Just to See You Smile

When Cam was born, I was officially camera crazed. I took pictures of every possible moment. Wherever I went, the camera was in tow. (This is why it is all scratched up and not-so desirable these days.) He has always been so photogenic until recently. Now, it has to be convenient for him to take his picture. So, if it's not his idea, he runs away or puts his hand up. However, he loves to be the picture taker right now. I think he knows how to work the camera better than I do!

My mission with Maeve is to make sure she has as many pictures as Cam did and does. I've always given Moo a hard time about not having any pictures of me, the second child. Now I know why she doesn't. Besides the financial hardship that she claims about film being so expensive, I realize that with two children, you are so busy living. Capturing the moments of living is just an extra step at times that just doesn't get done. Sorry, Mama, for giving you such a hard time all these years.

Here are some smiles we have captured of our little girl so far. We hope, despite the business of living, we will get to capture many more of her precious double-dimple smiles!

Twin Friends

When the girls were a month old, Hillary and I had our "twin friends" pictures made. I don't know if Maeve and Anna Belle will ever know just how exciting this whole experience has been for Hillary and me. But, we will be constantly reminding them! Here are some of our favorite shots of our baby girls.

Hillary and I always imagined doing something big together. Years ago, we imagined a double wedding perhaps..but the whole pregnancy, delivery, and materinity leave double experience has proven to be better than anything we could have cooked up on our own. We are looking forward to many years of "double" events with these sweet girls.

Easter

We enjoyed our Easter Sunday. You know I am crazed about having my babies match for church, so I had the outfits planned out and ready even before Maeve was born. I didn't realize how hard getting a picture of my babies in blue would be though. Cam was busy with everything else and had very little time to slow down for a photo shoot. Maeve was either sleeping or fretting over the bonnet getting in her eyes. I hope when I look back at these pictures I'll remember all these little details.

We had lots of family time including lunch at our house and then the traditional egg hunt at Aunt Laura's. In between it all Cam digested several pounds of sugar from all the candy he insisted on consuming. He's nothing like me...he has to eat everything the instant he sees it, whereas as a child, I always liked to save my treats.

The sweetest thing today besides the Little House on the Prarie baby was Cam at church. He was very excited to be able to carry his very own Bible that he received in his Easter basket. I'm looking forward to reading it with him because it's divided up into easily understandable stories, and each story has a song that goes with it. He was excited in general and kept asking, "Is Jesus coming?" "Is He here yet?" Although those questions seemed very childlike, spoken by someone who cannot grasp the depth of this intricate story, they can also be very profound. We don't really know when Jesus is coming back, but we have to be ready for we certainly don't want to miss Him!

Family Blog

I've decided that we need a family blog. I've been blogging at school for years, so it should be fairly simple for me to do this. I hope it will be an easier way to share my little ones with people who would like to see them on a regular basis. My goal is atleast a couple of of posts per month. Keep me in check on this.

Things have changed quite a bit for us since the arrival of our sweet little Maeve. She came to our family on March 2. For those of you around us, this was the day we were digging out of the snow that blanketed us with 6+ inches. So, our adventure to the hospital was a whole blogpost in itself. (Maybe I'll take the time to do a little blog flashback with that story one day.) Cam declared her our "Snow Baby." And so far, she's proven to be just as pure and gentle as the snow that we watched fall the afternoon before her birth.

I've been learning how to adjust to being the mom of two, and I've concluded it's a juggling act. Luckily I have not dropped one of them yet!

Just tonight Cam said out of the blue, "Mama, I'm so glad Maeve is out of your tummy!" And we all are. She fits so nicely into our new family of four.