changing so fast

old and new

 Miles received his silver cup last week.  An old tradition carried on by a new generation.  My parents have generously continued the tradition of giving their grandchildren a silver cup with the child's monogram.  I wrote the story of Fiona's cup when she received it.  I can't wait until Miles can really use it and cherish it as the rest of us.  He is growing so fast and showing lots of personality.  Happy two months to my funny little man!

 

 

resemblances

Oh my goodness!  Can you believe how much these kids look alike?  Two sets of two!

36 Weeks Down

I wanted to have a nice portrait during this pregnancy like I did last time. Generally, I find snapshots of myself pregnant to be mostly unflattering. But I enjoyed having these records of my last pregnancy. According to my file names, I was about 34 weeks there. I missed that deadline by about a week, and was closer to 35 weeks for these pictures. You wouldn't know it- I look more like 45 weeks! This little boy might not be so little when he comes out. While I was outside, with the tripod already set up, I thought it might also be fun to have some pictures with my baby girl. She didn't necessarily agree, although a few of them came out kind of sweet. The sweetest one I got, though, was with my camera phone when I caught her doing exactly what she had seen mommy do. Yeah, that's the sound of my heart melting!

London Calling

I'm in the final stages of planning for our trip to London. We're officially on the count-down now... T minus 12 days! I'm still in some state of denial about the trip. The whole thing is sort of surreal. It may not seem like a big deal to others, but I've always wanted to travel. I love it. Through various circumstances, I didn't get to do the traveling when I expected, but I have been blessed with some serendipitous trips. I was able to take a wonderful to Paris with my mom, sister and 6 month old Braden. This winter Everett told me that he might have to go to London for work, and did I want to go along? Did I? I tried not to get my hopes up, positive that it would pop like a bubble. Could the Marine Corps actually send my husband someplace fun? Not possible. Yet here we are!



See all my sticky tabs? I don't know if we'll make it to all those places or not, but we're going to try. I know some of you out there are world travelers, yourselves. Have you been to London? What do you recommend? Do you know of something that was a big waste of time? What should we absolutely NOT miss?

In the midst of all this, I've decided to start another new project. I can't help myself. I bought this gorgeous yarn when we first started talking about the trip. It was intended for a scarf to wear in London. (It's still pretty chilly there- only in the 60's probably.) Unfortunately, it turned out to be too challenging, so I ripped it out and set the yarn aside. I found a new pattern, and hope to have this ready by the time we touch down at Heathrow. Possible? I hope so!

Pixie

My Baby Girl is changing fast,
I blink my eyes and days go past.
Smiling. cooing and gurgling too,
It's so much fun getting to know you!

I can't believe you're three months old today! Happy One Quarter Birthday, Fiona!

Baby Three

My blog has been quiet recently. Mostly I've been busy preparing for this little guy (or girl). Here is a peek at how well he (or she) is growing. Later this week, I hope to give you some peeks at what I've been up to.