Backyard fire

Brent and Eli have been having fun building fires in the backyard. They even ran out to the grocery store for marshmallows one night. Eli of course, loves the roasted marshmallows and they both enjoy the "guy time" by the fire. I can picture them already, camping together, fishing, sitting by the fire.

Using his very own roasting stick (supervised of course)

The boys

The marshmallow aftermath

Here she is!

Hana had newborn photos taken at 8 days old. Michelle Wells took our photos for us and had her work cut out for her. Hana woke up that morning with a blotchy face and was awake for most of the session (which is not what we wanted). She did not like to be naked and made lots of grumpy faces. I remember Eli slept through his entire newborn session and it was so easy! Michelle still managed to get lots of great pictures though.

Here's our sweet girl:

LOVE

Sometimes a picture speaks a thousand words. This one is Eli and his Dad to a T. I absolutely love it.


Photo credit: Michelle Wells Photography

Big news in a little package

Our daughter, Hana Kathleen Nancy was born on September 13th. She weighed 7lbs 15 oz and was 20.5 inches long. She was born at 6:21 am. Everything went really well and she is perfect and healthy. I got to come home from the hospital the same day and have had a nice easy recovery. Having Brent home has been wonderful!

Eli is in love with his little sister and adjusting very well. He just loves to hold her and tickle her hands.

Hana will be 2 weeks old tomorrow and she has already outgrown her first sleeper. I find myself wishing time would just slow down. I know this newborn phase doesn't last very long so I'm trying to soak up every minute. She's a very easy baby so far and I *think* that some of my genes might actually show up in her features. I know newborns change a lot so I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I think there is a chance that she might at least resemble me a little bit!

Parental Leave

As of today, Brent is officially on parental leave until January 10th, 2011. Right now he's at Home Depot with Eli and then they are going to the bottle depot. I am laying in bed, relaxing! Hopefully I can get a little more R&R in before our newest addition arrives. I'm feeling a little bit like a ticking time bomb that could go off any minute. It's hard not to expect the delivery to go like it did last time. At this point in pregnancy with Eli, I had him in 4 days from now but I'm showing a lot less signs of impending labour this time around. I am still a week and a half away from my due date, so I'm trying to enjoy the last days of pregnancy as much as I can.

We are looking forward to the family time together. Our zoo passes will get lots of use! Eli and Brent are also signed up for gymnastics and a sports classt his Fall. Hopefully that keeps them a little bit busy as the weather turns colder. We are excited for Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas this year. Our only major project is cleaning out the garage. We still can't park 2 vehicles in it because it's full of stuff. Last time Brent was on parental leave he was renovating a basement and doing landscaping, so it will be nice for him to not have any big projects on the go this time.

On the vehicle front, we just bought a minivan. It will replace Brent's car. I can't believe it, but I'm actually looking forward to driving it. It will be nice for longer trips and fitting in all the stuff that goes along with 2 kids.

Hopefully my next post will be a baby announcement. Wish me luck!

Great find!

Brent got a package delivered in the mail the other day and opened it after Eli went to bed. He left it out and the next morning it took Eli about 3 seconds to discover the box. He had lots of fun playing in it with his "buckets". Being two must be so much fun!

I love the mischief face he gives me when he dumps the foam out of the box.

Getting ready

I've been pulling out all of our baby equipment over the last week. Trying to get it all cleaned and organized, all the batteries in things, making sure things work. Eli doesn't remember any of it so he's been having fun exploring everything. The other day I walked into the baby's room and there was Eli, swinging in the swing. He was pretty proud of himself that he got in there, too bad getting out wasn't as easy!