Happy Birthday, Rebecca baby!!!

In grand tradition, we now have the first-year recap of our little Rebecca.

They grow up so quickly! Happy birthday, little one!

memorial day

Bit late, I know, but we actually fun over our 3 day weekend so I wanted to share.

We spent Saturday at Howarth Park, which is by the ocean:






and Monday at the zoo (the kids' current favorite outing):

It was Rebecca's first trip!

Family of five!

The kids loved digging in the dirt... sheesh, take them to the zoo and that's what they like... :D

...while Rebecca played with her blanket.

And, of course, their favorite part: the carousel!

And some bonus Rebecca pics:

Happy Mother's Day!!!

To all the moms in the world, thank you for all you do... for your children and your families. You help make the world a happy place.

one more thing...

Rebecca learned how to smile!

easter, birthdays, and a little down time

Soo... we're having a rather busy few weeks.

First, Steve had a birthday. It wasn't a big deal, really, just involving turning 30!!!

Oh yes, I made him have all the candles. :D

But I digress. He got a Kinect for his birthday and it's fabulous! Adam will demonstrate a driving game:

See how there's no controller? This thing is amazing.

Then, it was Easter. The Bunny did his usual thing of bringing small outdoor toys and new books, plus hiding candy-filled eggs in obvious places so a 2- and 4-year-old could find them. The Bunny courteously comes to our house on Saturday so Sunday is not wrecked with sugar-filled insanity. :)

Here they are, both playing with the baby's new blocks. Baby toys, apparently, are always more fun.

Next, we have some guests coming this weekend as we are blessing Rebecca, and then next week is our 7th wedding anniversary.
And after all that, you may not hear from us for a while.
:) kidding.

In other, less-important news, we got a second bouncy chair so we could have one on each floor. It's rather cushy and Rebecca likes it. It also plays harp music, which I really appreciate.


I also enjoy having a baby with enough hair to put a barrette in.


We also took a little trip to the Mukilteo Lighthouse beach so the kids could throw rocks in the ocean. It amuses them to no end, and resulted in Steve's brilliant new house rule of "We only throw rocks at the beach."


(Our house has these decorative rocks they liked to throw... anyway.) That's what we've been up to.

little cutie

This outfit has an off-center heart on it... but I think it makes her look like she was in a terrible accident. :D

guess who

Thought it would be fun to compare newborn pictures... I did not put these in order; can you tell who is who?

so small....

...she can fit in Nicole's doll crib.

Adam loves his "Rurbecca."

And Nicole wanted to read her a story.

Little cherub baby. :)

She's here!

We welcomed little Rebecca Rose Ivie to our family early Sunday morning. She was 7 lb, 15 oz. and a sucessful VBA2C. A big thank you to our fabulous medical team at UWMC and especially everyone who helped with our kids and our first few days at home!

Look at all that hair! :)

Meeting Adam and Nicole. They just love her.