Xmas Preparations...

Even four day olds need a little festive clothing this time of year!

Hannah meets her baby brother

Hannah got to meet Will on Monday. After some initial hesitation (mostly because Mom was wearing a hospital gown and Hannah wasn't sure what she thought of that), she decided her brother was a keeper and has immediately taken to helping out with him. She helped give him a bath earlier today and is always happy to turn on the music on his bouncy seat when he's sitting in it. And tonight we took him for a car ride to see some Christmas lights and she loved having him in the back seat with her - sang him several renditions of Twinkle Twinkle and kept us posted on his status throughout the ride - "he sleeping" was basically all we needed to know.

William Pearce Owens

William made his debut on Sunday 12-13 at 6:47 p.m. He was 8 pounds, 5 ounces and 21 inches long at birth. He has GIANT feet and hands so we're hopeful that means he's going to get some of the Owens family height genes. He had lots of visitors in the hospital including Mimi, Nana and Papi (and he'll meet Grandy Saturday when he gets back from Hawaii!) and Aunt Sarah, Aunt Allie and Uncle Eben (Aunt Kate will meet him this weekend when she arrives from Michigan). His big sister came to visit him too - but we're saving those pictures for a separate post!

Two out of three aunts....

His uncle!

Nana and Daddy....

3/4ths of our family!

Will and I came home around lunchtime yesterday and are settling in. He's not much of a sleeper at night so far but we're hoping that tide will turn quickly!

'Tis the season

It's been a busy start to December trying to cram all our pre Christmas activities into the time before Hannah's baby brother makes his arrival. We started right after Thanksgiving with a trip to see the trains at Snow's in Cape Cod. Much to our surprise, Santa was also there. Hannah wasn't sure what she thought about Santa and didn't want to sit on his lap or get too close to him but checking him out from a distance while safely in Dad's arms was okay.

This weekend we started by heading into Boston Friday afternoon and checking out the Christmas tree in the Commons. We met up with Daddy and had a great time seeing the tree, watching the people ice skating on the frog pond and then having dinner afterwards ... the joys of having only one kid. We're trying to enjoy it while we can!

Yesterday we went to get our Christmas tree. The weather was less than cooperative so we didn't pose for any "tree getting" pictures but Hannah thought this Santa on a tractor was pretty cool and happily posed with him.

This morning we woke up to blanket of white snow - and subsequently discovered that Hannah's snow pants are officially way too short. That and a lack of boots made for a tricky first snowfall for a two year old but frog rain boots and extra socks did the trick and we managed to have fun outside for a while. Our neighbors had their sleds out and happily gave Hannah rides around their backyard which she thought was pretty fun!

And tonight we met up with cousins to visit Edaville railroad. Faithful blog followers will remember that we visited Edaville back around Labor Day to see Thomas the Train. This time of year they have hundreds of lights that you can see from the train ride around the cranberry bog. Hannah once again loved it and had fun seeing the lights, riding the merry go round and visiting with her cousins.

The tree is up (although not yet decorated), the house is decorated, we're 90% done with our Christmas shopping and most of it is even wrapped... now we just need our brother to make his debut! We'll keep you posted.....

Rainy Day After Thanksgiving

A perfect day for a little Elmo watching with Grandy...

And this is actually from yesterday but was too funny not to post. The turkey hat was at first a source of tears but by last night Hannah had warmed up to wearing it - for a minute.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We are having a wonderfully relaxing day down in Falmouth - a lazy morning, a long walk, and soon a fabulous meal with great friends and family. What more could we ask for?!

Hannah spent much of the morning taking "pictures" of her babies with Grandy Breck's binoculars....

Daddy sporting his new turkey hat from his Mom....

Fun at the Children's Museum

Hannah and I went to the Children's Museum in Boston today with Aunt Kate. It was a really fun morning followed by a visit to Dad's office, lunch in Faneuil Hall and a relatively traffic free ride to the Cape! Let's hope the rest of the Thanksgiving weekend is as successful!

Hannah was amazed by the first exhibit we saw - you pulled a rope and when you let go a ball went flying up into a tunnel. We could have spent 45 minutes here....

But we moved on...and practiced our dance moves on the light up floor...

And our basketball skills on the court - Hannah was a bit of a ball hog!

The water trough was awfully fun....

- particularly the waterfall!

And the lifesize chess set was a hit as well!

Exploring the desks in the Arthur exhibit with Aunt Kate.

And lastly, watching herself on TV - what could be better for a two year old?!