Pedal, pedal

Lucky kid. He gets to say he learned how to ride a bike in Italy. Thanks to his balance bike back home, Mac picked up riding a real one in five minutes. So cute!

Signs of spring

One of the songs Mac sings from preschool is a cute sonnet for spring and it goes:
Spring is here said the bumble bee
How do you know?, asked the old oak tree
I saw a daffodil dancing with a fairy on a windy hill

And here is miss Waverly enjoying the early signs of spring, crazy coif and all:).

Zoo day

A tale of two children

Two kids, totally different stages and equally cute and sweet. While Macadam has much more power with his words and actions than baby Waverly, she's now letting us know she'd like to be heard too. It's hard to believe that the little man is just hitting the 3.5 mark, although, it only takes a moment of witnessing his sweet, sometimes loud goofiness and you realize, yeah - he's just a little boy now. No longer a toddler. 

Waverly is almost nine months and still remains completely smitten by her brother. She now knows how to give high fives and l-o-v-e-s to clap. Sing patty cake and she's the perfect party trick - clapping and smiling in an instant. She definitely goes with the flow but now, more and more, she lets us know that we should really listen to her:). She loves to eat and has yet to reject anything we set before her. Just like Macadam did, she's an Army-style crawler. She can slither like a snake and cross yards in split seconds. It's adorable and also has us realizing we're going to have put some barriers very soon.

Since I am still so delinquent and infrequent on blogging, I thought I would at least cover some ground on what they're up to and now here are some recent pictures!

Happy Holidays!

It's been quiet on the blog but am hoping that with the start of the New Year we can get caught up with Flickr photos and go gangbusters on some fun posts from the last few months. And even better - post more regularly going forward.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Rob and I feel so thankful for these little but mighty people in our lives. Mac is an ever-present funny, sensitive and active boy and Waverly is a complete lovebug. Her personality is coming through more and more each day. She's the sweetest of sweet and is starting to let us know that while she's definitely up for going with the flow, there's times when the flow no goes:).

The new bath time

Combining routines is becoming easier as Waverly gets a little bigger. The shot below is from earlier tonight. Planning a major attack on blogging here soon with a full arsenal of the hundreds, if not thousands of photos we have of the last almost five months. Yes, Wavy turns five months this week! Hard to believe and she is the sweetest of sweet. Her big brother is pretty fantastic too. Can't wait to share the recent, and not so recent, antics of both.

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"The new bath time"

Yes, we're alive - I swear

Things have been less than lively on the blog which means that things have been rather too lively in real life. Really hope to update soon - can you handle a summer's worth of posts all in a row? I think I might just do that:).

As always when I have slacked on the blog by taking care of bizness in life, here's a teaser of our greatest loves - Waves (running the show at Mommy's office) and Mac (going to school).

Summer sight

If this doesn't capture summer, I don't know what does. Can't believe our little man turns three on Saturday!

Catching up

Due traveling, work, kids and some technical difficulties, where we haven't been able to upload photos from our computer to any other program we are definitely behind on updates. Actually, it appears I have to email photos versus upload them to Blogger.

It's hard to believe that Waverly is almost six weeks. As we try to catch up, here's a recent shot from our trip up to Orcas Island for our friends' wedding, which was so much fun - both the big event and having a family getaway.

Macadam is definitely a growing little boy with plenty of rambunctious times and opinions, and man, he loves his little sister.

Big brother

All of our roles have changed around here and probably the biggest shift is for Macadam. It's still early and we're rather sure that his ideas about Waverly will change, but it's been so wonderful to watch him embrace being a big brother. Throughout my labor, I was really emotional about our little man and what the arrival of our sweet little lady would mean for him. It's been much smoother thus far than I think we imagined or could have hoped and there's been so many heartwarming moments.

As he did on her second day, Mac's been loving having her lie with him and read books as well as his most recent request to hold her.

Four days old

Unknowingly I dressed both Macadam and Waverly in the same onesie at four days old. Looking back at pictures of Mac, I discovered the coincidence and it's really rather cute to see how much they look alike, not just in that curled up newborn way but in many of their features.

The photo above is from when Wavy and I caught a great game of baseball between Mac and Rob. Macadam's obsession with all sports continues but the current game to love is baseball. He's getting so good, we can't really play inside anymore. Also, the third photo below is how high Mac got before we made him come down. Had.no.idea.he.could.climb.that.high!!!

Scenes from the hospital

In the short life that is Waverly's, it seems like so much has happened over the last 11 days. Being in the hospital seems like forever ago but really not even two weeks!
Friends and family made their way to greet Waverly in her early hours. Rob and I also got some quality time alone and with her, which was oh so wonderful.

Two days in

We're just two days in and so far, we're loving every minute of being four. I hope to update with some more pictures of Waverly meeting her grandparents and a few friends.

For now, here are a couple of shots of her before leaving the hospital on Friday and then probably one of the most heartwarming moments (thus far) of Rob and my parental careers. Big brother and little sister cuddling and reading a book tonight.

Another farm visit

Our good friends the Martins are also soon welcoming a little girl. We went to their shower over Memorial Day weekend, which was out at Deanna's parents place. Macadam loved it. Not only could he and Natalia play and run around but there were also horses and a tractor.

Tons of photos but here are some faves.

Shower for the little lady

Last month our dear friends threw us a lovely co-ed shower down in Portland. It was so much fun to see friends and their kids as well as have Macadam and baby girl Faw's grandparents to share in the special event. Mac had a blast running around with all the kids and the adults, well we just let them run around:). We had a great time spending a night downtown and celebrating with friends from Seattle for a delightful Mother's Day too!

Here are some pics, the first few being from Macadam's morning time at Friendship Farms. Can't say no to a tractor!

Scenes from the weekend

Last weekend was practically picture perfect - warm, sunny, plenty of family time, walks, time with friends. Hard to believe it could be one of our last as a family of three!!!