Vita and Anabelle: Playing Catch Up

Here are a few miscellaneous pictures that, for one reason or another, haven't made it up on the blog yet. I've been holding out on some of these pictures for weeks! Recently, Vita got to meet a new friend... sweet little Maddie Rose! In this picture, Maddie was only 2 weeks old! Vita was very shy around Maddie. (She didn't even say her trademark "hey, baby", although we were hoping she would.) Vita very carefully and cautiously and delicately touched Maddie's foot, and watched Maddie with absolute awe. I know that Vita and Maddie are going have lots and lots of fun together in the years to come. I was so honored to be allowed not just to hold Maddie, but to feed her too! It sure made me miss those sweet and fleeting first weeks and months. Here's Ernie with Maddie. And here's Maddie with her dads, surrounded by love. What a lucky little girl! We've been doing some re-arranging in the backyard, and we're having trouble figuring out where to put Vita's play house. Poor Ernie has to cart it around while we decide. This picture reminds me of something out of Alice and Wonderland. Vita is being raised with good music. Although some of the children's music slips into the mix here and there, she otherwise has very good taste.