Wednesday, October 7, 2009

It's all good!

Actually - much more than good! It's heaven. There are way too many good photos to put them all up, and we haven't even given Lily her first bath.

Lily's footprints hanging off the boxes on the hospital form- she is a big girl:


At her first doctor's appointment - She's over 10 lbs!


The new family at home:


First time out for a walk - Ellie was totally on her feet on day three.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Sparky's newest person

In the words of new dad, Jacob Fenton:

"We're elated to report that Ellie Harvill gave birth to Liliana Ruth Fenton this morning, Oct. 1, at 10:44 a.m. Lily and Ellie are both exhausted, but otherwise doing well.

Lily was about 21 inches long when she arrived, weighing 9 pounds 15 ounces. She appears to have outgrown newborn-sized diapers before being born."

I'm packing to head out to Philadelphia for most of the month. I can't tell you how happy I am, or how proud I am of these three remarkable people, the family Fenvill!





I swear they had the same blankets when my kids were boen...

Friday, September 25, 2009

Baby is almost here!



I'm getting ready to go to Philadelphia for the arrival. Young and Jacob are getting ready to be self sufficient. Ellie is getting ready to pop....

Friday, September 11, 2009

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Time and Relativity

Today is the fourth anniversary of our friend Ben's death at the age of seven. Definitely makes me feel the strange relativity of time, the loss still feels so immediate, and yet the journey from that time to this has taken so long. His family is in my heart today especially.