Catching up with some pictures of the girls...

Playing in the snow!

wearing Maeve on my back

Queen of the snow mountain

Rocking her faux hawk

Sleepy girl

Riding her big girl bike in the halls at Papa's work (even in the "elligator"shh!)

Beautiful baby (she started rolling a few days before her 3 month birthday! Can you believe it?!)

Sisters!

Woolie Baby

Christmas Morning

Cheese!

First haircut- she loved it!

using the potty (we've been doing Elimination Communication (EC) w/ Maeve since she was 6 weeks old. It's awesome!)

I don't want to forget...

Fiona has an incredible memory. She really blows me away. One time I pointed out a kitty in the window of the flower shop on Whidbey. 6 months later we walked past the same flower shop and she asked me where the kitty was. Or the time that Emily visited and took her to the playground. It was before she was really talking much. About 9 months later we were walking back from the same playground. Fiona said, "Emmy took me here and sang me a song." I was amazed how she was able to articulate an experience from her non-talking days. This girl doesn't forget a thing! A smart cookie I tell you!

I on the other hand do not have her memory skills. I need to write things down because I don't want to forget.

• I don't want to forget that she calls the elevator an elligator.
• I don't want to forget the way she curls up with her sister and says in a whisper so quiet I can barely hear her, "I just love her so much Mama."
• I don't want to forget that she sings at the top of her lungs songs about her family when she is happy.
• I don't want to forget the subtle difference between her questions and statements. Only those that speak Fiona can catch it. It's all in the voice.
• I don't want to forget that when we read books that show a child getting tucked into their own bed she gets stressed out about why the Mama is not going to bed with them! (Don't all families cosleep?!) I usually tell her the Mama has to go brush her teeth before going to bed.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this girl!

Sisters...

These girls of mine are so alike, yet so different! See for yourself!

Fiona

Maeve

Fiona (5 months old!)

Maeve (5 weeks old!)

Rockin' Out

Fiona loves to "Rock Out" with her buitar (guitar). When she hears music come on she often runs down the hall yelling, "I need to rock out! I'll get some instruments." The horse made guitar has gotten a lot of play lately. Here she is rockin' out to the White Stripes.

We're back...

I've been meaning to sit down and write on the blog for weeks! Instead I've been learning to adjust to life with a newborn in the house. At some point during the last month we have all been sick too. But now I have more pictures to share with you. We are loving our sweet baby Maeve. Fiona never gives her one kiss- it is always one of the cheek and one on her head. Fiona is totally in love with her and calls her Baby Sister more then Maeve. This is not to say that she doesn't have her moments. She tells me things like, "Put Baby Sister in her hammock" or "Pass Maeve to Papa". My favorite is when she gets things mixed up and tells me to "pass Papa to Maeve." Ha!

Ok, on to the goods...

Maeve Penelope

Our beautiful baby girl Maeve Penelope was born on Oct 7th at 5:06pm. She weighed 6 pounds 14.5 ounces and is 20 inches long. She was born surrounded by family (Papa, Fiona, and Granny) and friends (our wonderful Dr.- Laura and our awesome doula- Zoya). Everything about the labor and delivery was peaceful and just as I wanted it to be. We are thrilled with our new little bundle!

Toddler tested and approved

Fiona has tested out the baby hammock and tummy tub... she approves!