These are a Few of My FAVORITE Things...

I love my handsome husband and growing children, Saturday mornings, sitting by the lake at my parent's house, eating Fisher's Caramel Corn at the beach in Delaware, playing games, and spending time with friends.  What do all of these things have in common?  They can all be chronicled and preserved through one of my favorite websites...SHUTTERFLY.  

I love Shutterfly!

I'm in the process of putting together our Christmas Card, and it's a hard decision as to which format to use.  The first one that caught my eye was this one:

I like the idea of having multiple pictures, 

and the "H" would be fun to represent "Hillary."

I also found a few that I liked in the Holiday Cards section:

Since those only have one picture, I would have to find one of my all-time favorites from the past year.  That might be tough.  Maybe one of these could work:

Poor boy!!!

If I can't choose a favorite picture I always have my annual Shutterfly Calendar that I can fill with pictures.  I've made calendars on Shutterfly for the past five years, and my family has come to expect it. 

As I continued searching the website, I found (in the Holiday Photo Cards section) one that might be the winner:

What do you think?

With this card, I could do a large family picture as well as a small picture of Clare and a small picture of Isaac.  I was kind of hoping to combine our 2010 Christmas card with Isaac's birth announcement, and I think that could work on this card.

If you've never used Shutterfly, what are you waiting for?!

Check it out...or get some FREE HOLIDAY CARDS by going to this link.

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Clare's Adjustment to Baby Bruver

I think that Clare is getting used to the idea 

that her "baby bruver" is here to stay.

She loves holding Isaac and telling him that she loves him.

 We're still working on "GENTLE."

 Mema and Papa gave her a special baby boy doll that she takes care of when we're taking care of Isaac.

 Her baby likes riding in the stroller.

 Clare had to test out the Moby wrap...

 ...or maybe it was Phil who had to test it out.

 Wheeeee!!!!

 Snuggling with my peanuts!

 Nothing could be better!

 Clare seems to have grown up so much in the last two weeks!

 LOTS of kisses!

 Clare Bear isn't my little baby anymore...it goes by too quickly!

 Mema snuggling with her two grandchildren.

Wild For Wildlife

This was the 2nd Annual Run Wild For Wildlife 5K at Busch Gardens.

Here are some highlights from the 1st Annual.

The early morning (7:00 AM) start was our first outing as a family of four.  As we were packing up at 6:00 AM, I realized that we were 

TOTALLY CRAZY!!!

Uncle Tory helped push the behemoth double stroller.

 Clare alternated between the stroller, Papa's shoulders, and "running."

 It was a fun morning with family and good friends.

 Aunt Sarah and Uncle Tory joined us this year.  

After next year, it will be a tradition for them as well.  :)

 Clare's favorite part was the dancing banana!

 She wasn't as sure about the dancing gorilla.

 Isaac slept the whole time.

Next year, he'll be "running" with his big sister.

 The four of us donning our enormous medals.

 My parents, and some friends from our hometown in Michigan, also joined us in the fun and festivities. 

 All smiles down here in The Sunshine State!

 Life is good!!!

Smiling Babes

Do you see any similarities?

And the Winner Is...

The random number generator selected this comment to win the contest I posted last week:

We usually eat cereal, sometimes a scone and yogurt, or if the girls are lucky, pancakes!

We love Kix too! I grew up eating them -- one of the "non-sugary" cereals my mom would allow in the house -- and my girls are just as fond :)

Congrats, Anne!  Enjoy your goodies!  :)

New Blog Title...Four Forward!

Big Sister Clare LOVES seeing her "baby bruver,"

and we had fun introducing Isaac to Ninnie via Skype.

 This was taken when Isaac was exactly 24-hours old.

 One of MANY kisses.

 Daddy performing the first manicure.  His nails were incredibly LONG!

 Peacefully sleeping...what Isaac does best.

 Sneaking out of the swaddle.

 Go Bananas...our little monkey!

 Chillin' with Daddy!

 His eyes aren't open too often, and they're still pretty puffy, 

but this shows his awake face.

We made it through our first night at home.  He filled his diaper about five times, but that was still better than all of the interruptions at the hospital.  We're glad to be back home!

Full of Laughter...Isaac

He's HERE!!!

Isaac John Hillary

Isaac means "Full of Laughter" or "He who Laughs,"

and John is Corrie's dad's name.

November 9, 2010 (his ACTUAL due date)

I had a non-stress test at 1:30 since I had reached my due date.

After a quick check-up, they told me to head over to the hospital because we were going to have a baby soon. 

I was already between 5-6 centimeters at that point.

I checked into our room at 4:00 PM.

Isaac was born at 5:36 PM.

He came quickly!!!

7 lbs. 11 oz.

20.5 inches

The highlight was watching Clare meet Isaac for the first time.

She was totally enamored with him.

LOTS of kisses!!!

Daddy, Mommy, Clare, and Isaac's hands...our family of four!!!

A day that will never be forgotten!