Finally...

So I apologize for the extremely long delay between posts...I have been unable to successfuly upload any photos or video on blogger for days. Any other bloggers who read this having that problem? Anyhoo, I'm back, and with photos from our visit with the delightful California Smiths.


Abel and Edy got along swimmingly. They played, hit, snatched toys, kicked, giggled, and ran without stop.


It snowed a couple of inches on the day they left...just enough to get our hopes up that they might be snowed in and miss their flight. Sadly, they did not.



They visited a border collie farm down the road.


And Hattie learned a few tricks with her pacifier.


They fake-slept in Edy's bed.


And enjoyed a leisurely wagon-pulling from Uncle Caleb...who, by the way, moved to Austin, Texas today. We're pretty sad about it around here. Edy's going to miss her dear Uncle Tabub something awful. Sadness...

Anyway, a few more that speak for themselves:





And, finally, because she doesn't get mentioned on the blog much, our zippy little pup enjoying the snow. This one makes me smile.

Happy Monday

Winter Musings

(Thanks, JuJu, for the pic!)

Catching up the last month...

Life had been fairly quiet around here lately though having two kiddos keeps a mom quite busy (far too busy to blog, usually). However, we are thoroughly enjoying getting to know our Hattie.


What we've learned: She primarily amuses herself by eating, snoozing,


laying around the house,


and making googly-eyed faces at the camera.


Meanwhile, Edy is growing into quite the little Personality.
She now reguarly dresses and styles her hair like a Dr. Seuss character.


She also enjoys decorating,


making purposely unattractive faces when I try to get her to smile for pictures,


and cooking.


(She made us ramen noodles. They were delicious.)

Gee, Thanks.

Josh took some time off work this week to help out around the house.

Here's where I found him at about 11:30 yesterday morning:


Apparently, "helping out" has a wide range of definitions.

The First Week

I know I've done poorly at keeping the blog updated with new pictures of Hattie, but somehow, suprisingly, having two kiddos has left me with a whole lot less time for picture-taking and blogging. So, a quick update...


Hattie is quite the sleeper. Though I know all newborns sleep a lot, we swear she is unusual. It's a quite a treat when we get to see her beautiful eyes actually open.



Edy loves her baby sister and kisses her endlessly. She is also an excellent fetcher of diapers and wet wipes. Josh has begun to take advantage of her helpfulness though and has her completing various household tasks for him. But she's a smart girl; I'm sure she'll realize what he's up to and put an end to it soon enough.


Many people have asked if Edy has shown any signs of jealously. She hasn't, but I have. Her new attachment to Josh is a little hard for her mommy to take.


I was beginning to go a bit stir-crazy this week and decided it was time to pull out the double stroller. It was chilly, but the girls were snuggly warm inside under the rain fly. (Please don't look at me in this picture...I look just as tired as I felt.)

Hattie Anne Hall

Sweet Hattie is finally here! She arrived bright and early on my 28th birthday, Tuesday, November 9th at 2:16 a.m. She weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces and was 19 inches long. Welcome darling!