Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Our New Baby!

Mom & Baby, checking each other out.








Sleeping Angel


With Dad


With Mom


Ready to go home


Meeting big sister, Paige





Paige was instantly in love


I'll post tmi birth details for those interested soon :)

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Introducing. . .

Claire Ruby


born November 1st @ 3:18 am

7 lbs 10 oz
19 in

Saturday, October 31, 2009

They learn young. . .

Ben took Paige trick or treating around the neighborhood this evening while I stayed home to pass out candy.

They visited our elderly next-door neighbor who handed out little bright red apples. As Paige trotted away to the next house she complained for all to hear, "You go trick or treating for candy, NOT APPLES!"

Wow.

Happy Halloween

from Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf as Grandma

Friday, October 30, 2009

Mission Call

My parents received their mission call yesterday.

They have been called to serve in the Columbia, South Carolina mission. And they will report to the MTC on December 7th.

Any of you who know my stepfather most likely have never seen him beardless. . . until now.

3 weeks ago . . .

I blogged about this.

I am happy to report, we are now much more ready for our little girl to arrive.

The linen shelves in the laundry room are up and stocked with clean linens.

My boxes (and boxes and boxes) of clothes are sorted and put away.

The spare room (office/craft room) now only contains boxes of office/craft supplies (which are still not unpacked because we have yet to purchase furniture for that room).

Still nothing hanging on the walls in the upstairs living room, but I did decorate for Halloween!

The toys have been unpacked, sorted through, and they have a permanent home.

The downstairs living room is furnished and box free! There are even a few things hanging on the walls :)

Paige's big girl room is under way. . . hmmm, maybe I can put my mom to work on that when she comes to help with the baby . . .

39 weeks

I showed the following picture to Paige this morning and explained that that's how our baby fits in my tummy.

After Paige asked what the uterus and the placenta were (and our discussion that followed), these were her thoughts:

"I like it!"

"How come she's laying down?"

And my favorite:
Referring to the umbilical cord, "Does she have a blanket in there?".