Sunday, December 14, 2008

Family of 5

Scarlett (pokes Mia in the eye): Eyes!
Shannon:  Scarlett - don't poke her in the eye! Touch the top of her head instead.
Scarlett (pokes Mia in the eye): Eyes!  
Shannon: Ahh! Don't poke her eyes! (Decides not to put Mia on the floor if the kids are awake.)



So we have a budding photographer in our house.  As I'm sure you can all see, even though most pics are of himself, he's pretty much on his way to fame for the photography. We just need to get him to work on his vantage point a little....




Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Ode to Nathan

The only time Nathan takes a nap anymore is when he falls asleep somewhere random.  My favorite, though, is when he crawls up onto my lap and falls asleep (reason #1 I love my 3 year old).

Reason #2 I love my 3 year old: Pillows make a great blanket
No, we didn't take our 3 year old to glamour shots.  He's actually sliding down a big blue tube slide at the park.  

Saturday, November 22, 2008

3 car seats in the back seat

Meet Mia Jane Stoker
Born 11/21/08 at 1:37 PM
5 pounds exactly
19 1/4 inches long





Thursday, November 13, 2008

R is for...

Nathan (hands me my contact case): What is 'R' for?
Shan: It's for Right eye
Nathan: No, I think it's for "Arrrgh matey"

F is for...

Shan: I think over the last week or so my face has started looking fat
Brig: You aren't retaining water are you?
Shan: No, and my blood pressure is still low
Brig: So you are just retaining fat?

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

34 weeks and counting

A belly shot...this is so you can imagine the following pictures inside my rapidly growing belly.

To get the full effect, imagine this as an action shot with her kicking and wiggling like crazy. At my last ultrasound (on Friday) I told the ultrasonographer that she didn't didn't have to tell me where everything was, because I could tell: feet in my right hip, bottom wiggling around the left side of my belly, head down, with an occasional hand sweeping around.  I was right. The ultrasonographer told me she seemed feisty.  I agree.
I guess she has some hair already, too.
Current stats: weight 4 lbs 10 oz (17 percentile).  They are guessing she'll be about 6 1/2 pounds or so at birth.  I still outweigh Brig.