Thankful

Last night we asked Tjabe what three things he was going to thank God for during our prayers. In all seriousness he replied, "Toots, toots, toots." And yes, toots are what you think they are.

More Pictures

About a week ago...

About 2 weeks ago...

The longer she's out of the womb, the cuter she gets. As my mom puts it, she's had time to "fluff."

It's that time of year again...

Time for ElfYourself! I think it gets better every year. Here is the one my mom put together for our family, plus Megan (the one in the sunglasses). Good work Mom.

More Maggie

Here are some more recent pictures of Maggie, although even these are over a week old. I forget how quickly newborns change! She looks different from these pictures already. I also threw in a picture of Tjabe enjoying his first sucker. He licked it like an ice cream cone until he got bored with it and left it somewhere in the house to "finish later" (which I knew would never happen, so I threw it away, mean mom that I am). For the most part he is really good with Maggie, probably because he's not that interested in her. But the times he has been interested in her have been mostly positive, except when I'm feeding her and he wants me to hold or play with him. Today she was laying on the floor in his room where I had just finished changing his diaper. I ran out for a second to throw away the diaper and wash my hands, and meanwhile she is crying because she's getting tired. So as I'm coming back into the room I hear her crying stop for a minute and then start again, and I find that Tjabe has found her pacifier and put it in her mouth. He explained it to me when I got there and saw the pacifier lying next to her. I thanked him for trying to help. It's really sweet to see moments like that, even if the help isn't exactly what is needed. And then today at Target, there was a little girl (maybe a year and a half) in line with us who liked babies and wanted to see Maggie, so Tjabe pulled back her blanket and pointed to her, then patted her head. "See, isn't she cute?" he asked the little girl's mom. Ahh, the proud big brother.
And here are the pictures...





For those interested, Maggie is doing great and growing like crazy, mostly in plumpness. At her one week appointment she weighed in at 9 lbs 8 oz, and now at three weeks I think she weighs about 30 pounds. Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a little, but she is definitely getting chubby.

New arrival

At 1:14 am on Monday morning, November 10, Margaret Anne (Maggie) entered the world, complete with a round face, shock of black hair, and miniature dimpled chin. She weighed in at 8 lbs, 6 ounces and 21.5 inches long. The birth was great and Mom and baby are healthy. Below are some pictures.

The Disclaimer

I just had way too much fun looking up Celtic girl names online and trying to guess how they were pronounced. Especially since most of the websites don't include the pronunciation (seems like it would be pretty important, but that's just me). Some of the names are especially funny late at night when you can't sleep. I hope I haven't offended anyone who might actually have one of these names.

Girl Names

As of now, we are still pretty sure we are having a girl, hopefully in the next couple of days. Everyone is asking what we are naming her, and we haven't shared this with anyone (so don't take it personally when we don't tell you what we're thinking of). However, we have a couple of ideas that we thought we would put up here for your comments and votes, because everyone knows that you will have comments. You might just not normally share them with us. Feel free to do so here though. And to give credit where it is due, I got this idea of voting from Holly's blog - Thanks Hol! Now if only I could figure out how you set it up in such a cool way...

We've decided we want a Celtic name. And the choices for first name are (drumroll please)...
- Blathnait
- Conchobar
- Uchtdealb
- Narbflaith
- Slagathor

Pronounce them as you will, although the last one is pretty much phonetic. Leave comments and let us know which one you like best - this will make the decision much easier for us. Thanks for helping us out!