Pre-Christmas

My mom came for a couple days. Here are my mom and Isaac in Rittenhouse.

First time on the big swings!

My littlest guy!


Isaac wearing Mommy's shoes.

Tyler, 1 Month

(Warning: Post written by sleep deprived mom of a newborn, if it is incoherent, sorry!)
Well, as you can imagine, life with 2 little guys is non-stop work (I was going to say "and fun", but let's be honest, it's not fun all the time.) Both boys are doing well, but we are experiencing the understandable adjustment period. Isaac - to life as not the constant center of attention, and Tyler - to life, in general. Isaac loves Tyler and often mauls him with hugs and kisses. And with not getting a lot of sleep, our patience and creativity to deal with issues isn't great. Anyway, we are loving being a family of four and our two sweet boys. Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Tyler practicing his piano playing.

First Bath


Isaac loves to rake the leaves up and then redistribute them around the yard.

Ben's First Marathon

Ben ran the Philly Marathon in November and we were so proud of him for finishing. Since the race came only 2 weeks after Tyler was born, Ben had been on 1 training run in the month prior to the race and it had only been 7 miles. So I wasn't sure he would be able to finish, but he did and in a great time - 4 hours and 28 minutes. I took both kids out to watch him and it was great to cheer him on. Congrats!!

Here he comes!

Yay Daddy!



There he goes!

Baby Tyler

On November 1, 2011, we welcomed Tyler Daniel Doane to our family. He was born at 7:07pm and was 8 lbs 11oz, 21 inches long. His birth was so much faster and less complicated than Isaac's, for which I am so grateful. I had to be induced, 5 days after my due date, but after starting labor, it only took about 4 hours for him to arrive. It was so wonderful meeting Tyler and getting to hold him and to finally get him out of me! Ben's mom, Grandma Lulu (or as Isaac sometimes calls her, Boo boo!) was here to take care of Isaac and my mom came for a day to see Tyler on his birth day. We are home now and everyone is doing well. Isaac is still trying to measure what is going on and how he fits in to everything, but I am sure he'll settle down once we are return to our regular schedule. It is a lot of energy trying to tend to two little boys right now, and I am grateful for all the help we have received.

Linvilla Orchards

It was a beautiful day yesterday, so we decided to go to Linvilla Orchards, as we do every year to get a pumpkin, maybe some apple picking, see the farm animals and eat apple cider donuts. Stupidly, we went at 4pm on a Saturday and it was a madhouse. And being hugely pregnant and slow, this was not ideal. We got to see the animals which Isaac loves and saw some pumpkins and apples, but the line for apple cider donuts was too long, so we settled for funnel cake. I am trying to do fall things before the baby arrives in 2.5 weeks, but mostly I just want to be sitting on the couch.


Isaac likes to give the baby kisses!

Isaac's favorite thing at school

Dig, dig, dig!

Off to school!