she used to love that, now she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penelope - Week 12</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/06/09/penelope-week-12</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/06/09/penelope-week-12#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, 12 weeks. Wacky. I both can&#8217;t believe its been that long, and think its only been 12 weeks? It seems like much longer, and not long at all. This past week was a busy one, as they all seem to have been.
On Tuesday she got her second vaccine. She cried, she fussed, she got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penelope week 11</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/06/02/penelope-week-11</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/06/02/penelope-week-11#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I really need to be better at this updating thing. Day 11 to Week 11. A lot happened in between. We went to Washington DC a couple times, and Florida, and Penny kept getting cuter and cuter. But I am going to focus on the past week. 
So in the last week we got back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Chatterbox</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/05/24/little-chatterbox</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/05/24/little-chatterbox#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 16:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mommy managed to capture a good stretch of Penelope having a chat on film. What&#8217;s even cuter is that when you play this video for her, she takes great pleasure in having a conversation with herself. I wonder what she&#8217;s saying. Then again it&#8217;s probably either MILK or PLAY WITH ME. Either way, she distinctly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tummy Time Accomplishment!</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/05/04/tummy-time-accomplishment</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/05/04/tummy-time-accomplishment#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 06:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Penny pulled this trick off for mommy several times without any observers. She proudly came upstairs to show the rest of us (Rob was kind enough to pull out his video camera) - and much to all of our surprise she actually did it again. Looks like we&#8217;ve got a performer on our hands.

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		<title>Penny&#8217;s new trick</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/04/20/pennys-new-trick</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/04/20/pennys-new-trick#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Some friends got us this swell bouncy seat, and Penelope hasn&#8217;t really like it so far (although could be kept occupied for a bit if you turned the seat vibration thing on) but today she seemed to figure out how to get it to rock on her own, which also makes the cute animals swing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penelope Day 11</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/03/27/penelope-day-11</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/03/27/penelope-day-11#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My office came over to visit, which was quite fabulous of them, although really guys, did you have to bring details for me to redline? It was also her first (although I doubt her last) experience with the paparazzi - she behaved reasonable well given the large camera in her face.
She had another bath, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penny Update, Day 9</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/03/25/penny-update-day-9</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/03/25/penny-update-day-9#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday Grandpa!
We had a very nice time at our Mom&#8217;s group yesterday, winning the littlest baby by a long shot, and also one of the best behaved babies - Penelope slept the whole time! I was sitting next to a 4 month old (and his mom), and it&#8217;s so amazing how awake he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s A Girl!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/03/17/its-a-girl</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/03/17/its-a-girl#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join us in welcoming to the world Penelope Francina Kobak. Born 3/16/09 at 2:25pm weighing 8lb3oz and measuring in at 20 1/2cm.
In other news, please also join us in saying goodbye to sleep.
If you go to the other galleries section there are some photos up from her first day.
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		<title>My Nephew Rocks - Literally!</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/24/my-nephew-rocks-literally</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/24/my-nephew-rocks-literally#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Down in DC this weekend visiting the in-laws, and more importantly, my 2 year old nephew Stewart. After helping my brother-in-law Rob set his drum set back up in their newly (and very nicely!) renovated basement, I discovered just how much Stewart likes the drums&#8230; in fact the only thing he seems to like more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berrywild Fro-Yo</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/23/berrywild-fro-yo</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/23/berrywild-fro-yo#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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Look everyone, it&#8217;s another fro-yo chain! Just what this city needs in this time of economic crisis and bone chilling cold. I don&#8217;t know much about Berrywild, but there do seem to be a few of them springing up. I came across this one after a visit to the acupuncturist and figured I&#8217;d give it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merkley Lunch: Phil&#8217;s Pizza</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/22/merkley-lunch-phils-pizza</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/22/merkley-lunch-phils-pizza#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I&#8217;ve been working at Merkley + Partners here on Varick St for a long time (8 years!) and in all that time I&#8217;ve never actually set foot in Phil&#8217;s Pizza, a tiny box of a place right down the street. While I love pizza, it&#8217;s never really been a lunch food for me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review: Get Smart</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/22/movie-review-get-smart</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/22/movie-review-get-smart#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
I wasn&#8217;t expecting much from Get Smart, a big screen adaptation of the hit TV series from the 60&#8217;s about the super secret American spy agency CONTROL and their never ending battle with arch enemy KAOS. I never really watched the show, and given the usual quality of movie adaptations of TV shows&#8230;well let&#8217;s just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potbelly Subs</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/19/potbelly-subs</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/19/potbelly-subs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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I&#8217;m a huge fan of Potbelly Subs. Head and shoulders above the other sub chains. Sadly, there are none in NYC - and as of yet no immediate plans to expand there (trust me, I checked - and they&#8217;re corporate owned not franchise based). However, whenever I&#8217;m in DC or Michigan visiting family, I make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Baby is near!</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/18/the-baby-is-near</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/18/the-baby-is-near#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so in case you hadn&#8217;t heard, we have a baby on the way. Everything&#8217;s been great so far (although the 15 hours of childbirth classes seem like a bit much), at least from my perspective - I&#8217;m sure E&#8217;s got a slightly different perspective since she&#8217;s the one carrying the bowling ball. Anyhow, I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Sister Sings!</title>
		<link>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/17/my-sister-sings</link>
		<comments>http://alexandeleanor.com/2009/01/17/my-sister-sings#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey all, check out this great new song that my sister wrote and sang. I even helped a bit with the final master. And before you say it&#8230;yes, she got all the talent in the family.
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