“Tucker” William Shattuck Couch

He has arrived! William Shattuck Couch graced us with his presence on Monday, April 26 at 2:36 p.m. It was an easy, breezy labor {much better than the three hours of pushing with Caroline} and we are beyond delighted. Words cant express the happiness we are feeling right now!

Books Were A Flyin’

We've been blessed to have Caroline be the perfect little sleeper. We usually put her in her bed and off we go on our merry way and she falls asleep with peaceful dreams. Well not last night, last night she didn't want to go to bed and finally subdued to get in there. After about 5 minutes we checked the video monitor, but couldn't see her (maybe she is in the far corner). That's what we thought until Cory said "wait a minute, did you see those books flying into the crib (from out of the crib)?" Not seconds later, guess who rounds the hallway into our room with a big smile and "hey." None other than Caroline. Our little climber, finally climbed out of the bed. I was talking on the phone and quickly hung up before Gretchen laughed "You life is over as you know it." Fortunately, it look only a little while of coaxing to convince Caroline to go back to bed and explain how she cant get out of the crib until we come get her. We will see how tonight goes. Wish us luck!

Our little Picasso

The Smell of Freshly Sharpened Pencils. Caroline has discovered the pencil sharpener. I'll admit, I'm a little compulsive about needing to use a freshly sharpened pencil or my preference of pen in the bic micro black pen so I shouldn't be surprised that she would go through a period where she wants to color with a handful of freshly sharpened pencils. Picasso better watch out. The rum,rum, rum of the pencil sharpener is probably a sound here to stay for a while. Here she is showing Nane her perfect marks.

It’s a Boy

A Cute Way to Announce What You Are Having: Boy or Girl --Our dear friends mossied on over for a dinner party Easter weekend and surprised us with dessert that debuted what they were having – a boy or girl? I had the honor of cutting the cake and debuting the news: It's a Boy! Looks like little Couch will have a play date starting September.

Easter Fun

How to dye an Eater Egg {According to Caroline and Quinn}

Step 1: Eat a dye tablet

Step 2: Throw the egg in the colored water, which results in a cracked shell.

Step 3: Learn how to use the word gentle and watch and learn as you see blue water droplets mix with yellow water and see how that creates green.

Step 4: Have some fantastic laughs.

This pretty much sums up our Easter Egg dying extravaganza with the Braccis. Quinn and Caroline had a blast and we did too.

Baby Bump

There is no denying the baby bump, more like a big balloon under my shirt. Today, we had a visit with Dr. Hume and as Caroline pointed out got to see "baby brother smiling." There is something about the 4-d ultrasounds and a good ol' fashioned ultra sounds to get you really pumped up – and it always helps to have good news from the doc. Maybe it was that his nose looks as cute as a button and his lips and eyes remind me exactly of Caroline's, but we left really excited and ready for "baby brother" to arrive. He is still Baby Brother -- still no official name yet.