Some (more) pictures at last.

When my mom was here last weekend we had fun taking ALL SORTS of pictures. Enjoy perusing.





This last picture is of Sophie when she was about as old as Henry is...This is for those of you who would like to know whether Henry looks like Sophie did.

A package comes in the mail with your name on it. Two other packages (your pictures) come from Wallgreens, also with your name on them. The first package is from Wallingford. You only glance at Wall and your mind registers Wallgreens. You assume it is something else from Wallgreens even though you don't remember ordering anything else, you think it could be an extra gift of sorts because you spent so much on your pictures.

You open the pictures. Glance at them. Then open the third package. Out comes an unidentifiable lump of something haphazardly wrapped in brown paper wrap. Out also comes paper.

You look at the paper and realize that this is something you mentioned a while back to your hubby that you might enjoy having for your birthday. Your birthday is three weeks away. What do you do?

I'm Lovin These

Mormon Messages on You Tube.

And, Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Home At Last: Sophie gets a brother.

Sophie was enamored with Henry's nose, eyes and hat. For the first 30 minutes of his triumphant arrival at home Sophie stared and pointed over and over. "Nose, nose, nose, nose, eyes, eyes, eyes, hat, hat, hat." With an occasional "Night night baby. Shhh."

My personal favorite was her very first reaction as I took him out of his carseat. She softly gasped, "ohh."

night night baby

Nose

eyes

A Buckle

Hat

To Debra

Our love is like a cabbage,
A thing of many parts.
I gave the leaves to others,
But for you I saved the hearts.
-Anonymous

When Sophie met Henry

When Debra arrived at the hospital this afternoon to feed Henry, she was greeted by a surprise: the nurses had removed Henry's incubator from his room and had replaced it with a little crib. This means that Henry is one step closer to coming home...we just wish we knew what the other steps are.

After feeding time ended, Debra asked the nurse if she could open the door wide so Sophie could see her little brother across the hall and through the waiting room glass door. The nurse responded with a second surprise, telling Deb that she could bring Henry all the way to the waiting room door, thus allowing Sophie a close-up (although still zoo-like) encounter with her little brother.