Announcing

Baby Atom!

as his older sister calls him
Born September 29, 2009 at 2:12 am
Height 20 1/2 "
Weight 8 lbs 2 oz
Born less than an hour after arriving at the hospital
Both Mom and Baby are doing OK.

Two of my favorite people

Wood took MaryP to a wedding, reception, and then another reception this evening while I got ready for and attended the RS General Broadcast (and the yummy dinner they served us beforehand which I did not have to cook -always a treat!). Anyway, I thought these two look simply dashing as they got ready to go. How did I get so lucky/blessed to end up with these two*?!*Soon to be three - yes today was my due date. And yes I'm still pregnant.

Warm shoes

Coming home from playing basketball this morning with some friends, Wood sat down in the front entry way to remove his shoes. (He'd been playing for several hours and was notably sweaty - as well he should be.)

MaryP - who has a special place in her heart for shoes - ran over to him, picked one up, and promptly stuck her foot in.

"Ooooh, Hot." she commented with delight "Nice, nice and warm!"

We couldn't help but laugh - and be somewhat disgusted at the same time.

I think I prefer nice cold shoes.

Emerged from the Deep

I'm too lazy to write a long blog, so here is a spotty visual update on our lives.
So, I have returned from the deep.
- Bonus points to all that can identify the origin of this picture.

I earned my submarine warfare pin prior to the underway. This is a pretty big deal . . . at least to me.

But Woodine also won accolades prior to the underway:

Woodine enjoyed the Reunion we had at Reid Ranch so much last year that she organized one for her mother's side of the family this year. Yeah that's right, check out her muscles in the picture.
Going to the petting zoo with Grandma: cautious of chickens, adventurous with goats.Woodine has some sweet cake decorating skills.
Mary P sporting some birthday gifts.


Mary P having a lot of fun on the trampoline with her cute cousin.



I'm still excited about this. Awesome!