The Whole Family

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Happy Halloween

Here are our two little cuties in the same outfit. Have fun figuring out which is which :)

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Coming home

Here are some random pictures from coming home.

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Visitors

I have been lucky enough to have several visitors other than my big sister while I have been here. I am looking forward to meeting more people once I get out!

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Heading home

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We are headed home tomorrow with a sore but happy mommy and an adorable little boy who has turned the tide and is back to gaining weight. We are thrilled and daunted to be so close to doing it without the professional help. We are very appreciative of the wonderful staff at Holy Cross.

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Cuddles

Big sister got to cuddle her brother very gently today!

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Pictures

We have had a big day around here. Please see today's gallery which hopefully starts with a last shot of the pregnant lady and ends with all of us together (minus the dog) We are all doing well. Charlie was born today at 11:32 am weighing 8 lbs. 5 oz and 21.25 inches in length.

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Hanging out getting ready

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Izzy and I have been enjoying hanging out together. I am savoring my last few moments with one child. We have a good time even though right now it involves hanging out calmly. We were playing the camera on the computer. Sorry for the funny flash lighting.

Songs for my kids

So with each child we have chosen to find out the gender. Interestingly each time before the fateful 20 week sonogram there has been a song I found myself playing a lot. Both in hindsight proved correct.  For Izzy it was Carrie Underwood's "All American Girl" and this time is was Brad Paisley's "Anything Like Me."

Meet Izzy

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This is our daughter Izzy. You can read all about her adventures so far at her blog see the side bar. We have a penguin thing so we measure our children against a stuffed penguin. Here is Izzy next to the penguin at one month.

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She has come a long way :)

Monday will bring a new little Twig

We will go in on Monday to have a new baby Twig. We are scheduled for 10:45, but with the blizzard babies who knows so just bare with us and slow posting of news.

A new blog for a new addition

Welcome to our new blog! As we prepare to welcome our new child to the world we decided it was time for a new blog. If you want to read about our adventures to date please feel free to visit our daughter's blog at http://splinter-wood-blog.blogspot.com/.

Check back for pictures of our new addition to come on Monday or perhaps Tuesday.