Tuesday Happenings

Despite having only secured an estimated five hours of sleep last night, Tua managed to have a banner Tuesday. She was bested only twice by her sister and that was for the amount of time she got to spend with Gigi as well as for the least amount of fuss. Pippa took home the gold on both accounts.

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Gigi is in town and the girls are each getting a healthy dose of attention. As I write this, Pippa is being rocked to sleep in Gigi's arms as Bug and I take a moment to catch up with paperwork etc.

These photos are from today. Pippa seems to look less and less like either of her parents every day.

Bath Time

We marked a milestone tonight. Pippa was given her first tub sanctioned 'bath' and everyone helped. Tua was interested mostly in dunking her toothbrush into the bathwater. What fun!

a tale of two cakes

Tua's big day has come and gone. The 2nd birthday party was quite the event. We spent the previous night baking up a storm and as a result had more than enough choices for birthday cake. I think I even recall an apple pie making a brief appearance. In the end, chocolate won out big time. At 5:00, the cakes came out of their hiding place and despite not having had any dinner, Tua wanted a piece of cake one, a cake I called Slow Death By Chocolate.

We didn't even have time to give her a fork.

A few of the party-goers, below grandpa keeping Pippa at bay.

Nonna brought along a few balloons, which proved to be the most exciting part of the evening.

The second cake (the official candled birthday cake) came out at 7:30. The chorus gave her a bit of a start.....

....and reduced her to tears....

Seconds later, the tears yeild to curiosity.

She bounced back and in the best of form, proceeded to blow out her own candles....notice the prevailing wind coming from her direction and not her dads.

A second slice.....before

and after.



The morning after, the balloons are still a hit.

aerial shots of the item of the year

Not to sideline the arrival of Pippa, but the post today is highlighting our new Moby wrap, worn here by Bug. Of the 23 known baby wraps, slings, etc, there are out there, the best we've found seems to be the Moby. It allows the wearer a full range of motion in both arms while providing a sort of womblike cave in which baby can be held tight against parent during the all important fourth trimester. It is designed as well to carry up to forty lbs, so we can even cart Tua around is she wishes (which she has not and probably won't).

Cooking with the Best

We have added some space to our kitchen recently. Its exclusivly sized for those of us under 3 feet tall. Tua has taken to it like a duck to water. She allows observers on a case by case basis. Below, Bug was lucky enough to be granted a visit.

God bless us, everyone...

We hope that this post finds all of our readers, friends and family alike, in the best of good cheer today. We are adjusting to becoming four where there once was only three.

Pippa below is getting the best rest of us all. I'll have whatever she's having.

Today was one of the busier Christmas days in memory. In fact, it hardly seemed worthy of holiday status. Tua got to open plenty of presents and was fascinated less with presents than with what the presents came in. Pippa is eating well and sleeping a lot. Our nights have fallen into the catagory of sleepless. Bug is a bit more on call than I, but we've both seen our share of the witching hour lately. Tua is taking to sibling hood rather well. Today, she offered her sister an apple and a glass of milk. We suggested that she might want to start smaller, like with a kiss, which she readily gave.