A Day of Body Fluids

The day started off very well and then the pee-pee, poop, and projectile vomit hit the fan and floor. Finn first tinkled on my foot in our bathroom. Then before I could get a clean diaper on him, he pooped on the foyer floor. Next as I was changing Mackie's diaper she tinkled on me. Finally, I was feeding Mackie her medicine when she projectile vomited all over my newly clean clothes. At that point, I gave up and put both of them in her crib as you can see.

Mackie meets her Mimi

Mimi -- my grandmother, Mackie's namesake, and great-grandmother -- came to visit us this past weekend. Her cousin Lucille -- who is 91 -- came along for the ride.

Mimi brought along my tricycle that I had as a child and Finn loved it!!

Pigeon Point Park

Despite all the hurricanes out there, we have had some very nice weather. So Sunday afternoon we made a trip to the Pigeon Piont Park. Finn loved it. He started out on the small slide and play equipment and then like the big boy he is found the larger slide - which he loved. Here are some pics on the little slide.

Of course Mackie went with us and slept - like the sweet baby she is - the entire time in her car seat.

Mackie Meets Nannie

Mackie got to meet one of her three great-grandmothers and one of her namesake's - Anne Carswell. Daddy drove Nannie down for lunch. They brought Toby (Nannie's westie) along for the ride, and Finn had a wonderful time chasing him around.

We can not wait to introduce Mackie to her two additional great-grandmothers -- Mary Odum and Ruth Coker Parsons.

We are home

Baby Mackie is settling in at home. It has been week since she was born - time can seem so slow and then you look back and realize how quickly it truly passes. She had her first doctor's appointment on Monday and all is well. She only dropped about 6 ounces and weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces. She is still a little jaundice, but hopefully now that she is eating that will improve. We head back to see Dr. Martin next week.

Finn really loves his little sister and is learning slowly to be gentle with her. He loves to pat her head when she is sleeping in the cradel in the keeping room.

Though Finn really loves to play in her bouncy seat and swing. I don't think he notices that he is a little big for her seat.

And her name is...

After hours of sorting through every possible permutation and combination of names, we have finally arrived at MaryAnne Coker Presnell. Mary after Lisa's maternal grandmother, Anne after Lisa's paternal grandmother, and Coker after Tripp's maternal grandmother (her maiden name). Way too many sylables for her dad to keep up with, so we are just going to call her "Mackie" for short.

Finn and Baby Sister

Finn came to see his baby sister again last night. He was very interested in her -- gave her several gentle pats on the head before he decided to poke her in the eye -- A nice step in the right direction.

We still have no name, but will figure that out today as we are getting to go home!!!