Mr. Big Brother

I cannot get enough of this photo of Samuel. We were outside taking photos of all the kids and their capes since Rosie had just gotten hers and he wanted me to take one of him by himself. He then strikes this pose. I am rarely able to capture his personality very well in photos, but this one screams "Samuel" to me. His shirt says "It's MR. Big Brother to you!" Haha!

Rosie's Cape

It just so happens that, besides Samuel, I have sewn each child a cape around their 18 month birthday. Rosie had earned this rite of passage and she is quite thrilled to join her siblings with this honor.

Rosie Turns 18 Months

We Have Names!

Andy and I have had a boy name chosen for a few weeks, but hadn't really gotten very far on a girl name. The two girl names he absolutely adores I am not a major fan of. So, yesterday the kids and I sat down and hashed out all of the options of girl names. It's amazing how opinionated and passionate they are about names. We found a girl name, first and middle that we all loved and that I knew Andy would approve of too. He did. So unless someone has some huge revelation I think we've settled on names. Such a wonderful feeling!

Since we are not finding out the gender until the birth, we are not sharing our names with anyone either. The kids obviously know the girl name, but have promised to keep it a secret. We don't trust them enough with the boy name, so we're keeping that to ourselves. So different from the others, and definitely exciting. Probably will do it this way again if given the opportunity. Yay for New Baby having a name no matter what gender it is!