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!