2 Months!

Ronan hit the 2 month mark a couple of weeks ago! Wow, 2 months seems so old! Soon he will be 2 years.  But for now, we just try to soak up every minute with him. Oh my goodness, we love him so much.  He is full of smiles for mommy and daddy and loves to talk.  He loves it when we sing to him and read to him; he joins right in. I feel so incredibly blessed to get to experience each moment of his day with him. God is so good and has provided in so many ways to make this possible.

I have always loved photography - at least since that class I took in high school with Mr. Clay - and for years have wanted to learn how to take beautiful pictures.  Patrick bought me a great camera this summer for our anniversary/my birthday and I am trying to learn a little as I go. Now that I have more time, I am hoping to get lots of practice in. I took these photos I few days after the 2 month mark (by the way, he was 11 lbs 12 1/2 oz and 24 1/2" long). Luckily he was a happy camper the whole time.  I think I wore him out though; he took a long nap after :)

Tummy Time!  This is a rare moment when I think he actually looks like me. My parents have a similar photo of me and I see a resemblance!

Hmmm. He may be outgrowing his Moses basket.

Newborn Photos

I'm having some of Ronan's newborn photos printed, so I thought I'd share them on the blog as well.  We absolutely love all of Ronan's expressions and he seems to have many! Maybe even more than his daddy.  His expressions have definitely changed since he started filling out and getting a little chunky, so I treasure some of these hilarious pictures.  We had these taken by L'Amore Photography when Ronan was 8 days old.


This is actually a look of relief as he is peeing in the WeeWomb.  :)

Just a little worried

"What is that huge black thing in front of my face?"

Some of our favorite sweet shots. He slept for a few minutes at the end of our session so we were able to get some precious shots.





A Fresh Start

I love the idea of a blog. Keeping in touch with family. Having a journal of sorts to document our lives. Being able to share pictures.  I love reading other blogs. Personal blogs.  Design blogs. I have been inspired and challenged spiritually and creatively while stumbling across other's blogs. I would love to do the same for other random bloggers. Yet, in the 3 years since Patrick started this blog, this is my first post. That's not saying too much since we probably have a total of 10 posts. Nonetheless, in 2011 I resolve to post at least once a week. And always with a photo. And so I'll sign off with this - a couple of birth announcements I created today just because I wanted to work in Photoshop and have something to print and frame.  I haven't decided which one to print yet...

More of Ronan's Arrival

A New Reason to Write a Blog

It's been about two years since we've utilized our blog to post info about our little family - a millenia in cyber years. Really, its a miracle we remembered we created the blog in the first place. We've kept up with a lot of you via Facebook and some few through email and phone calls, but Nik and I have discovered there's really no good, easy way to relay pictures and stories to all the our family at one time. Especially now, we don't want to leave anyone out, and we don't want everyone thinking they have to be on Facespace to be kept up-to-date. Now we have a real reason to post on the blog! So I hope this will be a great way for us to keep sending you pictures and for you to see our growing up in-between the visits.

Cheers, Patrick