Tuesday, March 30, 2010

How big are the Orglets?

So big!

Zoe was born a little smaller, but you can see she's catching up. And it looks like she's going for that Orglet head after all... though I'm glad she waited until after she was born!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Zoe go bragh!

An advantage of having kids with birthdays so close together is that they can wear the same clothes at the same time of year. In this case, it's a special St. Patty's Day onesie from their cousin Molly. Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

1 month old

The first month of Zoe's life went by so fast that I'm a few days late in marking it. She's a sweetheart, who loves to be held and suck on her mommy's finger. She is starting to show more and more of an interest in the world around her...

and even starting to smile occasionally!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

An Orglet by any other name

One of the most fun, but also most weighty, things about pregnancy is choosing your child’s name. We had a relatively easy time with Owen. We first decided to use my last name as a middle name for all of our children - it seemed to be a good way for us to share a name without having to bother with hyphenation. Then, we agreed to go with a first name that started with “O.” We flirted with a few other options before making the final decision, but Owen was always at the top of the list.

With Zoe it was more difficult. This time we wanted a better reason than “we just liked the way it sounded” when people asked us how we picked her name. We considered a few family names, but choosing just one person to be named after felt limiting, and we didn’t want her to have too many names! We also wanted something that was not too girly, and not too trendy, and didn’t end in “a” (this last so as to avoid the introduction of an “r” sound between first and last names – a potential problem for our half-English, half-American offspring). Once we came up with Zoe, we settled on it quickly. We liked the way it sounded and we liked what it meant – it’s Greek for “life.” The last step was to get Owen’s input. Having ruled out his preferred “hyphen,” we gave him the choice of Zoe or one other name, and he instantly smiled and said “Zoe” in the sweetest little voice. That was that - and here she is!