Brothers!

Anders will have a little brother soon! The first scan shows baby boy #2. The second set of pix shows Anders above baby boy #2 for the same 4D scan (20ish weeks). They look a lot alike to me so I thought it would be fun to show them to you together. We had the ultrasound yesterday and everything looked great. Love, Kirsten

music prodigy part 2

Anders played his first real guitar tonight. He's clearly going places.

And the contest winner is...

....SARAH! here's her winning schematic above. it may not really be to scale but I think the wading pool with floating lights really set this entry apart.

So looks like Sarah gets to choose Miles' middle name. Thanks for all the great suggestions though, and I'm honored that you guys would consider naming the baby after me! (you meant me, right Nancy?).

Katrina - i liked Christoffer a lot (maybe with the more traditional spelling) because if sarah gets her name hyphenated i'm going to call him "Chris Chris"

Nice Newbie

Contest Update

We've gotten some really great suggestions and some really great middle names! Here are pictures to help the rest of you visualize what we're working with.

Kitchen window/entry to back yard. About 3.5-4' above yard.




Outside:

Oldies but Goodies Part Deuce

Contest

I'm announcing the first-ever TrunkBigEars competition! The winner will get to pick Miles's middle name (with reasonable parental veto rights).

In our new apartment, Andrew and I have access to an all-cement backyard that's at least 20' x 20'. The backyard is about a 3.5-4 foot drop from our big kitchen window. The apartments above us have access via a fire escape but rarely use the space. The yard is surrounded on three sides by tall (>10') solid (not chain link) fences and on one side by our building. (I'll post a picture soon.)

Here is the contest:

1. Come up with a safe way for pregnant mom and mom & baby to easily get outside without simultaneously making the apartment incredibly easy to burgle.
2. Create a design for flowerbed gardens in the all-cement backyard. We want at least one for herbs and at least one for flowers.
3. Plan patio furniture, a grill, and seating for 20 (for the awesome backyard parties we'll be having this summer).
   
4. Suggest ways to accomplish the entire backyard scheme for less than $500.

Ok, good luck everyone. I can't wait to see the ideas! Miles needs a middle name, so think hard! Second place will get a really cool custom made t-shirt. Third prize will be VIP treatment at a backyard party once it's complete.

oldies but goodies...

Austrian Adventure

We're back! Vienna was beautiful and Innsbruck stole our hearts. Wonderful trip!


Vienna......

Innsbruck............